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CHAMBERS ITEMS
(Continued from Page 1)
Carolina. Ivan Stevens came up
from Omaha for the week end.
Mr and Mrs. Stevens’ other son,
Pfc. Dean Stevens is in a hospital
in England recovering from
wounds received in Germany.
Word has been received of the
birth of a son to Lieutenant and
Mrs Charles Walker of Boise,
Idaho on January 30. Mrs. Walk
er was formerly La Vonne Han
sen. Lt. Walker is with the U. S.
Air Forces in Italy.
Mrs. Belle Widman, of Amelia,
spent the week-end visiting
friends in O'Neill.
Mr and Mrs. Wm. Steskal and
family, of Emmet, visited Sunday
with Mrs. Steskal's mother, Mrs.
Margaret Jungbluth.
Carrol Page was a dinner guest
at the George Alkineon home
Sunday.
Denny and Rodney Sullivan
came up from Norfolk Thursday
of last week to spend the rest of
the month with their grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ressell.
The following guests enjoyed
a bridge party at the Elmer
Wandersee home last week. Mr.
and Mrs Paul Roth, Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Gillette, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Thorin and Mr and Mrs. George
Kelly. Mrs. Gillette won high
score for the women and George
KeTIy high score for the men.
C. F. Gillette and Mrs. Thorin
Frank Porter took a load of
received low score,
young folks to Ewing Friday
evening for roller skating.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fullerton,
of Atkinson, were Sunday guests
at the George Fullerton home.
The Helping Hand Cluub met
Thursday of last week at the
home of Mrs. Allie Sammons.
Sixteen members were present.
A covered dish luncheon was'
served at noon. An interesting,
lesson on “The War and Rural
Construction” was conducted by;
Mrs. Vern Sageser. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Ray
mond Wickham
Mrs Victor Harley spent Fri
day of last week with her sister,
Mrs. Earl Doolittle at Amelia,
Lt. and Mrs. W. O. Wilson are
visiting Mrs. Wilson’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs Alfred Deirkmg,
Lyman Robertson and Sid
Farewell trucked a load of cattle
to Sioux City Tuesday.
Mrs. Lloyd Gleed, Armetta and
Doren, Mrs. Sarah Adams and
Rev. Park had Sunday dinner at
the Glen Adams home. •>
Mrs. A. A Walter returned
Monday from Stanton, where she 1
had spent several weeks with her
mother, Mrs. Clara PeltzOr and
visiting other relatives. t
Pfc. Frank Spath, who has
been stationed at Camp Mprana,
Tuscon, Arizona, has been sent to
Willow Run, Ypsilanti, Michigan,
to attend a B-24 engine school.
He was one of forty boys chosen
from Camp Marana to attend this
school.
Elaine Adams' and Mrs. Stanley
Jarman drove to Norfolk Monday
on business.
Luella Crandall left Saturday
for San Diego, Cal., after a two
weeks visit with home folks.
The Chambers and Inman
Basketball Teams played an in
teresting game on tne home floor
Monday evening. The second
team lost by a score of 19 to 28
and the first team by a score of
21 to 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Spath
and Mr. and Mrs. Gus Spath, of
Page, Mr and Mrs. Charles
Spath and daughters and Mr.
and Mrs. George Fullerton and
family had Sunday dinner at the
F. W. Spath home.
Pvt. Richard Smith left Madi
son, Wis., Thursday for his new
station at Scott Field, 111.
Installation Services were held
in the Lutheran church in Cham
bers Sunday evening for their
new minister, Rev. Lawrence
Dale, who is coming here from
Hiawatha, Kansas. He is a grad
uate of the Seminiary at Spring
field, 111. Following the services
a social hour was spent in the
parlors of the church where re
freshments of sandwiches, fruit
salad, cookies and coffee was
served. A gift of money_was
presented the new minister. Out
of town guests were Rev. Dale’s
father of Hiawatha, Kansas, and
his fiancee, Miss Meta Dargatz
of Petroit, Mich.
Mrs. Troxel Green and daugh
ter left Wednesday from O’Neill
via train for Tyler, Texas, to join
.her husband, Pvt. Troxel Green,
who id stationed at Camp Fannin.
She was accompanied by Mrs.
Floyd Harding, of O’Neill, whose
husband is also at Camp Fannin.
A group of about fifty friends
and neighbors gathered at the
Ed Eisenhauer home Friday
evening for a farewell party for
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ga^trer and
family, who are moving from
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Adhesives Find Many
Uses in Modern Industry
Adhesives derived from starch en
ter into the manufacture of an al
most limitless variety of products.
