Tips for 1952
Toy Shoppers
Adults these days certainly are
not troubled by a limited selec
tion of toys for their Christmas
buying—not in O’Neill anyway.
In fact, the array of new and
entincing toys makes it hard to
get the right present for the right
age.
These tips should make that
selection easier this year.
For infants under one year,
stick to sturdy, durable toys such
as hard rubber rattles, large
stuffed dolls or animals, or bath
tub toys. Avoid anything small
or with sharp edges.
For the 1- to 2-year-old crowd
—at the crawling and toddling
stage—try pushpull toys, a small
chair, a rocking horse, and any
thing that can be loaded and un
loaded such as baskets or boxes.
Children become explorers
from 2 to 4 and they want toys
that can be pushed, pulled, piled
up or knocked down. A little
wheelbarrow fills the bill, as
well as block-craft sets, toy tel
ephones, finger paints, modeling
clay, sandboxes, wading pools,
plastic dishes and such.
From 4 to 6, the urge to create
is strong — the “let’s pretend”
idea. Children imitate firemen,
policemen, nurses, mother, and
other adults they may have
watched. Dress-up costumes are
appreciated, doll houses, toy
stores, doctor sets, blackboards,
small sport equipment, simple
wooden jig-saw sets, and the like.
It’s a good idea to avoid target
games, pinching or cutting ob
jects, and toys too heavy for the
child.
At about 6 years, children de
velop the group play attitude
and spend more time with their
own sex. For girls, give cooking
utensils, skipping ropes, paper
dolls, and costumes. Boys will
like sports equipment, construc
tion sets, electric trains, and
cowboy and Indian (and space
pilot) uniforms. Both boys and
girls will enjoy storybooks,
games, ice skates, ping pong sets,
Cantata at SMA
Next Tuesday
The St. Mary’s academy will
hold its Christmas cantata on
Tuesday, December 16. The mu
sic will be presented by the glee
club under the direction of Sis
ter M. Flores. Special numbers
will be accompanied by tableaux.
Special parts in the cantata
are:
Frank Shefl, reader; Deloris
Jilg, “Mary”; Wayne Donohoe,
“Joseph”; Catherine Condon,
1 Angel Gabriel”; Mike London,
Jerry Wanser and Eddy Cuddy,
“wise men.”
The chorus of angels includes:
Edith Gallagher, Bonita Muff,
Catherine Christon, Helen Harty,
Rose Mary Corkle and Marian
Troshynski. The shepherds are:
Gary Elsberry, Jimmy Richter,
Jack Sullivan, Gene Turner and
Larry Wanser. These groups will
be supported by a girls’ chorus.
The tentative calendar for St.
Mary’s is as follows:
Dec. 8—Senior Soldality recep
tion.
Dec. 9—Basketball game with
St. Boniface (here).
Dec. 10—Theater party given
by Mrs. Georgia Rasley.
Dec. 12—Junior Sodality re
ception.
Dec. 15—A matinee, “Miracle
of Fatima.”
Dec. 16—Christmas cantata.
Dec. 18— Boarders’ Christmas
banquet.
Dec. 19—School dismissed to
be resumed January 5.
Dec. 22—Basketball game with
St. Joseph’s Atkinson (here).
Time Short for
Claiming Refunds
Taxpayers in Nebrasa’s rural
grade school districts this week
were reminded to claim their
refunds from the 1951 - 52 tax
year.
Slate Tax Commissioner
Phillip K. Johnson noted that
the refund period is "slipping
by" and many taxpayers ap
apparently haven't yet applied
for the money that is coming
to them.
Reports from across the state
indicate that in some counties as
little as one-third of the refunds
have been claimed.
Taxpayers are entitled to get
back any money they paid be
tween November 1, 1951, and o
June 30, 1952, under the illegal
1949 rural grade school blanket
tax levy which was knocked out
by the state supreme court ear
lier this year. The high court de
cision was handed down follow
ing a test suit brought by Char
ley W. Petersen, Holt rancher,
against J. Ed Hancock, Holt
county treasurer.
o
The tax commissioner said
the amount cf money available
for refund was estimated at
from four to six million dollars. ‘
A special legislative session
last summer set an eight-month
time limit for rural grade school „
residents to file their refund
claims with their county treasur
er. The deadline comes early in
April.
Chase National
Collection Shown
At Open - House
BRISTOW — Display of the
Chase National bank of New
Yorks’ collection of coins and
currency, dating from the be
ginning of the United States was
featured at the open-house held
Saturday, November 30, by the
Nebraska State bank here.
The bank nas recently moved
into its extensively remodeled
building which has modernized
fixtures throughout.
The money collection includes
all of the coins and currencies of
the present, in denominations
from a 1-cent piece to a $10,000
bill.
L. W. Gibson has headed tne
bank for more than a quarter of
a century. Others of the bank’s
staff are Mrs. Gibson, J. N. Gib
son and R, A. Roush.
Nancy Beha in
Voice Recital
Miss Nancy Beha, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Beha, present
ed her junior voice recital Tues
day, December 9, in the Xavier
auditorium at Xavier, Kans.,
where she attends St. Mary col
lege.
Her selections were “Magnifi
cat” by Bach; “II Plure Dans
Mon Cover” by DeBussy; “Gui
tares et Mandolines” by Saint
Saens; “Voi Che Sapete” by Mo
zart; “The Hills of Gruzia” by
Mednikoff; “Let All My Life Be
Music” and “The Virgin’s Cradle
Song” by Brahms with which
Miss Beha had a violin obligato.
Miss Beha is a St. Mary’s acad
emy graduate here.
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Beha and
Marilyn and Mrs. Leona Hynes
eft Sunday, December 7, for
Kansas to attend the recitals,
rhey returned Wednesday.
Washingtonians Visit
Relatives Here—
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Young of
\rdenvoir, Wash., are visiting
•elatives and friends in O’Neill
ind vicinity.
Mrs. Young is the mother of
Charles Gifford of Scott town
ship and Robert is a brother of
Ralph, Orton and Walter Young,
ill living northeast of O’Neill.
They arrvied Sunday evening,
Slovember 22, at Giffords’ by car
with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gif
ford and four girls from Wenat
chee Valley in Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gifford,
Dorothy, Sharon, Joan and Kar
en left Monday evening, Novem
ber 23, to go on to Fairibault,
Minn., to visit Mrs. Gifford’s
family.
Lee Staff Holds Party—
Members of the Lee store staff
were guests of Manager and
Mrs. W. J. Nelson in a yule party
held Wednesday evening, De
cember 3, at the Town House.
Fifteen persons were present.
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