THURSDAY. JUNE 9. 1932.
PLATTSMOUTH SE1H - WLIEXY JOURNAL
PAGE FTVE
School History
Reveals Educa
tional Growth
Also Shows Hew S25.000 Central
Ruildir Bends Grew to $53,000
and are Still a Liability.
i; inmiticr i KtiTr.it i ttf.hox.
I'rinriiial IMolUmuuth H. .
ri.Jiuiit ior.a 1 organization did not
ili i.iy i( r.g in following political and
t-ligiou-s organization in Nebraska.
1 first sthoul in Plattsmouth was
) :.e ! it: !."(;. j-.:s! three years af
ter Samiul Martin built the firs! tab
in in I 'lattsmouth and Mary Sto-king
v a ti pioneer teacher of this tui-ti-.t:
school. The- r.txt year, a school
support (1 by public funds was open-
:! by Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Oorrell. The
::.oI!:::-nt totaled about a hundred
pupils and the salary of the tea hers
ir ! fro;:! $15 to $2 per month.
In I tlo re were- two schools in
ses-io;: with a total enrollment of
114 and the Territorial Commissioner
e! Education reported to the legisla
ture .: i m. l that lass county nas
th- r.o.t perfect si hool organ iza t ion
in th Territory ..." The curricula:-.:
;n lu. It il the following: subjects:
iama: ii'ii. Arithmetic. I'etiman
si.ip. Reading, Psychology and. the
Alphabet.
not prevail, however. At this time,
there were three schools in Platts-
niouth. second and third ward schools
and Mr. D'Allemond's private school,
though the first ward school was just
being built.
In support of the bond issue. The
Herald pointed out that "Plattsmouth
is today behind any other town of its
size in the state in regard to public
buildings and it is absolutely neces
sary that we have a high school build
ing if we are to keep pace with other
places in education." The bond elec
tion was called for August 25, 1S71,
and The Herald thought "every citi
zen of the city would blush to have
Ai: early intr-st in higher educa
tion in the territory was also mani
fest as may ! seen from the number
of charters granted by the Territor
ial Legislature to various denomina
tions am! groups for academies and
(.'leges. Most towns of the territory
wt re anxious to become an important
sen' of burning as well as the seat of
political power. On October 1' 3 . 1 S5 S.
a charter was obtained for a univer
sity to bs established at Plattsmouth
uiiiier control of th Methodist
church. Prior to this articles of in
corporation were granted January 26.
Is'.i;. for the I'iattsniouth Preparatory
Institute and a board
as named. Hut no in
iaher learning was es
Pluttsniouth although
v ral private and de
schools in the elemen-
and Colb-Uat.
of direct' is v
stitution (.f 1.
tahM-heii at
there Were
n omit: at ion al
tary and secondary fields.
Py liJT. the need for a high school
had become appal ent and in Febru
ary. lt;7. the T- rrilorial Legislature
authorized tin Plattsmouth city coun
cil to raise funds for the construction
cr a hich school. The council decided
to is-;;.' b onds to the amount of t2.00o
for this purpose, but thi.-- plan did not
go through h-cause the council found
that i: '-.'Hid not issue the bonds with
out a vote Cf the people and further
it was dechied that $2. . was not
siiffiiiet.t. It was at this time that
the first Heard of Education was
elect, d. If was composed of G. II.
Black. C. II. Parmeie. P. V. Cass. L.
H. Miller. William Lazenby and
Junies O'Neill. At th opening of
school- in September, 18in. the Hoard
published the following regulations
govt mine conduct and tuition:
i So swearing, wrestling or
fighting or, the school grounds,
l- ;'o talking during school
hour;-.
:- Each pupil must stand
whth re-itinc.
4 :-, drink ire tolerated.
There must be no absence
f ..r m ore than three days out of
th m .nth unless for illness.
; E:--h teacher must appear
at s- !.(.! ;t least five minutes
b t'ov lass. time.
7 The tuition shall be as fol
lows: Common branches. $7.00;
Al ir- i.' a. $7. on; Latin. $S.0.