In the latter part of the 18th cen
tury. the manufacture of starch ad
hesives and sizes, became impor
tant in industry. In the United States
the growing need for starch was
realized by John Biddis of Pennsyl
vania. who devised a method of
manufacturing starch from potatoes
and was granted a patent in 1802
The Introduction of postage stamps
in 1840 and the subsequent inven
tion of gummed envelops stimu
lated the demand for adhesives.
About the same time the devel
opment of photography created new
uses for adhesives in mounting
photographs. The introduction of
matches offered another use for ad
hesives in the manufacture of the
cardboard match box. Through the
use of the cardboard tubular cart
ridge, adhesives aided in revolution
izing the shotgun from the muzzle
to the breechloader type. From this
beginning, tubes for various pur
poses were developed.
The introduction of the paper bag
was the first step toward modern
packaging. Adhesives are espe
cially advantageous because they
cause no health or industrial haz
ards.
Expert Outlines Simple
Method of Fur Glazing
Glazing a fur coat, which gives it
a nice gloss and an appearance of
newness, can be done at home by
fairly simple methods, says Nlan
Reilly, of the textiles and clothing
department of Michigan State col
lege.
Use plain water or secure Chinese
Wood from a furriers’ supply house.
Soak the wood in water for several
days. Using a clean comb and a
large brush, comb and brush the
garment with the flow of the hair.
Continue until fur is thoroughly wet.
With a smooth wooden stick, push
the fur backward against the flow
of the hair. Then, using a dry brush,
smooth the fur down.
Finally, apply a warm iron with
the flow of the hair. The iron can be
used directly on the hair, but it is
safer to place a piece of oiled pa
per or a newspaper between the
warm iron and the fur. If waxed
paper is used, care must be taken
that the fur doesn’t become sticky
or waxy. Flat-haired furs, those that
have moire patterns irf the curl,
and those with dyes that run or rub
off, should not be Ironed.
Jap Quakes
Earthquakes were recorded In
Japan as early as 285 B. C. Rec
ords of modern age show 18.000
tremors In the period from 1884 to
1897. Severe shocks have occurred
about every six or seven years, with
three to four minor shudders a day.
Major shocks usually have taken
heavy tolls of life. The great earth
quake of 1703 caused an estimated
loss of 200,000 lives through
out Japan. Earth disruptions in ltMl
creating the Neo valley fault, cut
ting across the central reaches of
Honshu, were accompanied by mo e
than 7,000 fatalities. In 1923 a series
of quakes turned Tokyo and Yoko
hama into shambles. A furious up
heaval took place In 1927 In Wakasa
bay, a deep bite Into the west coast
of Honshu, snuffing out thousands of
lives. Half the houses In Tottori, a
city of 37,200 people, on the sea
of Japan, were razed by a quake
that rattled southern Honshu in
1943. The dead and seriously Injured
were estimated at 1,400.
Old Blankets
That old wool blanket you were
tempted to discard last spring can
be put to a number of uses. Among
them is a silence cloth for the din
ing table, a mattress pad or a pad
for the Ironing board.
If the blanket isn't too badly
patched or worn, it could be made
into a quilt covered with a light
weight cotton, the pieced cover
loosely tied to prevent slipping; or
it might be converted into an extra
warm Interlining for a child's coat
or a baby bunting. A light-colored
one might be dyed to make the
bright wool lining for a child’s coat.
Extra pieces could be cut down for
potholders or ironing board pads.
A bright lumber jacket could be
fashioned from the blanket if it was
plaid. Additional material left over
might be used for filling thin chair
set cushions or pin cushions or as
polishing cloths.
If the blanket Is thin, it would be
useful in a sick room, placed around
the patient’s shoulders for extra
warmth. As long as the blanket
hangs together, the clever home
maker can find ways of using it
Leap Year
Leap year generally, but not al
ways, occurs at four-year Intervals.
The true astronomical year, how
ever, is 365 days, five hours, 48 min
utes and 46 seconds, while the calen
dar year Is an even 365 days. This
means that for each calendar year
that is observed there is a surplus
of nearly six hours in the astronomi
cal year. This is absorbed by adding
one day to the calendar at four
year Intervals. But this, then, gives
the average calendar year a length
11 minutes and 14 seconds in excess
of the true astonomlcal year. To
make the; necessary adjustment in
the calendar a year which has two
ciphers, (1600, 2000, etc.) is a leap
year only ‘when exactly divisible by
400.
No Medal
By GEORGE EKAHAU
McClure Syndicate—WNU Feature*.
