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Chyirch Plays Important. Sole Dim DeveBopment Off AAymray By G. H. GILMORE The origin and meaning of place names made many years ago are frequently hard to solve, yet the source of many Nebraska names have been re corded in, "Origin of Place Names in Nebraska," by T. J. Link with a sub-title "Toponym in Nebraska." The origin and history of the town-name of Murray. Cass county, Nebraska: In 1878 the United Presbyterian church was moved on wagons from the steamboat town of Rock Bluffs to the present location of the United Presbyterian chyrch in Murray. A large sign was painted and attached to the west gable of the church which read. "Fairview United Presby terian Church, 1878." This place at the cross roads with a church and a school house was known as Fairview. Soon after the sign was attached to the church, A. M. Holmes, a member of the nylBi$tockinits m4tis from ipastfyo coast Ibngeritveur eam mpater e&mforh jo V v ALBA NYLONS A FITTED LENGTHS Alba nylons are made with the new "Multi-twist" process that puts a twist in the thread to insure longer life and increased snag re-' sistance. Now you can buy nylons in the true length that fits you, and every pair in the newest color J S1.35 andS1.50 mm' Your Family Shoe Store t i V rpcirroivg 1' h , ... . " tidier grwomingm m ?X. CASS THEATRE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBR. imIghtiest "BF MOTIO N PICTURES ! J f< tTTllirP CTfUlDT Fri., Sat., Sun., Mon., Tues., Oct. 31 Nov. 1 to 4 Inch Admission Adults 74c, Incl. Tax Children 25c church and who had painted I 4- &rT -e a motion before tAJy ? ' the si?n made the elders of the church to ; change the name to, "Fleasant i Hill United Presbyterian Church." But in March of the ; same year the members of the church considered Fairview the most appropriate name which was adopted. i Fairview was retained as the name of this church and the community center until Septem ber 22. 1884, when a post office was established in the William Loughridge blacksmith shop and named Murray in honor of Rev. George Reed Murray who in the autumn of 1880 became the first resident paster of the United Presbyterian church at Fair view. Some of the citizens of the community favored the name of Walker in honor of James A. ; Walker who had donated land ; for the school and the church, i but Mr. Walker considered Mur- j ray the most appropriate name, t Some jolly neighbors of Uncle j sam Latta s ottered to circu late a petition to have the town . signed to a pastorate at Cen named -'Sam Hill" in his honor. terville, Apponoose County, la., Rev. George Reed Murray, son of Dr. Thomas J. and Eliza beth (Calahan Murray was born in Canncnsburg, Washing ton county, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1345. He was a lineal de scendant of Rev. George Murray who was pastor of the Associ ated Church of Annandale, Lockerbie, Dumfreeshire. Scot land, and in a cemetery three miles frcm the church stands a monument with the inscrip tion: "Here lies deposited the earthly part of Rev. George Murray, who died April 1, 1757, in the 42 year of his age and the 14th of his ministry. Meek ness and zeal mutually qualified each other in a steadfast ad herance to the truth of the gos peland to the testimony of Scot land's Reformation amidst gen eral opposition to both were his distinguishing characteristics." His son. Rev. John Murray, was sent to America as a missionary and established, the Marsh Creek Presbyterian church, a few miles west cf Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 2nd, 1774. He died here July 8. 1875 j and left a son George Murray j who had a son. Dr. Thomas J. I Murray, who located and prac I ticed medicine in Cannonsburg. j Penn. Dr. Murray passed away I at the early age of 33 and George Reed Murray was left an i orphan at the age of nine. Through the kindness cf rela- tives he" and his sister Anna K. i were given good education. ! At the age of 17 George Reed ; Murray responded to Lincoln's call for 300.000 more men and enlisted August 13. 1862. in Com j pany C, 140th Pennsylvania In ; fantry. He was with the regi : ment'at Chancelorsville, Gettys- burg. Mine Run, Campaign of I the Wilderness on to Petersburg j and present at Lee's surrender, j He fought in the Wheat Field, f the second day of the battle of I Gettysburg, a few miles from j the Marsh Creek graveyard 1 where his great-grandfather, I the missionary from Scotland, i lies buried. ! After discharge from the army i he decided to study for the min j istry. He graduated from the Westminister College in Law I rence county. Pa., and the Unit ; ed Presbyterian Seminary. New ; burg, N. Y. He graduated from ; Princeton in 1874 and received , his license to preach and served i one year as an itinerant preach ' er in New York, Pennsylvania ; and Massachusetts. I October 7, 1875, Rev. George ' R. Murray was united in mar riage with Miss Mary McClees, daughter of Alexander E. and HENRY W1LCQX0N- LYIE BETTGER EMMETT KELLY- COCCIOU Rev. Geo. R. Murray Matilda (Hodges) McClees, a native of Washington County, Pa. In 1875 Rev. Murray was as- and four years later, 1880, he accepted a call to the Fairview United Presbyterian in Cass County, Nebraska, the first resi dent pastor of this church. Soon after accepting this pastorate Rev. Murray pur chased 120 acres of land three miles south of Fairview, June 14. 