In April. 17". The Herald called
:,ti.'-iii.;i to the fact that school
j (
were
in both the north and soutn
s of town as it was dear that the
. . t . l .1 ,1
nee ot stiver, to eit.ni nu:n.o-
many tor one school. In the
Aiiirnst. that same year, the
tn
b-.-,
hi
-d announced plans to erect three
Iii'i.a-s tf' meet tne reeu. a ivuuui
St
,-hool building ami a waru
school in both the north ana soutn
p;:rrs ot t"vr. were planned. To this
ti.. H irl suggested. "Let us have
the
Trirj.
th.
f.rst
irra'ie
school building by an
Aa-jin cn November 10,
fie raid c alled atu ut'on to
that "Plattsmouth is losing
; citizens because we lack a
g. .(..? school house: we must have a
c-iit-a! scho' l for advanced pupils."
Wl.il- t'.e agitation for public
I. hui! lin-s was going on in 18G9
ami lv7". Plcttsmouth Pusiness Col
b tc va- oj.. ned December 1. 1S70 in
a building one door east of the Cass
county court house. Mr. A. Murphy
v . ih. i,vm- of the school which
i iici tict ed "at ; ernoon
silv lor the holies.'"
i t!:'-r private
tin:- wl.Kt
classes exclu-
' The re was an-
schocd opened at this
later L't-anie tne nrsi iun-
Jic hi'rh sr-bo"l in Plattsmouth. lins
v. as the- school opened by Mr. Adol
I I u H'Allemond in January, 1S71'. in
Ft. Luke's church building. Two
months k tcr, the enrollment totaled
hfty pupil.-, and Mr. D Allemond plan
ned to erect a building. He purchas
ed what was known as the Jones
pr'-p-rty on Chicago avenue as a loca
tion. For the spring term of 1S70, a
pi -no wi;s added to the equipment and
an English teacher was retained to
hr.idle the increase in enrollment.
Tin re we re no formal graduation ex
eri i.-e s marking the close of school,
bu: it v..:s customary to hoi 1 public
xamiaations of the pupils before pro
motion. The examiners were usually
persons not connected with the
! cl ool.
In June. 1S71, the Hoard of Edu
cation ash' d the authority of the
Council to erect a building in Ward
One and tli approval was given. Hut
the movement for a high school build
ii i.- actively got under way July 15,
I71. wio-ii Councilman O'Neill in
troduced a resolution in the Council
i a '.liny for a bond election to lloat
bonds to the- t mount of $2.000 for
the erection of a building. This reso
lvti'ti was unanimously approved.
The re was some opposition to the
rcpr-sal in the community r,n the
r -'"r.d that ?2".0fo. was not suffici-c-.t
and that the amount oug.ht to be
lai.cd to $-li',0ut. This opinion did
the word go around. that Plattsmouth
had voted down the school."
Hut the people refused to endorse
the bonds and The Herald lamented
the fact that "we must hasten to rec
tify our mistake or fall in the rear of
all the large towns in the state. Even
Ashland is ahead of us." In February,
172. The Herald asked. "What has
b'come of the high school project?
Hoes the city propose to make it a
failure?"
In answer to this query, renewed
activity was begun in March. 1872
for the building of a high school, but
by this time considerable sentiment
had been created for the issuance of
additional bonds for the location of
college in Plattsmouth. On March
HI. 1N72. Dr. O. 11. Black addressed
tie Council in regard to voting $25.
000 for the proposed college. The
Council approved both the bond issue
fcr the high school and college and
ce lied a special election to be held on
July 27. 1S72. when the voters were
to express their wish relative to the
floating of 107 twenty year bonds
The high school bonds carried by a
vote of 193 to 51 and the college
bends 154 to S2. The college never
materialized and no further reference
to it has ever been found among the
city records, neither is there any rec
ord ef an issuance of the bonds nor a
register of them. Either sentiment in
reference to the college changed in
the community or no group would at
tempt to start a college without addi
tional financial help.
Put plans for the construction of
the high school building went for
ward immediately. County Superin
tendent of Schools I. V. Wise and
the mayor were named as a commit
tee to secure plans for the building.
