PLATTSMOUTH SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936.
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SARPY CCUNTY PEOPLE WEDDED
Saturday afternoon at tlie Pres
byterian manse occurred the mar
riage of Miss Ruby Taylor of Papil
lion and Mr. Russell A. Vincent, of
Springfield. The marriage lines were
read by Dr. H. G. McClusky, pastor
of the church.
The bride has been teaching in
the Springfield schools for the past
three years and the groom has been
engaged in farming near that place
where his parents are old residents.
They will live in Springfield and
the groom will continue to farm with
his father near there.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many kind
iriends and neighbors for their kind
ness to us at the time of the death
(f our son, brother and grandson,
r.lso to all those who took part in
the funeral service.
We also wish to express our grati
tude for the kindness shown to our
ecu, Elwood. dining the time that he
lias been at the hospital at Omaha.
Mr .and Mrs. Lloyd Younker and
I'amiyl; Mrs. Sarah Younker; Mr.
and Mrs. E. M. Buttery. d&w
Bible School
Sunday, January 3rd
"The Sen of God Becomes Man"
John 1:1-18.
With this lesson we begin a new
five year cycle. The first year takes
us: First three months through the
(locpel of John; second three months.
Messages from Genesis; third three
months. God in the Making of a Na
tion, and last three months, Studies
i:i the Christian life.
Mathew s Gospel goes back 4 2 gen
erations, beginning with Abraham,
proving by this genealogy Jesus to
be a descendant of the patriarch;
Luke truces Jesus' lineage 74 gen
erations to Adam, while John, who
wrote long alter the other gospels,
goes l ack in the life of Christ to the
beginning uiU the creation), but
eternity, superceding all the other
Keneo!oKies. The prologue of John's
Gf.spe! ( vv. 1-14) is acknowledged on
every hand to be the profouudest
passage ever written by any man of
any age. inexhaustible, and yet sim
ple in its diction. In this lesson we
are not to attempt to fathom all of
its meaning, but to discover simply
i:s fundamental and basic truth. "In
the beginning was the word." This
sentence describes our Lord's person
and office by a term familiar both to
Jewish and G?ntile minds. The
"Word"' or "Logos" has two mean
ings in Greek: (1) reason or intel
ligence, as it exists inwardly in the
mind, and (2) reason or intelligence
as it is expressed outwardly, in
speech. Both these meanings are to
be understood when Christ is call
ed "the word of God." All knowledge
of objer ts and persons outside of
ourselves is communicated to us by
words. Christ is the thought of God
toward man fully expressed. Three
things are said in the first verse con
cerning the WORD: It is eternal,
distinct from the Father; he is him
self God. not inferior,, it affirms the
true deity of the Word. The Word
was not "made;" it always existed,
but the word was made through him.
In the beginning (the creation) God
said spoke tyc expression of the
thought. "In him was life." No one
knows what life is, but we know
life when we see it. All forms of
Life arc in Christ; intellectual, moral,
spiritual, eternal. He is "the" Light"
of men, showing to, man the way of
life, the way to God.
This light is shining, regardless of
whether men receive it or not; the
people whose minds were darkened
by sin did not understand or obey
the instructions of the word.
, In parenthesis, verses C to S de
scribe the mission of John the Bap
tist. Perhaps directed against those
who thought him to be the Messiah.
The Evangelist makes it clear (1)
that the Baptist had a true mission
from God; (2) that he was not the
Light, only a witness to the light.
Christ, the true light, existed long:
EJ7.
BIES AT MASONIC HOME
From Tuesday's Daily
Ralph Main, S5, died this morn
ing at the Nebraska Masonic Home
where he has been a resident since
December 4, 193G, aeath being due to
the infirmities of his great age.
Mr. Main was born in Astutabulaf
county, Ohio, October 17, 1S51. He
has spent many years of his life at
North LSend. Nebraska, where he was
engaged as a bridge man and was ft
member of North Bend lodge No. 119,
A.. P. & A. Ml through which he was
admitted to the Home here.
He was preceded in death by his
v.ife and the only surviving members
of the family are two brothers living
in Pennsylvania.
SPENDS HOLIDAY HERE
Joseph Wooster of this city, who
h.is been engaged in working for the
Union Pacific at Denver has spent
the holiday season here with his fam
ily, is now returning to the west to
resume work for the railroad. There
are a number of forme'" Plattsmouth
residents at Denver, old time friends
that he hopes to have the opportun
ity of visiting.