1880 from T. Z. Linvill for S320C, all in section 2, Liberty Precinct. Timber being very es sential for fuel for the home he purchased five acres of rough, hilly timber land in Liberty pre cinct near the Missouri river, lot five insection 18. The Buck school house, Dis trict 14, was half mile due west of i he Murray residence and two of the Murray children attend ed this school. School census of April. 1837, gives "George R. Murray, father, Harry age 10 and Arthur age 6." The Murray farm is now the home of Delbert Todd and fam ily and the well which served the Murray family 74 years ago new supplies the Todd family with plenty of fresh water. A rubble of stone and broken brick two rods east of the well i oiiuwa me :4te of the Murray residence. While cn this farm for ten years serving his church he took great pride in his Clydesdale horses which were used in the fields and as a driving team when calling on members of his church. Sadness and bereavement en tered the Rev. Murray home May 14, 1889, when his wife passed away after a lingering iilness of consumption at the age of 33 years. Mary H., their daughter, was born two weeks ; before her death. Anderson Root family, nearby neighbors, furnished a home for her but cn July 20, 1890, she passed away with cholera infantum. Lou Russel, at the death of his mother, was cared for by the Rev. J. P. McNary family at Tarkio, Missouri, but he suc cumbed to typhoid fever in 1889 at the age cf two years. The mother and two children were laid to rest in Oak Hill ceme tery near Plattsmouth. Rev. Murray was a beloved member of the community and active in church work. In his little country church there were 34 communicants and a flour ishing Sunday "school. Rev. Murray received a call to Mt. Prospect church at Thomas, Pa., where he was born and returned with his three sons and began services August 22, 1890. In Cass county commission ers report, August 10, 1891, we have the following: "The Rock Bluff precinct shall be divided so as to constitute a new pre cinct to be known as Murray Precinct and shall be bounded as follows (the present west Rock Bluff precinct). Many old timers not wishing to lose the name "Rock Bluff" urged the county commissioners to return to the old name Rock Bluff which they did October 6, 1891. December 30, 1900, Rev. MuT ray was united in marriage with Mrs. Agnes Campbell Blair, Monmouth, Illinois, and thus established a home for his three young sons. Harry A. Murray, oldest son, was born in Centcrville, Iowa, July 9. 1876. and passed away May 20, 193S. Most of his life he had spent as a merchant. ; Dr. Arthur T. Murray was ! born March 20, 1881, on his father's farm south of Fairview. In 1908 he graduated from the I Pittsburg University, receiving i the 'degree of Doctor of Medi ! cine and located in the town of Nineveh. Pa., where he is still engaged in the practice of medi cine. Lieutenant James McClees Murray, a son, was born on his father's farm September 14, 1883. While a student in West- minister College he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at An napolis and after graduating spent several years with the navy in many parts of the world, later was transferred to the Aviation Corps. He was consid ered one of the ablest and most daring aviators in the navy. While on a flight over Pensa cola Bay, Florida, February 16, ; 1914. his plane plunged from i an altitude of 800 feet into the i bay causing his death. His fa- Mary McClees Murray thpr who was snendine the ; winter in Florida, soon learned j of the sad tragedy. Rev. Murray was popular in ; can. gooas. a much wider circle than the It repealed a 1951 resolution membership of his church. He ! which asked that eggs be sold had an influence for good which : on a weight basis. Repeal was extended beyond his community, okayed because the bureau be his power for good impressed lieves that it is already possible many who had never attended , to sell eggs on that basis by In the summer of 1912 Rev. Murray paid his last visit to the town named in his honor. He passed away March 18, 1931, at the age of 86 and laid to rest at Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, in the family lot of his father and grandfather. lmwwd MRS. SRACE PLYB0N. Corresponds. Mrs. Nunn of South Bend en tered the Ebeler Nursing Home on Saturday. Mrs. Maud Newlin visited her daughter and family at Panama over the week end. Bluebird Club Hostess Recently Mrs. Emily Gonzales was hos tess to the Bluebird Club on Tuesday, with Mrs. Sumner and Mrs. Plybon assistant hostesses. Mrs. Chas. Marshall led the music opening. Stephen Foster 1 was the composer recognized. She gave a report of the Home Project Club Leaders State con vention at Chadron. One inter esting feature was the visit to the Pine Ridge Government school and Indian Mission. There was a forum on "Peace With Freedom.