This committee visited several schools
and plans and specifications were pre
sented to the council and a commit
tee composed of Aldermen Huttery.
Fitzgerald and White was authorized
to select the final plan. The bonds
were sold to the First National Bank
of Plattsmouth at l0c on the dollar,
leaving a net sum of ?22,50t for
building purposes. On October If.
1S72. Architect C. F. Hriscoll was
paid $300 for drafting the plans and
on October 22nd the bond of H. H.
Dexter as contractor was approved.
Building operations went forward
at once and on November 1C, a com
mittee of three councilmen -was ap
pointed to inspect the foundation.
This was done and the project was ap
proved and the contractor was paid
tor the work done up to that time.
It is interesting to note that at this
time the city faced an acute situation
in finances and "borrowed" $5,000
from the high school fund despite the
fact that this was contrary to the
proposition upon which the money
was voted. This left a net amount of
$17,500 in the school bond fund.
IIv an act of Uie state legislature
on February IS, 1873. the public
schools were placed under the con
trol of the City Council and that body
functioned as the Board of Education.
Acting as such, the City Council hired
Mr. M. B. Reese as the first superin
teneie nt of schools at a salary of $100
a month. In April, 1S73, Supt. Reese
recommended that a school be built in
the third ward. At that time, also,
Mr. H'Allemond. who had been con
ducting a private school as previous
ly referred to. was engaged to take
c harge of the high school. Three other
teachers completed the faculty for the
entire system. Pending the complet
ion of the new building, the Council
voted to rent the building used by Mr.
H'Allemond for $20 per month as a
high school. Members of the Council
who served on the school committee
were paid an additional $50 a year.
As a part of the duties of these school
directors, re-gular visits had to be
made to each school and a public re
port issued. The following report
shows the condition ef the schools in
May, 18 73:
High School C2 pupils: D9 aver
age attendance; 1 parent visit, length
1 hour; 4 Co. Supt. visits, average
duration, ls hours; 1 City Supt. vis
it, length 2 hours. Order, good; Clean
liness, fair; Ventilation, poor.
1st Oracle 57 pupils; 45 average
attendance; 1 parent visit, length Vz
hours; 1 Co. Supt. visit, length 2
hours; 1 City Supt. visit, length 1 Vz
hours.' Order, fair; Cleanliness, poor;
Ventilation, poor.
1st Primary 52 pupils; 47 average
attendance; No parent visits; 1 Co.
Supt. visit, length 1 hour; 1 City
Supt. visit, length 1 i hours. Order,
poor; Cleanliness, poor; Ventilation,
pror. '
Second firade? 79 pupils; 70 aver
age attendance; No parent visits; 1
Co. Supt visit, length 1 V hours; 1
City Supt. visit, length 1 hour. Order,
fair; Cleanliness, poor; Ventilation,
fair.
Third Grade Cl pupils: 4 3 aver
age attendance; 2 parent visits, aver
age duration, U hour; 3 Co. Supt.
visits, average duration hour; 1
City Supt. visit, length lVi hours.
Order, peor; Cleanliness, poor; Venti
lation, bad.
Fourth Orade 102 pupils; 73,2
average attendance; No parent visits;
2 Co. Supt. visits, average duration U
hour; 1 City Supt. visit, length 1?
hours. Order, fair; Cleanliness, poor;
Ventilation, good.
Totals 413 pupils: 339 average
attendance; 4 parent visits; 12 Co.
Supt. visits and 6 City Supt. visits.
The teachers were as follows: High
Rt-hool. Mr. A. D'Allemond; 1st grade.
D. D. Martindale; 1st Primary, Miss
Marcia Lincoln; 2nd grade, Mr. J. D.
Patterson: 3rd grade. Miss Lou Keef
cr and 4th grade. Miss Gertie John
son. The report of the committee also
deplored the tact that the parents
were so negligent about visiting the
schools and charged that they were
"not giving to the education of their
children, one twentieth part of the
consideration and care ordinarily be
stowed upon the stock which is in the
barnyard." The report emphasized
the fact that "the order maintained
is not up to standard and improve
ment in this particular is absolutely
necessary. The promiscuous rush for
hats and the noise at recess should be
regulated. The orderly arising from
seats and quiet march to the recita
tion room should be insisted uperm as
this discipline trains the youthful
mind to methodical, orderly habits."