Lesson Study!
Ey L. Neitzel, Murdock, Neb.
before his incarnation, and enlight
ened every man born into the world.
(See Rom. 1:19-25). "He was in
the world"' before his incarnation.
'"He came nnto his own" people, the
Holy Land, and the Jews believed
him not; but some accepting Christ
were privileged, received the right to
become the true Sons of God. The
sonship conferred on man depended
not on human descent from Abraham
(blood). It was a free and supernat
ural gift from God. inward and spiri
tual, implanted by the Holy Spirit,
and dependent for its maintainance
on union with Christ (John 3:3, 5).
To obtain it the sonship that de
vine begetting is needed by which
God communicated his own nature.
(Our next lesson will make the above
clear). "The Word became Flesh."
The Word did not cease to be God
when he became flesh, but when he
was made in the likeness of sinful
flesh (Horn. S:3), which means, of
course, that he became a man. He
then was both man and God. This
is the central mystery of our relig
ion. God became man to atone for
sin and to make us partakers of the
devinc- nature. Who, although He is
God and man, yet He is not two,
but one Christ. In this capacity, he
lived for thirty-three years among
men.
"The original word describes prop
erly the occupation of a temporary
habitation. The 'tent' or 'tabernacle'
was easily fixed and easily removed,
and henrc it furnished a natural
term Tor nan's bodily frame." (B. P.
Westcott). The reborn man can see
the glory of God in nature, because
"the heavens declare the glory of
God and tha firmaments showeth
forth his handiwork." (Ps. 19:1).
"We behold his glory," whereupon
the redeemed soul sings with rap
ture: "This is my Father's world
And to my listening ear
All nature sings and round
me rings
The music of the spheres.
This is my Father's world
I rest me in the thought
Of rocks and trees, of skies
and seas
His hand has wonders wrought."
"His glory" has reference to the
"Shekinah" or visible glory of God,
dwelt in the tabernacle of old; so
Christ, his devinc nature dwelt in his
body as in a temple. At the -transfiguration,
John was an eyewitness
and saw his glory. (See John 19:35).
"No man hath seen God at any time"
but "the only begotten Son, who is
in the Father's bosom, he hath re
vealed him." "Philip, he that hath
seen me, hath seen the Father."
"Christ's relationship to the Fath
er is one of closest fellowship in
knowledge and love' (Geo. Reith).
The law given by Moses inferior to
grace and truth. -
orray
M. G.Churchill was a business visi
tor in Plattsmouth last Saturday.
Rev. Loyd Shubert. pastor of the
Christian church and wife, were visit
ing with the folks of Rev. Shubert
for the Christmas season at Stella.
Mr and Mrs. Earl Terhune and
son, Gerald, were visiting at Hum
boldt for the Christmas day, remain
ing until Monday morning of this
week.
Lawrence Nelson, son of Thomas
Nelson who makes his home in Om
aha, was visiting at the home of his
father in Murray for the day last
Sunday.
Otto Wohlfarth. Plattsmouth auto
salesman for the Cas3 County Chevro
let company was looking after some
business matters in Murray Monday
of this week.
Harry Albin has taken over the
Murray Garage on east Main street.
Van Allen was caring for the busi
ness last Monday on account of the
illness of Mr. Albin.
Ray Frederick, the seed man, for
merly of Murray, but making his
home at Nebraska City, was looking
after some business matters in Mur
ray Monday of this week.
Miss Maxine Cole of Weeping Wa
ter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Cole, is spending the week with her
friend. Miss Mildred Allen, the girls
being very close friends.
Will S. Smith and wife were guests
for the day on Christmas at the home
of Attorney C. A. Rawls and wife at
Plattsmouth. The fact that the ladies
are sisters added much to the pleas
ure of the visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Christian of
Weeping Water, parents of Mrs. IIo-
br.rt Blake were guests at the Blake
home for Christmas day where all en
joyed a very pleasant visit and an
excellent dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Brubacher and
little daughter. Beverly were down
to Auburn, enjoying the Christmas
family gathering at the home of the
pr.ren.t3 of Mrs. Brubacher, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Lasli.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Newton and
little son of Plattsmouth were visit
ing last Sunday with Mrs. Vesta
Clark?. During the afternoon they
all went to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Clarke where they visited Mr.