- Mrs. Krecklow, president, led the business ses sion and read a timely poem. The lesson about Health center ed on easier methods of house keeping. Mrs. Edna Fleischman gave an article about our duty as voters. Mrs. Horton's book talk was about "The Greatest Story Ever Told." Mrs. Leavitt and Mrs. Marshall were the les son leaders. ElTTlWOOfl Fellowship Group Honors Draftee The young people's Fellowship group held a six-thirty dinner on Sundav evening at the Methodist church in honor Gordon Lannin, who is to among the ones to report Plattsmouth, November 12, of te at for military service. Klmwood Mrs. Roy Armstrong is conval escing from a back ailment that kept her down for several days. Chas. Marshall was speaker for Lavman s Dav at the Meth odist church on Sunday, and Howard Pool held the devotional service. Mrs. Totman was organ ist. The pulpit arrangement has been changed to meet the re quirements for better organ ser vice for the wing pews. The choir is on the west side and the minister on the east. Dr. and Mrs. Bert Story were in Franklin Sunday for the annual birthday celebration for his mother, who was 91 years of age, and for his birthday too. Elmwood Mrs. Gustin Is Kensington Hostess Mrs. Linda Gustin, assisted by several of her relatives, was hostess to the Community Ken sington on Thursday. Mrs. Men denhall opened the meeting and Emily Gonzales led in the pro gram. Mrs. Stee read a Hal lowe'en article and Mrs. Horton gave a humorous reading. "At the Football Game." Mrs. Merle Eveland chose as her travelogue subject their recent trip to Colorado and the Hereford cattle and livestock group trip through the ranch country of northwest Nebraska. They enjoyed the Mc Kelvie Ranch visit and the nu merous food contributions pre sented to the members of the interested travrleis on the tour. Klmwood Mrs. Cora Gerbeling was a Sunday guest of her son Ralph and family in Lincoln. They attended services at the First Church in University Place.. Baltimore, Md. WThen Edward Bozier, 38-ycar-old crane op erator tried to free his crane boom from an overhead high tension wire, he was electrocuted. C J. IX A ! W I XT 6611 LT6SOlLiriOnS &f Adopted By Farm Bureau Sixteen of 24 resolutions sub mitted to the membership of the Cass County Farm Bureau were approved at the group's annual meeting held Tuesday night at Weeping Water. Resolutions in cluded a variety of subjects ranging from school 'redisrict ing to hunting regulations. Presented to the membership by Paul Eveland of Elmwood, chairman of the resolutions committee, the resolutions had previously been adopted bv in- dividual farm bureau units within the county and submit ted to the general membership for approval. The Farm Bureau turned down two resolutions which, would promote and compel re districting of schools, and ap proved a resolution favoring di rect election of the president and abolishment of the electoral college. Resolutions acted upon by the Farm Bureau, in the order sub mitted to the membership were: It approved expanding foreign trade by buying products aboard to enable foreign countries to Duy larger quantities of Ameri- ! selling by grade The farm bureau also repeal ed a 1951 resolution which doubted the value of the weed I district and questioned its con- j tinuance, but went on record in i favor of moving the office to ! Weeping Water. j After lengthy discussion the j group also recommended that j the date governing the age of j children entering school be j changed from October 15 to j January 1. - j It voted against a resolution ; which would "prohibit school i districts from contracting with j other districts for educating ! their children." And a resolution which fav ored compulsory redistricting of schools was also rejected. The farm bureau, however, okayed reinstating basketball for girls in high school. For what were described as obvious reasons, the Bureau passed a resolution calling for the repeal of a 1951 resolution which concerned the special bridge levy. Acting on two similar resolu tions, the group voted against recommending that the County Commissioners spray all road sides of all newly graded roads, but also considered 'a resolu tion which would require farm owners to keep road 'sides and fence rows clean of growth which would cause drifting of snow or poor visibility at inter sections on roads with an all weather grade. Cass county