As for cleanliness, the committee
"expected to find the floors, dirty and
were not disappointed." The ventila
tion was peor and the report recom
mended that "teachers who have no
more sense than to stifle vitality in
their pupils with foul air of a closed
room should be discharged."
This critical report had a desirahle
effect upon the schools for the same
committee made a tour of inspection
again in June and reported improve
ment in nearly all points complained
of in the first report. But referring to
the recess period, the committee con
cluded that "the young brains of the
pupils are not capable of the contin
ued effort of constant application
without an adequate amount of re
laxation." and recommended that a
ten minute recess every hour be fol
lowed and that the pupils would then
return "with renewed vigor and re
freshed intellects." The committee
also made further comments on the
matter of discipline and found that
very little corporal punishment was
used, but that "we have heard rumors
that the children were struck with
the hand and punishment bordering
on brutality was sometimes adopted,
but we are pleased to be enabled to
fully refute such statements and to
assure the Council that nothing of
the kind exists and that we will not
tolerate it." However, the committee
urged the teachers not to discourage
the children by calling them "such
approbrious epithets as fool or block
head."
The influence of Dr. R. R. Living
ston in educational matters is evident
in the recommendations in regard to
cleanliness, ventilation and the need
of relaxation. Being a physician, he
would naturally see this phase of the
school work more clearly than others
not so professionally trained. As
chairman of the education committee.
he had ample opportunity to express
his views on these subjec ts.
The curriculum of the schools in
1S73 included the traditional "three
It's" for all the grades with emphasis
on Alcciuneys Header, in tne nign
school, history, algebra, arithmetic,
geography and bookkeeping consti
tuted the course of study. In regard
to the textbooks used in the schools.
the council's committee pointed out in
June. 1873, "that the whole- system of
public education should be moulded
to prepare every scholar tor tne uni
versitv and the use of so many differ
ent kinds of authors in one subject is
subversive to that end." The commit
tee also deplored the fact that the
course of study did not include phil
osophy, astronomy, physiology and
ethics. Latin and Greek were recom
mended as absolutely indespensible to
the "appreciation and mastery c the
higher studies."
In tne meantime, building on the
high school went forward toward
completion. But considerable trouble
was had in getting the prope r mater
ials used in the construction of win
dows, doors and joists. In May, 1S73.
the building committee reported that
better lumber should have been used
in the doors and window frames and
recommended that the architect be
called back to correct the inferior
work. In November, a special com
mittee v.as selected by the Council to
inspect and accept the building for
the city and to make a final settle
ment with the contractor. Copies of
the high school bonds were not re
corded until May HI. 187-i. showing
the twenty-five bonds of $1.0oo de
nomination running for twenty ye"ars
at 10 per cent interest.
How the Bonds Grew
Just as payment ef the railroad
bonds caml' to be a vexatious prob
lem (as shown in a previous chapter).
the floating of the school bonds also
led to controversy and threats of re
pudiation. As in the case of the rail
road bonds, the city was unsuccessful
in defeating payment and litigation
rnd delinquent interest more than
doubled the original amount of the
high school bonds.
On February 1. 18S4. City Attorney
R. B. Windham reported to the Coun
cil that interest on the high school
bonds had been paid during the per
iod from 1873 to 1S7(1. with the ex
ception of $100, but that no interest
payments were made from 187C to
188 4 and that the total debt amount
ed to $4 8,023.72 including delinquent
interest. Mr. Windham made no spe
cific recommendation relative to pay
ment of the debt, but suggested that
if the city could succeed in repudiat
ing the bonds it would mean a huge
saving but that if the bonds were de
clared valid, the city would have a
heavy obligation to meet. He also sug
gested that Mr. Bissell of New York,
holder of the bonds, might be willing
to accept a compromise new funding
bond at six and one-half per cent. On
June 23. 1S84, a motion to empower
the Mayor to go to New York and
obtain testimony in the bond case ar.d
confer with Mr. Eissell was lost by a
tie vote.