Clarke, who is kept to his bed. as he
is very sick.
Miss Leone Kaffenberger, assist
ant exchange operator at the Murray
telephone exchange who visited at
tbe home of her parents in 1'latts-
rr.outn on ner return was accom
panied by her sister, Winifred Kaffen
berger who is 'visiting for the week
with her sister.
Postmaster C. D. Kpangler and
wife with their daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet Todd and her son Dick were
enjoying Christinas day at the home
of Mrs. W. A. Cook where they were
visiting with Grandmother Catherine
Perry who is spending some time at J
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cook.
Had Two Christmases."
Dr. and Mrs. R. W. Tyson and lit
tle daughter were enjoying a gath
ering at the home of Mr. Mont Robb
and daughter, Miss Augusta, at
Union and again at tlv; home of the
parents of the doctor. Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Tyson at Elmwood, where at
both places they enjoyed a very line
time.
V. A. Scott Very Poorly.
W. A. Scott who visited here be
ing accompanied by Mrs. Scott sev
eral weeks ago,, from here returning
to their home at Richmond, Kansas.
Tney just returning from a otay in a
hospital where Mr. Sc-olt had under
gone an operation. A letter from Mrs.
Scott tells of her husband being very
ill at their home now and also very
thin in llesh. Their many friends are
hoping that he may soon be returned
to his former good health.
Selected cs Pallbearers.
The following citizens of Murray
and old time frionds of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Young were selected as pall
bearers for the funeral of Mrs. Al
bert Young at the Sattlcr funeral
home at Plattsmouth on Wednesday
afternoon: Messrs. O. A. Davis, E. S.
Tutt, Earl Wolf, Ezra Albin, A. T.
Hansen and S. Y. Smith.
Peports Father not Co Well.
Will Minford and wife were enjoy
ing a visit for the Christmas season,
visiting the parents of Mr. Minford
as well a3 the parents of Mr3. Min
ford, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Coble. Mr.
Wm. Minford reports that his father,
G. M. Minford, is not feeling the best
and for a time was'kept to his home,
but now is able to get out again.
Christian Aid Society.
The Ladies' Aid society meets at
the Christian church Wednesday aft
ernoon January 6, 1937. Hostesses:
Girl's Death Prostrates Mother
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Carol Steffner m
An effective sermon against reck
less driving is contained in the above
agonizing cry of a San Francisco
mother:
Oh, no! Not my little girl
my beautiful child."
But it was. as she had just been
informed, her daughter (shown at
left) who had been fatally injured
in an automobile accident.
Much closer at home, in Omaha, a
similar scene was being enacteel, as
another mother was intornu-d of the
death of her daughter when knocked
down by a hit-run driver.
Perhaps the m;.t effective sermon
against recKiess driving is cue --nier-
it-an Legion's plan in a west coast j
city of a parade of the "dead." ;
Scores of persons, men, women and '
children, representatives ejf a like:
Mrs. Curtij Farij, Mr:;. Nell Wehr
bein, Mrs. Malvern Iliad, Mrs. Chas.
Read, Mbs Helen Read, Leader, Mrs.
Tracy Leyda.
Death Takes
Last of
Pioneer
Cass Co. Family
Mrs. Albert A. Young: Eies at Early
Hour Today at Home in Mur
ray After Long Illness.
From Monday's luily
This morning at 2 o'cloe:: at the
family home at Murray occurred the
death of Mrs. Pauline -Young, C2, a
member of one of the pioneer fam
ilies and the last of her immediate
family.
.Mrs. Young was the eldest daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hum
phrey Lee Oldham, who came here
in early clays and who were married
here in 1S70. TIu family resided on
the farm west of Murray where Mr.
Oldham had first settled and here
Mrs. Youngv was born and cpeut the
greater part of her lifetime. She has
always lived in the Murray commun
ity, allho after her marriage to Al
bert A. Young they resided for some
years on a farm cast of that place.
The father was called by death a
great many years ago and later a
younger sister, Fay, passed away. In
November 3 0th of this year, the aged
mother died and witli the passing to-;
dry of Mrs. Young goes the last of
the family circle.
She is survived by the husband.
Plattsmouth is the ideal large
town shopping center for all Cass
county people. Values here cro
the equal of these found anywhere
reed the ads for bargain news.
