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Dr. Brillhart, Ideal Cleaners Special Dry cleaning special 50c, Clarke Wardrobe. Phone 666.-Adv. Orders taken for cakes at W. Betty Lou Operetta, St. Cecilia's Jr. High School, 8:15, Dec. and ladies' hats cleaned and reblocked 50c, caps 20c. Thallas Bros.-Adv. Sale Winesap apples 83c per basket. Skaggs System. Quan tity limited. Come Meeting Modern Woodmen Eagles Hall Tues. evening. Dec. Election of officers, oyster supper. Members asked to be present.Adv.
Very fine improved 80, possession March for sale trade, Adams Nebr., very fine unimproved 80 close Hastings sale trade, priced right. Hoeppner Uerling.-Adv. Tribune Christmas now on Tribune has another fine line Christmas cards. Ask for an appointment your home office at Tribune Prices 3c and up.-Adv.
Hastings today enjoyed a second consecutive comparatively mild temperature snow ice were rapidly disappearing. The temperature Sunday rose 41 deand the low for the night was degrees. Because of lack of time for preparation, the market days have been held the Woman's Club at their club home December 11 and 12 have been cancelled, it an nounced today Mrs William Dutton, president. At meeting of the executive of the Young Women's Christian at Wedthe budget for the year will be and other business transacted. Mrs. David Lewis preside. The Hastings postoffice has received first stmas package addressed to Hastings resident. came from California and arriv ed in excellent condition. Several packages have been mailed out from the local postoffice and will not be long before the an rush will begin. The Girl Reserve Club of Clay Center has taken over the toy department of the charity work has in letter here Eleanor Lewis from Carroll, of Girl in that They beginning the this week. program being studied this year the group is World The board meeting of the Adams County Chapter Red Cross has been announced for the eve ning December at 7:30 o'clock. At time seevn new members for the board directors will be chosen. All people .clding 1931 memberships the Red Cross are entitled vote are urged attend the meeting headquarters. Allyn will preside. County Treasurer Theobald while without definite information hopeful that 1932 license plates for Adams county will arrive some week. plates arrive time Mr. Theobald plans to put them sale December 15. This date however, explained should not be taken definite an nouncement, for obviously the ar rival the plates must precede their being offered to the public. Application has been filed in the district here by General asking for the appointment of Luikart, secretary department trade as of the First State Bank of Holstein which closed doors few weeks ago. some counties the appointment of the secretary trade and commerce been unThis is the first application for his appoint ment be filed in Adams county The civics department the will have lunch meeting Friday the to which members and friends of the department and other interested civic ganizations are invited to attend David will lead discussion of "Our Christmas Project and How Will Be The will promptly Brooke, chairman of the department.
Routine business occupied the board of supervisors at Saturday's session. was taken to January Although no lumber for bridges bids were opened and price range for fir between $30.25 per thousand, noticeably lower than was submitted not long ago, was remarked supervisors. The bond clerk of the district court submitted by Miss Lucia Dillenbach approved:
Every interested the Adams county agricultural fair will be welcome the annual meeting of the county fair board Tuesday afternoon the court house, according to Elliott Davis, secretary. discussion the county fair program interested citizens are especialdesired by the fair board mem bers and desired that anyone with present to take part in the meeting. While voting limited to stockholders, the and the discussion is op en to the public, Davis pointed out Two new groups of books have the ings College library and are now on for One group in cludes received from the Carnegie for Interna tional "That Next by Bratt: "Disarmament" by Salvador de "Scientific Disarmament by Lefebure, and the League of Nations publication, Years of World Co-operation." The other group in cludes etiquette books. In this collection "Standard Etiquette" by A. S. Richardson; "Good Manners" by Mead and Abel; "Good Manners for Boys and Girls" by Learned; Etiquette" Chambers; "The Gracious Lutes, and "Etiquette Jr." by Clark and Quigley.
Word has been received at Pros ser of birth of baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kennedy at McCook on December Mrs. Kennedy was formerly Miss Marie Schlosseh, daughter and Mrs. George Schlosser of Prosser Mrs. Schlosser left for McCook Sun day morning. Miss Janet Carpenter. head of the English department at Hast ings College, and Mrs. M. Dean, are the proud possessors of gifts from Miss Virginia of Hast ings College last year who is now teaching Springs, M. Miss Carpenter's gift is jug and cup Mrs. vase. Both are of genuine old Mexican pottery. Hastings members the Knights of Pythias will be hosts district meeting Tuesday evening, December The program will open with banquet at the Baptist Church which will be followed by work the Ranks Knight the Odd Fellows at o'clock. Delegations from Sutton, Gibbon, Minden, Cloud will to Hastings for the Wells, and charge of the banquet and program. The winter short course for farm boys which being organized through Hughes departHastings High School will open on December 14, H. F. Peters, instructor, today. It was originally planned to open an earlier but conditions prompted postponement. Mr. Peters urges that any boys interested be his shops Monday morning, and the first lesson will be suggests that they bring any engines they that need of repair. At the initial next Monday as number of lessons desired, the time meetings and subjects be studied will be taken up, Mr. Peters said. Any farm boys not school are eligible to attend.
BANK TO RECEIVER
ORLEANS, Dec. failed State Bank of Orleans now in the hands of receiver. This was decided at the depositors' meeting held Friday night. A. M. Strunk the receiver and has been in charge of the bank's affairs since its closing on October
Liquidation the bank will take place once, and it is hoped that the first payment the depositors can be made soon. The people of Orleans were unsuccessful in reorganizing the bank on account of the frozen assets. the are working hard to get a new bank for the town.
M. G. R. CLUB MEETS
Thursafternoon. Ten and will be with Mrs. Charles Riestein.
