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Rebr. Stale Historical Socle 5be Mm vol no. im PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1937. NO. 56 ) Young-Livingston Wedding is Held Sunday Eeautiful Ceremony Held at Close of Morning Service at the My Nard U. B. Church. Sunday morning:, August 15, at the close of the services at the Mynard church. Miss Mildred Young;, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Parr Young, and Towner Livingston, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Livingston, were united in marriage. The church was decorated with early autumn flowers by Mrs. Myron Wiles, Mrs. Kenry Hild, and Mrs John Vallery, sisters of the groom. The wedding march was played by Mrs. Hugo Heyn, another sister of the groom. The marriage lines were read by Rev. H. A. McKelvey, pastor of the church. The bride's dress was a fall wool; green, trimmed with brown and gold. fene wore Drown accessories and a gold chain that had belonged to her great-grandmother. She carried an arm bouquet of salmon and pink gladiolas. The groom wore the con ventional dark suit. After the ceremony the bridal couple left for the bride's home where the wedding dinner was served. The other guests were the groom's par ents, Mrs. L. H. Young, grand mother of the bride, and Misses Marian and Mina Jean Young, sisters of the bride. The bride graduated from Nehaw ka high school, attended Peru State Teachers college one year and has taught in Cass county for the past three years. The groom graduated fronnPlatta mouth high school and has been en gaged in farming-since that" time. He is now located near Cedar Creek where the young couple will make their home. HOLD FAMILY PICNIC Sunday a picnic party of members of the Guenther family was held at the attractive home of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Sattler, Jr., in the south part of the city, the members of the party finding a most delightful spot In the heat of the day. The bounteous repast was enjoyed by all of the group and the day spent in visiting, as this is the first time that all of the members of the fam ily have had the opportunity of being together. Those who enjoyed the event were: Mrs. Louisa Bauer, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ward Bgenbergkf, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Schmidtmann and daughter, Janls. Harley Becker of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Guenther, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Womack and son. Frank lin, of Murray and the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Sattler. PROJECT CLUB PICNIC The Happy Home project club held their annual picnic at the Will Keil farm west of La Platte Sunday, Aug. 15. The members arrived with well filled baskets for their dinner. Two families were absent. All re turned home, having spent an enjoy able day. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Hubble and family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fornoff and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Albert and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Schroeder and family, Mr. and Mrs. Franz Petereit and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mel singer, Mr. and Mrs. Will Keil, Mrs. Margaret Kaffenberger, Ellen Kaffen berger, Jean Ingersol, Mr. and Mrs. Will Core, Ceroid Keil. MOVING DAY Sunday was moving day for several of the PlattBmouth auto agencies and garages. The Rosen auto agency moved to the new location in the O. K. garage building on Washington avenue, while the Chevrolet agency moved from there to the building at Fourth and Main streets, formerly occupied by the Rosen company. The Bryant garage was moved from the Hassler building on North Fifth to the new location a block south on South Fifth street. VISIT WITH RELATIVES Vincent Vaughn of Fullerton, Ne braska, was here .Sunday for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Bloom for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. Bloom and their guest motored to Sioux City, Iowa, where they all three visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Laase, the latter former ly Miss Genevieve Bloom. Mr. Vaughn is a brother of Mrs. Laase, they having been separated for a great many years as both were adopted by other families and have had their first opportunity of a re union, when Mr. Vaughn was attract ed by the announcement of the mar riage of Miss Bloom. Louisville will Honor Veteran Band Member Frank H. Nichols to Celebrate Fifty seventh Year in Musical Work in That City. Friday evening of this week the Louisville municipal band pays tri bute to its oldest member, Frank H. Nichols, who is in his 57th year of musical work in that city. Mr. Nich ols came to Louisville as a boy of seven years in 1880, with his father, J. K. Nichols, his mother and two sisters. Rose and Anna, all musicians. The family immediately became in terested in local musical circles and took active parts in the band which was organized. Since then Frank H. Nichols has continued this activity and has been