In the meantime, Mr. Bissell had
already started suit in federal court
to collect the face value of the bonds
and the validity of the bonds was up
held. The case for the city was han
dled by M. A. llartigan. City Attor
ney, and John L. Webster, of Omaha.
Failing to repudiate the bonds, the
city was forced to peek a method of
settlement. To accomplish this, a
committee of four was authorized to
go to New York and arrange a com
promise with Mr. Bissell upon the
most favorable terms which could be
obtained. This committee was com
posed of William Herold. M. B. Mur
phy, George S. Smith and J. M. Pat
terson. This conference was held and
Mr. Bissell agreed to accept a new
sinking fund bond covering the full
amount of the debt, which by this
time amornted to S49.000. An elec
tion was ca'led to approve the bond
and an tcut? situation was made
worse when the voters failed to ratify
the bond issue. The result of the elec
tion was as follows:
Ward 1 2 3 4 Total
For Bonds 12 4 2 4 0 H ion
Against 31 23 5 5 S3 141
Considering the vote pollel in pre
vious elections, the vote cast here was
unusually light and accounted to some
extent for the defeat e-f the bonds.
Councilman Lehnhoff suggested that
the defeat of the bonds could be laid
to the fact "that rumors were afloat
that the interests of the city were
jeapordized in the bond election" and
that many citizens refused to vote for
the bonds for this reason. He asked
that all correspondence with Mr. Bis
sell be made a matter of record to
show the public that the criticism
was without foundation.
But Mr. Bissell disapproved ot this
procedure. He informed the Council
that he did not want to become in
volved in local politics, that he had
given the city a long time' to settle
and now that the voters bin) refused
his compromise, "I don't ii 1 I ought
to divulge the correspondence. Tiie
vote was satisfactory to me. The prop
osition was made when I was in one
f my magnanimous moods and twenty-four
hours later I would not have
made it."
With a decision of the Federal
Court back of him, Mr. Bissell was in
a position to tell the city officials
what lie would clo and what h would
not do. and they were in no position
to retaliate.
When Mayor George S. Smith took
office April 15, 1884. he stated in his
annual message that "all inte rest has
been paid on all indebtedness except
the celebrated high school bond in
debtedness." He rec-omi.H ncbd that
a compromise- bond again be submit
ted to the people and explained the
previous cieieat oi tne noinis as an un
fair expression of public opinion since
only one-tnircl ot me electors cast a
ballot. "Everyone says that this is
an indebtedness that ought to be
taken care of to the- best advantage
of the city consistent with our honor,
integrity and credit."
In a letter June- 8. 18 Mr. Bis
sell re-considered his former refusal
to con; promise further. lit wanted to
protect his investment, of course. He
agreed to ace; pt (!' per ce nt fund
ing bonds, providing they were- voted
What with spring well on its way and summer here it is quite in
keeping to talk about the June Bride and the special showers and
parties but this time I'm going to leave that for the next article
atid here offer a few suggestions on the dress for Milady as one might
say and a few of the better menus! Hope you find some helpful
suggestions.
W
immediate ly and "all si
approval of my lawyers.'
that "if this b not ai
the end." He- urged th
b jecT to the
Tie warned
;-r-"o.-e-d. it is
- Council to
keep the negotiation cor.iid- ntial, for
"I feel with the unanimous decision
of the highest court ir the land on
my side, that it is e mharrasing for
me to make this proposition."
The Council immediate, ly called
another election to vote the funding
bonds which had r.ot increased to
j'53.oi'0. The election was set for
July 1 4. 1 8 85. The itemized account
of the Bissell debt amounttd to $'53.
8 4S.70. The election resulted in a
victory for the bonds by a vote of
3 to Co and the e-ity attorney was
instructed to notify Mr. Bissell that
the city was ready to exchange the
funding bonds for the bonds of 1872.