farmers favor purchase and installation of a ' moderate" amount of snow fence. On subjects relating to taxes, the Bureau went on record against favoring a gas tax re fund law based on a system where tax is not collected, but suggested that the State Farm Bureau Research unit consider the problem. The group voted in favor of a sales or income tax as a partial replacement for the property tax and real estate tax the rate of such tax to be determin ed every two years. It opposed licensing operators for farm tractors, and voted in favor of requiring all car and truck owners to have liability insurance amounting to at least $10,000 or post a $10,000 bond before obtaining a car or truck license. Other resolutions okayed by the farmers were to reverse the 1951 state resolution calling for the entire state of Nebraska to be a brand area; that truckers who are owners of an RC per mit and not using it, be pro hibited from sub-leasing it to others; a direct election of the president and abolishment of the electoral college; the state huntnig permit be changed to conform with the national con stitution; and that all policies expressed in resolutions adopt ed in previous annual meetings be retained. By the unit turned down resolutions recommending an increase in the number of game wardens or deputizing farmers to enforce game laws; a move for a direct presidential primary for the whole nation to be counted as a single unit; to eliminate confiscating guns for hunting violations; and to per mit hunters to retain shells in the magazines of automatic and repeated shot guns. BATTLES ANTELOPE Lewiston, -Mont. Allan Van Home missed an antelope with five shots, while out hunting j recently. The enraged animal , charged him and Van Horn; grabbed the animal's horns, rodeo style, and wrestled him to the ground. There he stayed, with one foot on the antelope's , horns and the other on his neck i until another hunter came, along and took Allan off the hours of a ?riilemma . by cutting , the ani mal's throat. BOOTS SAVE FARMER Tarkio, Mo. Lightning struck the cow barn of Maurice Ryan while he was milking a cow. The cow and a pig nearby were kill ed. Ryan was stunned but the rubber boots he was wearing apparently saved him from be ing killed. Sale Nets $30 For Polio Fund Mrs. Henry Dickman, assisted by Mrs. John Everett, Mrs. Har ley Morton and Mrs. Nelson had charge of the Good WTill Club's food and bake sale held at Union. The club netted $30 which will be turned over to the polio fund. tjhssurwood Mrs. Rose McDonald Journal Correspondeu- I Mr. Herbert Carter has re ! turned home from the hospital and is getting along fine. Miss Charlotte Versch of North Platte, Nebraska was a ! week end visitor at the Claude j Osburn home. ! Mr and Mrs. Turlev Wall call- ph at the home nf Mr Wall's brother at Eagle Sunday after noon. Mrs. Dorothy Green and chil dren were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Meisinger. Mrs. Retz of Omaha and Mrs. Etinger of Lincoln, cousins of Mrs. Harry Maroff, were week end guests of the Marolfs. Mr. and Mrs. Miriam Cartel; had as their guests Friday af ternoon, Mrs. Elsa Hornbeck of Murdock, Nebraska. Greenwood 24 Help Lady Note Birthday Saturday, October 25th, 24 ladies' gathered at the home of Mrs. LU Hurlbet to celebrate her birthday. The out-of-town guests were Lizzie Hartsook of University Place, Mrs. Mattie Armstrong of Lincoln, Mrs. Carl Foster, Mrs. Reitz of Omaha and Mrs. Etinger of Lincoln. A lovely 12 o'clock dinner was serve?, and a lovely time had by all. 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The guests were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Johnston and Terri, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reighard and family, Doris, Shirley, Dorothy and Bill Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins of Lincoln, Mrs. Rose McDonald. Mr. Jack Reighard, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lee, Esther received many lovely gifts. Greenwood Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth O'Rourke and daughters spent the week end in Omaha at the home of Mrs. O'Rourke's cousin, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Turner. Mrs. Fern Buckingham and Mrs. Claude Osburn shopped in Lincoln Monday and also call ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benny Buckingham. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Meisinger and Mr. Todd shopped in Lin coln Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Turley Wall's mother, Mrs. Ellen Smith of Lincoln has been a guest at the Wall home the past week. Tuesday evening Mr. A. L. Todd attended the oyster supper given by the Farm Bureau at Wahoo, Nebraska. Visitine at the Harrv Marolf home are Mary Hoppie and Mrs. Ruth Rexroth and Mrs. Mary Owen of Fremont, cousins of Harry Marolf. 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