identified with tha bands of that city, as member, organ izer and director. Mr. Nichols has played in the bands with a large number of the older musicians of Cas3 county and it is expected that many of these associates of former years will be present when their old friend is given an honor by the present mu sical organization of which he is still a member. Those present in the audience will be privileged to hear three gener ations of the musical Nichols family who are members of the Louisville municipal band. Mr. Nichols will ! render a solo: his son Ross Nichols. who is rated the finest saxophone player in the middle west, will play a solo and they with Ross son Frankie, grandson of Frank H. Nich ols, also a saxophone player will play a trio. Everyone Is welcome to visit Louis ville for this occasion and all bands and old time band members are espe cially invited to take their instru ments and sit in with the Louisville band during this concert which promises to be an exceptionally fine one. HAVE A FINE CONCERT Saturday evening tne Plattsmouth Recreation band under the direction of Peter Gradoville, gave the visitors in the city a real treat in their con cert on the court house lawn and which was enjoyed by hundreds of the residents of the community, the crowd being as large as the King Korn Karnival gatherings. The band presented a very fine program of the standard and popular numbers and an added feature was the vocal solo of Miss Anna May San din, "Blue Hawaii," the accompani ment being given by the band. It is hoped that by the next con cert that there will be seats arranged for the audience to add to the com fort in the enjoyment of the program. On Thursday night the band will give another concert at the Garfield park. . '.j OFF FOR VACATION Early Sunday morning W. R. Holly and Clerk of the District Court C. E. Ledgway, departed for the west with Colorado and vacation land as their objective. They are making the trip by car and will stop at Imperial for a few hours visit with old friends and then head on to Denver. The vacationers will spend most of their time in the mountain resorts and expect to enjoy fishing and a general relaxation from the cares of their every day duties. They expect to spend several weeks In the west and enjoying a real out-tfig. Illinois News paper Man Pays a Visit Here Robert Poisall of Danville (111.) Com mercial News Visits in the Old Home Town. From Tuesday's Daily This morning Robert Poisall, a former Plattsmouth man, was in the city to look over the scenes of his boyhood days and to meet with the old friends. Mr. Poisall is now in the editorial department of the Commer cial News of Danville, Illinois. He was accompanied by Mrs. Poi sall and their children, Robert and Richard and his sister, Mrs. A. W. Dameron and daughter, Genevieve, of Lincoln, at whose home the Poisall family are guests. The family has been visiting in Colorado and are now on their way home to Illinois and will be guests at the Dameron home in Lincoln un til Friday when they start home and may be able to visit for a few hours in Plattsmouth. They were en route today to Omaha to visit with Mrs. Myrtle Herold. Mrs. Emma Chandler and Harry Poi sall, sisters and brother of Robert. Mr. Poisall who in his boyhood days was an enthusiastic baseball player and fan, left here twenty years ago and located in Illinois, becoming interested in the newspaper business at Peoria and Pekin, where he was assigned to the sports desk of the papers there. Later he was at"Bloom ington and now has a very fne posi tion on the staff of the Danville paper. .He was able to meet a number of the old friends in the short time here altho the kids that he played ball with are now reaching the middle age land he missed many of -the- persons who had been active in the city af fairs when he made his home here and who left or passed on. He has made but two trips here since mov ing east, once ten years ago and about seven years ago. While here the family visited the old home at Seventh and Granite streets where for many years Mr. and Mrs- George H. Poisall made their were ' i i where the children reared. ARREST ALLEGED FORGER From Monday's Dally Melvin Husk, of Union, was ar rested late Saturday and was charged today with forgery in connection with the passing of a check signed by the name of A. L. Becker. The young man had been working for Mr. Becker and Saturday came to this city and at the Wimpy Inn on Chicago avenue, presented a check for $11.75 and Avhich was signed by the name of Mr. Becker. Sheriff Homer Sylvester and De puty Sheriff Cass Sylvester were pres ent and at once arrested the man as they had been warned that he might attempt to pass a check. This morning a complaint charg ing forgery was filed against the young man by County Attorney J. A. Capwell. The prisoner was arraigned this morning before Judge A. H. Duxbury on the charge of forgery and after hearing the facts In the case he was bound over to the district court. Bond was fixed at $1,000 and in failure to supply the same he was placed in the custody of Sheriff