.AAAAWWi
from US to
YOU
For the 5Sth time our store
extends the heartiest of Haw
Year's nreetings to te peo
ple cf Plattsmouth and Cass
county. Mav it not only be
happy, but prosperous also!
WESCOTT'S
Caterers to Men Since '79
Vj - P:is?3
' flWn1' Myron Steffner
M
4 WA.'rr-jr--sai3.
number who have met death in auto
mobile accidents will parade the
streets carrying banners denouncing
this reckless and wanton destruction
of life that in point of numbers has
averaged every year the toll taken
by cannon fire during the World war.
Something must be done to im
press motorists of the need of care
as they step on the throttles of high
powered automobiles.
Let each and every driver of a
motor vehicle as" the New Year ap
proaches solemnly pledge that he will
exercise greater care this coming year
than ever before, to the end that a
decreased raincr man an increased
number of mother3 and grief-stricken
relatives be forced to go through the
agony apparent ;n the face of thi3
San Francisro woman.
DEATH OF MES. RALPH G0DWLM
The death of Mrs. Fern Elizabeth
Godwin, 27, occurred Sunday morn
ing at 10:33 at tho , family home.
3141 outh 13th rtreet, Omaha. She
had been ill enly three days, suffer
ing from pneumonia.
The deceased was the daughter of
Jesse and Lydia Brandon Godwin and
was born in Omaha, Nebraska, No
vember IS, IDG!?, where she spent her
younger years. She was married to
Ralph Godwin at Chicago some eight
years ago.
There is surviving her death, the
husband, Ralph Godwin, two chil
dren. Ralph Richard, 7 and Charles
Marion, o, as well as the father, who
resides at Rochester, New York and
the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M.
Godwin of this city.
EKTEETAIN HOUSE PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Wiles enter
tained as Christmas guests Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Gronewcg of Council
Bluffs, Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Lam
bert and daughter, Sr.sau of Jlastings,
la.. A. K. Dean of Gleawood and Har
vey Dean of Pacific Junction. Miss
Mary Lois Wiles, night supervisor
at the Greater Community hospital
at Creston, In., arrived Saturday to
spend the week-end at her home.
ts? January 1, 1937 Statement-
We will show for 1936 in Volume of
Business and Service to Members:
New loans made, more
Real estate sales and payments on
sale contracts, more than.
Increase in members and total
assets now MORE than
Cash paid out for use of members
from share accounts and in tempor
ary leans
Dividends paid and credited to
members 4 for year
Attend oar fiiStieth anniversary
meeting January 18, 1937.
Neb. City Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
tt ' i i r A X
Chartered ana supervised dv
X 4
VVVVVVVVVVWwVV'iV.''WAAAAAAAA
First Social
Security Reduc
tion Saturday
One Per Cent to be Taken from the
Cheeks for Social Security
Beginning This Friday.
Plattsmouth wage earners who re
ceive pay checks Saturday of this
week will find one per cent of their
stipend deducted for the last two
days of the week the first "reduc
tion" of wages under the old age pen
sion provisions of the social security
act adopted by the last federal con
press. Matching this deduction from
wages, employers will set aside an
equal amount one per cent the
total being sent to Washington at in
tervals to be credited to the work
ers' account, designated by a social
security number (which every work
er is supposed to have by now).
A considerable number of workers
in Plattsmouth do not come under the
social security program, however, in
cluding railway employes, who have
their own old age pension program,
postal employees, who also have a
security program of their own, and
school teachers, school janitors and
emplcjyees of the city, county, state
or other subdivision of government,
and domestic and farm employees
all of whom arc left out of the so
cial security picture, for the present,
at least.
Beginning in January, 'employers
of eight or more (there are several
in this classification in Plattsmouth,
including the Journal) will pay
the federal government the one per
cent assessment based on total
wages for 103C for unemployment
insurance. Not to be confused with
the old age pension portion of the act,
this unemployment insurance money,
amounting to about $2,000,000 in
Nebraska, is lost forever to Nebraska
wage earners unless some court holds
otherwise. Nebraska has no unem
ployment insurance act under which
this money can be turned back to the
state for administration. A number
of states have rushed unemployment
insurance acts through special legis
lative sessions so they may claim the
unemployment insurance assessment.