ANDREWS was gone. We got the
news from the C. O., Tex and
I, standing In the sticky Italian heat
while the colonel looked us over.
"You two were his buddies.'' he
said. "You should have some idea
where to locate him. Get him And
remember, the general is to deco
rate him at 1500 hours. I don’t pre
tend to know what made him skip
like this, but try to keep him from
making this outfit the laughingstock
of the army." He handed over a
requisition. "Take a Jeep, and buzz
It."
"He woulda thought this over," |
Tex said, his eyes on the road. "Jest j
naturally bein' careful, he wouldn't
stow away in a truck, knowin’ the
M.P.s would get him quickest that
way.”
"So we gotta be mind readers
and figure what he plans?"
"Yeah.” He squinted into the dust
ahead. Thai village on the side of
the mountain beyond Aretulia, I dis
remember its name, but I know
how to get there. He has a pal there
would hide him out for a few days.”
"So maybe we ought to figure how
come he wants to hide and have
some nasty explaining to do when
he’s in line for a gonging, he being
a machine-gun-nest-wiping-out pub
lic hero."
Tex grunted. "Reckon I know all
about why he wants to stall this
off, and so do you if you’ll chum
your sawdust a Uttle. I wish he
coulda done better than this, but
now I reckon the thing to do is fetch
him back before he gets into worse
trouble.”
A big black-browed technical ser
geant in this little half-ruined town
didn’t like us as visitors at all. “If
you are Andy’s sidekicks you should
know enough to let him alone,” he
told us. "All he wants is to lie doggo
for a few days.”
Tex scratched his left ear. “How
long is it till his birthday.?”
"Ten days. Can’t ya just go look
somewhere else?”
“We just wanna talk to him," Tex
said. “I hate to see him in a fix
when he don’t need to be.”
Andy was in the storeroom, be
hind supply boxes. “If you’re pals
you haven't seen me,” he said.
Tex clucked. "He can’t take it,”
says he to me. “One of these guys
who can get so hopped up in a bat
tle he can shut his eyes and still
go knockin’ over enemies. But when
it comes to standin’ up and takin*
credit for their wild ways in pub
lic, they can’t take It. Got to non
and hide."
"Oh, yeah’" Andy flared. "Don’t
hand me that. You know it’s be
cause I’m under age. Heck, I’d take
a chance, now I’m this far, but the
general happens to know me. Once
he gets a load of my pan he’ll
savvy right away that something’s
fishy. Then he’ll investigate. Aw, no
medal’s worth that. I’d rather duck
this time, if it gives me the chance
to stick around long enough so I
can go in again with you mugs on
the next push, instead of being sent
home."
“That’s jest it, Andy,” Tex said.
They already know about you. They
aim to let it ride until you get your
brass. Right now you’re booked out.
The only thing is, do you go all
clear with an honorable discharge,
or the other way? Kid, I hate to
see you do this to yourself. Will you
come back with us?”
Andy looked mighty low. “If
that’s the way it is, I might
as well.”
We made It with about two sec
onds to spare. Tex kept stealing
looks at the general's face. "How
come you knew so much about them
finding out about Andy?” I asked.
"You know we been guarding that
secret for months, and there was
not even a peep of a rumor.”
"One of those critters they call a
white lie. I knew well enough
they’d be diggin’ into his record, j
find him, bust him and send him
back before the time is up. I’m
gamblin' on the general's bein’ a
certain kind of feller.”
They began to read Andy’s cita
tion. The general pinned on the
medal and shook him by the hand.
He was smiling. "Andrews, your
face is darned familiar, your
name too. Haven't I seen you
prowling my yard on the end of a
lawn mower?”
"Yes, sir.”
"I’ve been looking up your rec
ord, Andrews. Always do before
giving a decoration. Seems to me
you must be a little young to be
here until your next birthday. Am
I right?”
Andy swallowed. "Yes, sir.”
"When is this birthday?”
"In ten days, sir.”
"You know,” the general said, "I
always like to make a complete in
vestigation. Hardly see how I can
get around to it for a couple of
weeks. Will you mind, soldier?”
Andy's face split into a grin a
yard wide, "No, SIR1”
"Hot doggy,” Tex murmured in
my ear. “Never saw the general
before, but I was right about him
all the time.”
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Electrical Conductor
Water is a good conductor of elec
tricity, especially in contact with the
human body. Electrical fixtures that
are within arm's reach in the bath
room, kitchen and laundry should be
of porcelain, or other insulating
material.
Lucky Lady
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By EVELYN SMITH
McClure Syndicate—WSV Features.