Homer Sylves ter. OPENS NEW AGENCY Ray V. Bryant has been named by the T. J. O'Brien & Co., of Omaha as their representative here for the Ply mouth and DeSota cars, two of the popular makes that are now on the market. Their official announcement ap pears elsewhere in this issue of the Journal. Mr. Bryant is removing to his new location on South 5th street in the garage building that was formerly used by the Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co., which has been rear ranged and placed in the best of shape for the use of Mr. Bryant. The new location gives him much needed space for show rooms and also for the repair department which is one of the busiest in the city. ELECT NEW TEACHER The board of education at their meeting Monday evening elected Miss Evelyn Meade of Murray as a teacher in the local school system. Miss Meade will- be assigned to the Mer cerville school in the west part of the city for the coming term starting September 6th. The new teacher attended the Mur ray and Union schools, graduating from the latter school. She attended Tarkio college and has since been en gaged in teaching. Miss Meade has majored in primary teaching and music and is one of the most popular young ladies in the teaching work and will make a fine addition to the teaching force of Cass county. Bank Head Returns from a Vacation Trip H. A. Schneider and Wife Enjoy Out ing on Minnesota Lakes Find Corn Suffering Badly. H. A. Schneider, president of the Nebraska State Bankers association, with Mrs. Schneider returned home Monday night from their outing spent at Ely, Minnesota, near the Canadian border. They were accom- panied by their daughter and son-jas Dorn at Leuar capias, lowa, ana in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Burdic;came to Nebraska and Cass county in and children of St. Edward, Nebras-1 ka. They had a very fine time on the horst was born at New Bremen, Ohio, lakes and Mr. Schneider proved very'and came to Nebraska and settled at successful as an angler, securing fine j Syracuse in 1S82 where he resided catches of the game fish of that part until 1885 whn he moved to Elm of the northland. jwood to clerk in a store owned by Mr. Schneider reports that on their I Greenslate and Greenslate. He walk return trip they saw a great deal of ied from Syracuse, as he had no other corn in section of Minnesota and Iowa jwa' to travel.- He arrived in Elm from Pipestone, south that showed !wood lons ater dark and was a m" the effects of the ravages of the hottle bit wary of the howling of coy- weather and was apparently in very bad shape. South of Sioux City on to here the corn seemed much better and was standing the intense heat of the last few days very well. SUFFERS A BAD FALL From Tuesday's Dally Albert Sedlak, who was working with his partner, Charles Fulton in painting the front of the Conis build ing, suffered a very bad fall this morning. The young man and Mr. Fulton were painting near the top of the building, using extension ladders! and suddenly the rung of the ladder on which Albert was working gave way. The young man was hurled to the concrete sidewalk thirty feet below and for a time it was feared that he had suffered serious injury and seem - ed in a dazed condition. He was carried into the shining j parlor and given first aid and Dr. R- P. Westover called to the scene. An examination disclosed that had a very badly bruised hip which he had alighted. He was taken on home and will remain on the inactive list for a few days at least. That he was not dan gerously hurt was most fortunate, and also that he was covered by in surance, Mr. Conis not being respon sible. Albert Sedlak, who sustained a imnj-ioot ian irom a ladder to therather than sacrifice right to make concrete sidewalk in front of tbe hCm hio rr;anHc Thi .mini. nnw n. Conis building, is now rallying nice ly from the effects of the accident. His left hip and leg as well as the left arm, on which he fell with great force are still quite sore and stiff and has made it necessary for him to re main at home. However he feel that he was very fortunate that the injuries were no worse. HAVE GOOD FISHING LUCK Fishing at this time on the Mis souri river is excellent and William, John and Joe Grebe, the veteran fish ermen, have been bringing in the big ones in the last few days. They have catches of a fifteen and a half pounder, one of twenty pounds and one forty-nine pound yellow cat that was a beauty. The fishermen have landed several of the ten and eleven pound cat. Subscribe for the Journal. Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Langhorst Prominent Residents of Eimwood and Cass County Honored on Happy Anniversary. In the city of Eimwood on August j 17, 1SS7 Miss Mary A. Williams was j united in marriage to Louis F. Lang I hoi st, at the home of the bride's par- ents. Rev. Modale of Plattsmouth 'drove to Eimwood from the county !seat with a horse and buggy to per form the ceremony. The Rev. Modale, who was also the purveyor of Cass county at the time, .had been instructed to procure a li cense for the wedding of this couple which he did, but forgot the same and ! left it at the surveyor's office at Plattsmouth. While he knew he had 'secured the needed permit, and had the same in his possession, locked up j in Plattsmouth, he went ahead with the ceremony. Fifty years have passed, with their joys and sorrows. This couple have j been blessed with three children, they being Wm. Langhorst of Sugar I Creek, Colo.; Mrs. Daisy Langhorst 'Moore of Omaha; and Miss Edith i Langhorst, young daughter, at home. ' Mrs. Langhorst, whose maiden name was Miss Mary A. Williams, 1 & 4 ' wltn ner Parents, locating two miles west of Eimwood. Mr. Lang- otes at the side of the road as he passed. However he arrived all right jand began work in the store the fol lowing morning at $12.50 per month, or $150 per year. Here he worked for three years, saving as much of his earnings as possible, and at the! end of the third year engaged with! the Farmers Alliance as manager ofj their store which he operated until j 1893 when he purchased the store which he operated until 1926. Ever interested in politics, he was ; trict court has received a request an ardent democrat, and was always !out jn the state relative to the death willing to do what as possible forjof Benjamin Utterback. a resident the principles, of the party to whicn here in the early seventies, sought as he adhered and believedbest for the; people. He received appointment as member of the banking department 'of Nebraska and worked in this line for a number of years when he was 1 offered the job of postmaster of the ! house of representatives in Washing- ton by his friend, John H. Morehead, v. hjch he accepted, and remained in Washington for five years in that capacity, until 193G when he resign- he!ed to accept an appointment as super on' visor of ports of entry to Nebraska, of which there are now 31 under his care and direction and he is at pres ent working in this capacity. During the more than firty years this excellent couple have made their home in Nebraska they have won and kept a host of friends and as Mr. Langhorst says, made some enemies and under the circumstances he is pleased that they are his enemies joy the confidence and esteem of the entire community. They are pleased with their five grandchildren and their one great grandson, James M. Leak, all of whom were present and enjoyed the cele bration of the passing of the wed ding anniversary. Congratulations and gifts were received in profusion and some fifteen telegrams from all over the country. The great grandson makes his home at LaJunta, Colorado. They kept open house from noon Tuesday until late evening, when a host of friends came to congratulate them and extend best wishes for them in the future. Light and dainty re freshments were served to all callers. During the early. evening a group pic ture was taken of the family. The Journal also wishes to join in the congratulations and extend best wishes for many happy and useful years yet to come. Over 200 guests attended the wed- ding. Guests at the 6 o'clock wed ding supper beside Mr. and Mrs. Langhorst and daughter, Edith, were Mr. and Mrs. William Langhorst of Sugar City, Colo.; Mrs. Daisy L. Moore of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Reed er, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schneider nf Flmwnnrt Thp hfantiful wprlrl in 2- ' cake was a present from the Omar Baking Co. GIFT FROM HOLLYWOOD Misses Ann and Shirley Martin were the happy recipients of a piece of Mary Pickford's wedding cake Monday. The gift was sent California by their great-aunt, Elizabeth Stuart. from Mrs. Weeping Water to Erect a New School Building $50,000 Bond Issue Carried by Large Majority at Special Elec tion Tuesday. Weeping Water residents voted for a $50,000 bond issue at a special j school election Tuesday for the erec tion of a new school building. The issue was voted to match a 45 grant by the government through PWA. The building will cost approximately $100,000. The bond issue was passed by a large majority, 292 to 118. The men behind the movement for a new building have been working for two years. The new building will com bine the grade and high school. It will include a fine gymnasium and auditorium. Weeping Water has needed a new school building for some time. The building is quite old and the gym nasium and auditorium have been in adequate for the school functions. The building is dependent upon the grant by the PWA. It is reasonably assured, but failure of the issuance of the federal funds would halt plans for the new building. It is hoped that the building will be ready for the opening of school in the fall of 1935. SEEKS INFORMATION The office of the clerk of the dis- the basis of establishing the claim of Albert Utterback, a son, for an old age allotment. The clerk of the court was sought to supply the date of the death which revives the story of a murder here in the early days when this was still a hot spot of the new west. The search of the official records shows that Benjamin Utterback was killed in a quarrel here on February 7, 