This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, White, Royal, Frans, Hall, Reed Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AQB.2ACI/177 Message Board Post: Plattsmouth Journal, June 12, 1916 LOCAL NEWS. >From Friday’s Daily. Mr. and Mrs. Howard SMITH of Granite, Okla., were in the city for a few hours today and will enjoy a visit at the home of Mr. Smith’s sister, Mrs. Ivan WHITE, and family, south of this city. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, August 20, 1917 [Louisville Courier] Mrs. E.D. SMITH and daughter, Claire, have returned from an extended visit with Mrs. Smith’s parents at Hubbell, and other points in that vicinity. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, September 24, 1917 [Union Ledger] Mrs. W.S. SMITH of Murray, and Mrs. Will ROYAL of Plainview, Nebraska, were here visiting with Mrs. Jennie FRANS the latter part of last week. [Union Ledger] L.J. HALL and R.A. SMITH left on Friday afternoon for Rapid City, So. Dakota, where they went to look after a number of horses they have at that place. They also expect to buy more while they are gone. [Eagle Beacon] Everett SMITH left on Monday for Lincoln, where he enlisted in the regular army. He immediately left for Ft. Logan, and from there he will go to a southern cantonment. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, October 1, 1917 [Weeping Water Republican] Mr. and Mrs. Ray SMITH, of Plattsmouth, were in town Wednesday. They were returning from an auto trip to the western part of the state, where they visited Mrs. Smith’s sister, Mrs. H.R. REED and husband near Sidney. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, October 8, 1917 L.J. HALL and Rich SMITH, who went to Rapid City, S.D., about two weeks ago to buy and look after stock in that section of the country, returned home Tuesday evening. They returned to Omaha with six cars of cattle, two of horses and two of mules. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, October 29, 1917 [Union Ledger] R.A. SMITH returned home Friday from Memphis, Tennessee, where he sold a load of horses. Plattsmouth Journal, Monday, March 18, 1918 [Eagle Beacon for all 3 following items] Mrs. Harley SMITH, who has been suffering from heart trouble, is reported in a much improved condition. Private Everett SMITH was surprised Monday night by about twenty-five of his friends calling and spending the evening. He was given a jolly send-off and went on his way rejoicing. Private Everett SMITH, who spent his furlough here with his parents and friends, returned on Monday night to Camp Greenleaf, Fort Ogelsthorpe, Ga. The young man favored this office with a call and expressed a desire to get to the front in France. He has no patience with the slacker, who is looked down upon in army life.