The eouncj formally pas'd a reso
lution issuing the bonds on Septem
ber 30. 185. Since- the bond issue
was for $53,000 only, the balance of
?8-lS.70 was paid out of the general
school fund. The question was closed
when the First National Bank of
Plattsmouth was instructed to send
the fifty-three bonds of $1,000 de
nomination to a New York banking
house together with a draft of $S4S.
70 in exchange for the' old bonds.
As far as the city was concerned,
the bond controversy, failure to pay
delinquent intetest and attempted lit
igatjon 5 lightly more- than doubled
the onpir.'.l indebtedness and left
future generations to pay the bill. In
1SM. the 8 53.00O high school bonds
v.ere refunded again along with $50.
eO'O other bonds to run for twenty
ycats and still constitute a part of
tb- bonded indebtedness of the C.iiv
of Platismouth. sixty years after the
original debt was contracted.
First Graduating Class in '82
Prior to 1SS2. then was no formal
graduating exercises held in Platts
mouth high school. There were "Pro
motional Exercises" in which all the
pupils of the schools took part. As a
part of these elaborate and lengthy
programs, there were declamations,
tableaux, dialogues, due's, quartettes,
choruses and solos. L;;tcr, each grad
uate was require"! to give an eiraticn.
The titles of the following suggest th"
ponderous and philosophical subjects
discoursed upon: "Lite and Its Mys-terie-s."
"Rome was Not Built in a
Day." "The Heirs of the Ages" and
"Is the Mind of Woman Inferior to
the Mind of Man?"
The class e:f 18 82. c omposed of Jes
sie Wiles. Marshall Wiles and Frank
Wheeb-r was the first class to receive
diplomas. A complete list of the
giadttates of Plattsmouth high school
from 1882 through appears in
tlie ; rpendix.
In I'joo. a high school building was
built e n the southwest corner of the
Ce niril school grounds at a cost ef
510,000. It was abandoned in 1919
when the present high school was
built. This latter building was dedi
cated Marc h 25. 191!).
(Concluding Chapter to Follow)
OF COURSE IT'S ALL RIGHT just to
buy a marcel, or a permanent, or a
finger wave if that's all you want.
But just any kind of a
marcel or a permanent
may not look well on you!
The contour of your head
must be taken into con
sideration, the color of
your hair should be no
ticed, your forehead and your eyes
should be carefully studied before
an attempt is made at a becoming
coiffure. And that is the kind of help
ful personal service Etta Nickels gives
at the Etta Belle Beauty Shoppe. No
matter what the necessity they al-j
ways try to suit your individuality.
Call 2: for an appointment in the
near future. By the way. will tell you
more about the Gabrieleen perma
nents next time there's none better!
JUNE ALWAYS SEEMS to herald a
special change- in menu in one re
spect that it the appearance of a
cold, luscious salad or a special froz
en dessert or might even be a new
group cf cold sliced meats! But no
matter the weather I
have a dandy salad that
I know you'll like it's a
fruit and vegetable salad!
Made with celery (chop
ped line), new carrots
(grated), shredded pine
apple and mixed with two cups of
boiling water and one package of
lemon j' llo guaranteed to whet the
most particular appetite and really
an economical menu! You'll find any
flavor gelatine at the Red and White
and all the fresh fruits and veget
ables, too!
NOT A NEW SURPRISE but I won
der how many of you all have tried
the new hat cleaning, equipment that
Lugsch has installed. It works won
ders with the old hats whether they
be the last spring and summer felts
or the straws and Panamas. And,
ladies, here's a hint to you if you've
nau a good looking sum
mer hat especially those
attractive stitched crepes
just dasli it over to the
cleaning plant and you
will have the advantage
4f
A
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NO MATTER WHAT your tastes in
foods may be you'll find something
at Brown's Cafe to tempt the most
jaded of appetites! They
are making a specialty of
spring dishes these days
all delicately prepared to
tempt the housewife who
has lost her interest in
menus and cooking. And
truly, men wouldn't you hate never
to have even Sundays away from the
office? By the same token it's only
lair that the women of the family
should have Sunday dinner out and
there's no be tter place than either the
dining room off the Hotel or the cafe
for a special fried chicken dinner
and I can guarantee the coffee will be
delicious, too for it's a new French
dripola tor-made!