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AT THE tar end of the row of
pole beans, Davie North
crouched on his heels, watching Mrs.
Meek’s angular body inch backward
along the row of carrots. Not until
she reached tha screen of com would
it be safe to dash to the garage.
Mrs. Meek straightened suddenly
to ease her back and her eyes skew
ered Davie. “What you sittin' there
for, boy?” Davie stared and blinked
solemnly, his impatience urging her
back to her task. "I declare! Eight
year-olds are a queer lot." Mrs.
Meek assayed him grimly. "But I
’spect takin’ a boy from the Home
for a spell’s my Christian duty." Da
vie had seen her looking over the
fence at Mr. Dyer’s Victory garden
and she was always cross after that
—for Mr. Dyer’s beans were longer
and his corn taller than Mrs.
Meek’s. "Now if I could just afford
a little more fertilizer,” she grum
bled, “some of the quick-grow stuff
they got down at Giffin’s Hardware.
1 might still beat him out of the
prize—but three weeks till Judgin’
don’t give a body much time.”
As she settled back to work Da
vie's breath exploded in a sigh. In
another minute it would be safe
to approach the old garage.
Lady might need water or some
thing. For two precarious days, food
had taken wing behind Mrs. Meek’s
uncompromising back, and Davie's
skinny little arms still felt the warm
softness of Lady’s plump body. "La
"Land o’ heaven!"
dy" seemed like a nice name for the
gentle friendly dog he’d found wan
dering the streets alone. The re
membering choked him—maybe this
one he could keep! Davie shifted
with eagerness.*1* The movement
brought Mrs Meek’s eyes back to
him, narrowing siispfciously. “You
ain't got another dog hid around
some place—to ruin my garden?’’
"Another dog!" she muttered. “It’s
bad enough things won't grow with
out havin' a dog tear ’em up.” The
door of the abandoned garage
sprang open suddenly. Mrs. Meek's
mouth, too, opened, her words ris
ing to a wail. “Oh—”
Davie’s eyes filled his small face
and he looked stupidly from Mrs.
Meek to Lady—and the four mites
wriggling beside her. “Puppies!”
he breathed in a tone associated
with Sunday school and Christmas
trees.
“Land o’ heaven!" Mrs. Meek
shrieked, “one ain’t bad enough—
it’s gotta be five this time! You get
rid of them, Davie North. Every
last one of them—before tonight.
Hear? Or back to the Home you
Rol”
The noonday sun was blistering
the exposed pavement of the quiet
tree • shaded street when Davie
■topped before the last house In the
block. He’d knocked at all except
this, but no one. it seemed, wanted
a dog with four puppies. His finger
left the bell and one bare foot dug
p into the other as he blinked at the
tall man who filled the doorway. A
timid smile took root, blossomed into
a grin at the unexpected answer to
his monotonous question.
"We might even look for her own
er, huh, lad?" he asked after hear
ing Davie s story.
Davie’s head was still bobbing
happily as he sprinted away to com
plete the transfer, lest his new-found
friend change his mind.
Mrs. Meek's call to supper brought
the boy to the fence, a small ball
of fur cupped in his hands. "What
you doin’ over there?” she demand
ed, "annoyin’ the neighbors?”
"It’s all right Mrs. Meek. Davie
Just brought me a dog.” Mr. Dyer
let the screen door slam behind him.
"You’re a fool. Bill Dyer—or don’t
you know what a dog can do to a
garden?”
"Plenty!” he chuckled. "Thanks
to Davie here. I can buy more ferti
lizer for mine.”
At the word "fertilizer" her
scrawny eyebrows met over alitted
eyes. "Don't you be pullin’ my
leg. Bill Dyer!”
"It’s the truth." Hla laughter kin
died a fire in Davie’s thin chest,
warming him. *!We went looking
for Lady’s owner this afternoon, Da
vie and I. Seems she got out of the
baggage room domi at the depot.”
"And they gave me a puppy!” Da
vie repeated pointedly. "The man’s
coming for Lady tomorrow—with ten
dollars reward.”
Mrs. Meek didn’t say anything,
but when she went Inside she
slammed the door with an awful
bang.
CHAMBERS NEWS
the community soon. The even
ing was spent playyig games,
after which refreshments were
served. The Gartner family was
presented with a lovely gift in
remembrance of their many
friends.
Vern Sageser and Ernie Johns
ton took Mrs. Johnston’s mother,
Mrs. Wagner to Holdridge Tues
day, where she will visit there
and at Kearney before going on
to her home at Burley, Idaho.
