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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1937.
NO. 56
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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. "