I HEARD AN OPTOMIST remark the
other day that the Sahara Decert is
twice as large as the United States
and has been dry for centuries. But,
as far as I can see, there is nothing to
warrant thirst inoss when
Mauzy's Drug Store makes
such fraud "cokes." In
fac t their fountain service
is known all over I'latts
niouth as the ideal way
to spend a few minutes
y
lIcFADDEN DRAWS EET0ET
Washington. Stripped of his own
patronage fo'r a verbal attack on
President Hoover last December, Rep
resentative Mc-Fadden, ' republican,
said that such executive (discipline
was the "worst sort of bribery." Mc
Fadden made the statement in a let
ter to Senator Reed asking him
whether he intended to keep the pat
ronage for the Fifteenth district of
Pennsylvania. Reed replied that Mc
Fadden was within his rights in "ut
tering the beliefs you hold regard
ing President Hoover" but that "the
jl resident does not follow the recom
i mendations of democrats or other po
litical adversaries" in making ap
pointments. r
of a new summer hat
speak from experience for I've often
had mine renovated and this travel
ing necessitates constant cleaning
mats one reason its always a sur
prise to find a cleaning plant with the
best of city appliances. Call ICC for
delivery service!
St
I I'SED TO THINK that coal was coal
but I found out differently. You
don't buy ccal you buy heat and
right there in a nut-shell
is the main idea in buying
your fuel. Modern meth
ods make it possible to de
termine exactly the num
ber of heat units in var
ious grades of coal, which
the government Bureau of Standards
daes. The coal with the most heat
units naturally is the most valuable.
But when you have a dealer who
knows his own materials there is no
necessity of your worrying about all
these matters. Just let Mr. Hartford
send someone down to look at youi
furnace and then advise the type of
coal which will be most adaptable to
your type home and furnace. It's all
very simple and saves you no end of
trouble and expense!
HOW'S THE GARDEN coming along?
There's not much you have to worry
about when you have the selection of
seeds and potted plants you alwass
find at Bestor's Hardware store.
Whether it's Country Gentleman or
yellow hantom corn or various bean
teeds or one of the 16 varieties of
tomato seeds or even a form of radish
and cucumber seeds they have them.
And you all know that buying in the
hulk is ever so much cheaper than
these packaged beeds! By the way. in
the same breath I want to tell you
all about the marvedous bargain I
found in a Skelgas stove!
It's a perfectly dandy
practically new ens re
claimed from an estate
and one the owner had
paid over $200 for and
Mr. Swatck offered to se ll
it for wa3' less than half price worth
anyone's asking for a demonstration
especially ideal for folks off the
main line of natural gas!
w
each morning and afternoon in the
process of refrigeration or some
form of cooling I know, for I've
joined the group! Hut don't feel their
only specialty is cokes for alter
you've tasted the fancy sundaes and
malted milks, you may preler them!
One thing about whipping in these
hot days you'll have time to pick up
anything- else you need without mak
ing two or three trips!
IT ISN'T EVERY service station that
has the special official Alemiting sign
with all the various lubricating I
greases and pressure pumps but
when you find one that has you
know there's where you want to have
your car cheeked: iiiats
why the Ofe Oil Company
is popular among people
who really think a lot
about their cars. For ule-
mitir.g in time may save
innumerable bearings
and certainly loads of body squeaks!
Then, too, it's a pood place to buy
your Ethyl gasoline (the famous Par
co brand) and thej also feature Parco
and Hyvis motor oil. Here's an inter
esting thing Carl Ofe told me they
specialize in giving special service
to vour stalled car, when you run out
of gasoline or have tire trouble. Just
call 2C and their trouble truck will
fix you up in a hurry.
WHAT A FIGURE the girls must have
cut in those board fence affairs with
excruciating laces and stays! The gay
nineties? u ell I believe
you'll agree with me in
prcfering the "frivolous"
thirties when it comes
to corsets and corselettes!