1873, by a man named Harvey Sage, he being struck by a carpenter's square in the hands of Sage and for which crime Sage was charged. The defendant was convicted of the crime and old residents here state that when taken to the pententiary to serve the sentence a pardon was awaiting him. The information sought was sent to the now aged son of the deceased to help establish his claim. CLUB HAS BARBECUE The Lewiston Social Circle club held one of their always delightful social gatherings on Friday evening at the Lewiston community center and where a very large group of the members and their families had gath ered, just at the close of the day. The event was an old fashioned barbecue and which will long be very pleasantly remembered by all the party for the fine repast provided and the social time that they all enjoyed. Earl Hathaway had a large part in the success of the entertainment as he had made the trip to Omaha and secured the ribs and other barbacue meats that provided the main part of the evening feast. Mrs. Earl Hathaway and other of the ladies assisted in the cooking and at a suitable hour all were In vited to participate in the feast.- The remainder of the evening was spent in visiting and a general good time. Everett Reunion Held Sunday at the Old Home Ninety-seven of the Family Gather at the George Everett Place to Enjoy the Day. The Everett family reunion was held on Sunday, August 15th at the Everett farm southeast of Union, where in the late fifties John and Anna Everett, then young people from England first settled and where they spent their lifetime until their passing. The farm has in recent years been owned by the George Everett family and who have been hosts to the re union which is held annually on the third Sunday in August. There were ninety-seven in attend ance on Sunday and the day was spent in visiting and the enjoyment of the fine dinner that had been pre pared by tbe members of the family. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. John Everett, founders of the family, there remains but one daughter, Mrs. E. B. Terrel of Avoca. Those present at the reunion were: Mr. and Mrs. John Campbell and fam ily, Murray; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Everett and family, Weeping Water; Mr. and Mrs. Jim Everett and family, Mr. and Mrs. Engle and William Tucker of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Len Brinton and family, Mr. and Mrs. Siber of Eimwood; Mr. and Mrs. John Kuntz, Mrs. Rachel Everett and fam ily. Miss Mattie Voyles, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Terrell of Avoca; Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Rhodes and family. Miss Roslie Weatherfield of Howe; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boardman and grandson from Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Everett, Lincoln Ed Everett, Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mr3. George Edminston and family, Mr. and Mrs.Vetor Goff .and family of Nebraska City; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boardman, Mr3. Anna Everett, Mr. and Mrs. John Everett and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gobelman and family, Joe Everett, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Stites and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Codgill and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Everett and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson and family and Orin Ervin, all of Union. WILES FAMILY REUNION James I. Hall, the secretary of the Wiles Family Reunion association, is busily arranging for the annual re union of the family which will be held in this city on Thursday, August 26th. The reunion will be at the Garfield park here and which has been the scene of the gathering for the past three years. This city makes a very central point for the members of the family from Mills county, Iowa, as well as the central and western part of Cass county. The secretary is taking a census of the chickens on the family farms and feels that there will be plenty of the friers ready by the 26th for the big event. STILL AT HOSPITAL Richard Rhodes, who was injured Saturday while at work at the local BREX shops is recovering from his back injury very well at the hospital at Omaha. The accident occurred, it Is stated, when Rhodes and his companion had set down a roll of haircloth at the edge of the car to be unloaded. As Rhodes started to raise up he was caught with a sudden back sprain and was in such shape that lie had to receive medical attention. His in jury was not caused by the careless ness of his fellow workman as was first reported. PATROL FOR BANDITS Sheriff Homer Sylvester and De puty Sheriff Cass Sylvester were kept busy Monday from ten o'clock on, patrolling the highways in this sec tion for the Humboldt bank robbers who were thought might try to make their escape north on highway No. 75. The local officers had special de puties at the bridges and along the roads in the county but the bandits had evidently chosen another route for their getaway from Humboldt. "