The old age pension benefits and
thi3 must not be confused with char
itable old age assistance granted to
indigents monthly in Cass county out
of the proceeds of a ?2 per capita
personal tax levy and a portion of
gasoline tax receipts will be admin
istered by the federal government be
ginning a few years hence after the
fund has had opportunity to pile up.
A person who is 25 years old now
and who is earning $25 a week, will
when he is Co if his employment is
contiruous at that salary be eligible
to receive from the federal govern
ment $52.91 a month for life IF he
retires from work.
A person who is 40 years old and
who draws $3,000 a year until he
is 6 5 years old, would receive a $75
monthly annuity as the result of his
contributions and the contributions
of his employer.
The ability to draw old age bene
fits in proportion to earnings is not
based on need, but applies alike to
the man who retires at 65 penniless
or the one who through frugality
has amassed a small fortune. Both
have been contributors to the fund
and both are privileged to retire from
active labor at that age and draw
dividends on the reserve that has
been built up through their own con
tributions and those made by their
employers.
than $ 150,000.00
20,000.00
1,200,000.00
79,544.00
35,587.00
uniiea otates uovernniciu
Pioneer of
Union Called
to Last Rest
Mrs. Margaret Mougey, 70, Dies
on Christmas Day After an Ill
ness of Five Weeks.
Mrs. Margaret Mougey, 70, one of
tbe long time residents of Cass coun
ty, passed away at her home in Union
on Christmas afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Her death followed an illness of some
five weeks.
Margaret, daughter of Lewis and
Emeline Bird, was born May 6, I860,
af Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, but has spent
the greater part of her lifetime in the
Union community. Sne was married
on December 8, 18S7, to Edward J.
Mougey, who survives her passing.
In her early years she joined the
Methodist church and in which faith
she remained a member until death.
Surviving are Mr. II a u gey and five
children, Iva Mougey, Omaha;
Blanche Cross, Union; Grace Cross,
A'riba, Colo.; Lewis Mougey, Union;
and Naomi Rankin, Whitney, Neb.
Mrs. Mougey's father, Lewis Bird,
v.s a prominent early settler in Cass
county. Born in New Jersey, ho
moved with his parents to the "wilds"
of Indiana when he was a boy of
thrcs. came nr ,.e.il to settle in Cas3
county in 18 63 when h- v. ;s 30 years
old. Mrr,. Y.znz y's ..".Lther, Emolino
Current LiiJ, v. as a uehool teacher
in Indiana before she was married.
Mr. and T'i Mougey lived on the
original Bird farm in Cass county.
The funeral services were hi Id on
S inday afternoon, a short service at
the Mougey home and at the Meth
odist church in Union at 1:30. The
Ri-v. E. P. Boelr.ier, pastor of the
church, conducted the fjervice."5.
The interment was at t:ie Mt.
Pleasant cemetery and the pall bear
er's were old time neighbors and
friends of the family, John Christian
son, Melviu Todd, Ed Morris. Char.es
Green. A. M. McCarroll and Den Neal.
ATTENDS LEBRARY MEETING
Miss Jessie Robertson, who is en
gaged as librarian at the Nebraska
stite library at Lincoln, departed
Sunday morning for Chicago where
she will attend the winter meeting of
the American Library Association.
She met here Miss Nellie M. Perry,
executive secretary of the Nebraska
Public Library commission at Lin
coln, as well as Miss Jennings, presi
dent of the Nebraska chapter of the
American Library association, who is
a'so librarian at the State Teachers
college at Kearney.
After the meeting at Chicago. Miss
Robertson will visit at the University
of Illinois, at Urbana, she having
graduated there from the librarians
college at that institution.
MARRIED AT COURT HOUSE
The marriage of Miss Malvina
Margaret Mclntyre and Harry Har
land Blanton of Omaha, took place
or Monday afternoon at the office of
County Judge A. H. Duxbury. The
bridal party returned to their home
at Omaha following the wedding
ceremony.
CASS
THEATRE
NEW YEAR'S EVE
MIDNIGHT SHOW
Starts Thursday, 11:30 P. M.
Fun for Everyone!
IRENE DUNNE in
'Theodora Goes Wild'
Also Plays Friday and Saturday
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Matinee Sunday, 2:15
as the
pbp:
rVif.vin S. Cobb
? Joqo.,
MurUI Boh...
BANK IJITES
Wednesday - Thursday
Matinee Thurs., 2:15
'Sitting on the Moon'
WITH
Roger Pryor
Grace Bradley
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