You'll feel comfortable
and well-groomed in any
foundation garment you find
Wurl's. A garment that moulds
your figure comfortably confining
your body and adding no end of per
fection to any frock. In fact I know
certain ready-to-wear people who ab
solutely refuse to fit a gown without
a inundation garment being worn
mainly because they know the effect
will be more perfect for that reason.
Then too, at the new low prices, it's
only reasonable that you'll enjoy
wearing them whether large or
small thin or stout!
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, Mr. Ripley
that selection of piece goods at A. G.
Bach's is just what I wanted to find
to describe the numerous ways of
saving money this season! For in
stance, by making your
cwn sport clothes and lit
tle cool afternoon frocks
you have money in your
pocket! And what with
the new voiles and organ
die and mesh materials on
you need is a bit of pati
ence and a spool of thread! I saw a.n
awfully smart pattern with a stitch
ed hat to match and did you know
these hats are simple to make and
the pattern shows you how they're
all stitched and everything! But you
will realize after you've inspected the
different materials that you'd like to
make more than one frock! Which
we- agree is perfectly alright;
at
to
MM
hand all
WHITE FOR SPORTS isn't just a
slogan it's actually what's b ing
worn this season no matter the out
fit whe ther it calls for oi fords or
more formal pumps the color is
white! Meshes are popu
lar, too and the clever
little ties at the Fetzer
Shoe Co. are particularly
attractive and in the
same materials if you
don't care for Fport ties
are the pumps! The open mesh is es
pecially comfortable for hot weather
wear. Best of all the prices on all
these models are way below actual
supposition and no matter the foot
there's a shoe to lit it! For the
mote difficult people to fit they have
a line line of Enna Jettick shoes!
WHAT WITH THE FASHION parade
having gone cotton this year every
one is weating cotton sport meshes
for gclf tennis or gen
eral sports wear while
the afternoon dresses come
in a bit more trimmed
but still in your voiles
and organdies and linens
while your senii-formals
ar.d late- evening wear frocks are rep
licas of the sani" materials! But no
matter what it might be you'll find
the model and the size at the Ladies
Toggery in fac t Mr. Busch mal.e s a
specialty of buying for special people
that gives you a bit of personal ser
vice that you won't often find. So
many merchandisers merely choose a
pattern and style they particularly
like ne ver thinking of the possible
people that might van! to buy a dress.
If you let him know just what you
want he'll be glad to order special
ly, too. 4
WERE I ELECTED to choose a slo
gan for Knorr's Popular Variety store
I'd name it "The Store of a Thous
and Notions" and that would be put
ting it miidly I know I could spend
half a day in that store and still not
see everything! But speaking of June
you should see the special sugges
tions for bridal showers no matter
whether a table kitchen bedroom
bathroom or a personal
one you'll find the neces
sary gifts there! One thing
too I noticed should be
mighty popular this year
none other than those
little anklets in all the
newest summer shades for fports
wear and cool well you've only to
wear them once and you'll love "em
(and what a surprise the price will
be).
THE ONE URGE that seems to be
universal these days is the desire and
necessity to keep as cool as possible.
It s not an asy job, at
that! But when you can
find as many coed prints
dresses in fascinating(
styles and designs as in
Srtennichsen's it isn't
nearly as hard. Whether
you prefer the Nelly Hons or a spec
ial Gibson Girl blousette dress es
pc cially designed by Dorothy De-an
you'll find them in the newest shades
and fabrics in alniest every size
range! A small crocheted hat to
match is clever with the outfits
and with most of the bright prints
you'il like the Sandee colored hosiery
in Phoenix.
OUT OF SEASON but not out of rea
son are those small delicate brusse i
sprouts, tiny new potatoes and midget
sized perfect beets, and a
variety of other tempting
vegetables but that's
one reason why people like
to shop at Mullen's Gro
cery store for they have
a line of canned poods
that is particularly tempting! With
every meal one must hove a meat to
balance the menu and you'll find
very few grocery stores toiay that
make their own sauuage, and is it
ever delicious: Good for either a
breakfast luncheon or dinner tugges-
tlon. But better you stop by and look
over the display of cold ice fruits und
meats special delivery service, too.
All for now better I tell you the
rest next time now for better Bwims
and picnics.