Mrs. Wagner has spent a month
visiting her daughter and son
in- law.
Mrs. Nellie Starr, Mrs. Coral
Calhoun and Mrs. Wm. Woods
were dinner guests of Mrs. ane
Robertson Sunday.
Hale Osborne left Thursday
for Leavenworth, Kansas to enter
the service.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Peltzer
visited at the Wayr.e Smith home
Friday evening.
The Baptist Missionary Society
met Thursday with Mrs. Bernice
Platte. Sixteen members were
present. Mrs. Valo Edwards and
Mrs. Richard Jarman gave the
lesson from the study book,
“West of the Date Line.”
Rev. and Mrs. Koepp, of
O’Neill, Miss Luella Rohe and
Rev. Dale and father were supper
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Walter Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith
wrote to their daughter, Mrs.
Richard Jarman, that their son
Pfc. Myron Smith had been
wounded in action in France on
December 21. He had received
the Purple Heart and also a
medal for unusual bravery.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Sunday School -11 na_
Youth Fellowship--7-3° P m
Evening Worship-8:15 p. m.
Pfc Art Walter left Wednesday
for Fort Dix. N. J., after spending
a two weeks furlough with his
wife and son and other relatives.
4-H CLUB MEETS
The Silver Star Sewing Sisters
met at the home of the president,
Armetta deed at 2 p. m., Satur
day February 9. Ten members
were in attendance.
The use of the thimble and
the making of simple stitches
were practiced. We also paint- j
ed our sewing boxes white. I
Lunch, consisting of fruit salad,
cakes and cookies was served by
our hostesses, Mrs. Lloyd deed
and daughter, Armetta.
Our next meeting will also be
at Admetta deed’s, at which we
will make pin cushions and
needle cases.
INMAN ITEMS
Mrs. Virgil Tomlinson, is here
from Greenville, S. C., where her
husband, Pvt. Tomlinson is
stationed. She is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wat
son.
Sgt. Lorin Keyes, who is
stationed at Camp Walters, Texas,
has arrived to spend several days’
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd E. Keyes.
Marjorie Rouse, of Omaha,
came home Saturday to visit her
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CREAMY
IN COLD WEATHER
Dr. Balsbury’s Udder Oint
ment is creamy-pleasant to
use. Disappears as you
rub. Soothes and softens
teats and udders irritated
by cracking, chapping,
abrasions. Antiseptic on
contact. Keep a Jar handy.
Be sure it’s
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CHAS. E. SANDALL
< SAY Si__
J THREE FACTORS IN \
GOOD TAVERN CONTROL■
Three factors enter into effective beer
'and liquor control: First, a good law with
strong public approval such as Nebraska’s.
This law with supplementary regulations
and with continued able administration
by the Nebraska Liquor Control Commis
aion, provides ample power to cope with
any alcoholic beverage problem which
may arise.
Second, a good class of licensed retail
ers; approved as they are by local and
state licensing authorities who are charged
by law with the duty of endorsing only
competent, qualified and law-abiding
licensees.
Third, an intelligent, exacting public;
Director of the Brewing Induatry'a
»eif regulation program in Nebraa
lea; prominent member of atate
bar; former county attorney, atate
aenator; U. S. Diatrict Attorney
during prohibition era.
citizens who believe in and demand the
strict enforcement of law, temperance and
moderation in the use of alcoholic bever
ages and who frown upon excessive drink
ing and unsocial conduct.
Cooperating with all three-—the law,
the retailer and the public—the Nebraska
Committee pledges continuance of its
efforts for clean, law-abiding conditions
wherever beer is sold.
THE PUBLIC-NOT THE BREWING INDUSTRY
CHOOSES NEBRASKA’S BEER RETAILERS
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U. S. BREWERS FOUNDATION
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FOR RURAL AREAS
As rapidly as materials, equipment and manpower
become available, it is the plan of this Company to
extend the scope and usefulness of telephone ser
vice in each community it serves by making good
telephone service available to all rural residents.
In the early 1930's adverse economic conditions
forced many farmers to give up their telephones.
With the return of better times and a continuous
program of service improvement and promotion,
substantial increases in farm telephones resulted.
Although the installation of telephones had to be
curtailed during the war period, more than 10,000
additional rural telephones have been put into ser
vice by this Company in the past two years. The
percentage of farms with telephones in many parts
of the territory served by this Company is higher
than anywhere else in the country.
We have always recognized the great usefulness
of telephone service to farmers and have constantly
endeavored to supply their needs. Every reason*
able and practicable step will be undertaken to
advance this program as rapidly as possible.
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