Nebraska Newspapers

    Kebr. Sfn'e Historical Society
VCL. NO. XT.TX
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1934
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Senator Banning
Makes His Formal
Bid for Governor
Court House Today
:es Filing at
for Democratic Nomination
at 1934 Primaries.
I'-om Monday's Daily
Tai-- morning at the office of Coun-
rt a surer John E. Turner. Senator
V. :;;;.:m I'. Banning, of Union, form-
;- filtered his filing for the demo-a-
nomination for governor at the
: -amaries in 1934.
s rater Banning had announced
i :. " en t ion some time ago of cater
the race and he is now a full
u candidate and ready for the
- -;: miary campaign for the gover-
Senator Banning is one of the best
men in the state and wiili
:.,..k. a stror?g race for the nomin
;.. :: and if successful make a splen
ica lanuidate for the office of chief
v nave of the great state of Ne-
a-ka.
A leader in the state legislature
:'. r a. any terms, there is no one in
statv- better acquainted with the
a - business and its management
ll. i-n' iMi l! il oT.ili - rt .i fii I n
was constantly sought in the5Tev-' to manhood cn a farm.
;a:ation of legislation in the scs
. where he has served.
was electen to the state senate
I ft r s from the Cass-Otoe district
re-eb-cted in 1910 as a iiemo -
. serving on the important finance
n.iitee of the senate that formu-'
i! much of the important legisla
; in those sessions.
Hr was elected again to the senate
::. :;'a3 and served continuous up to
1'U.- years ago when he declined to
tv a candidate for re-alection
injon
Senator Banning was induced
1 v Lis friends in the district now
composed of Cass, Otoe and Sarpy
'ncnties to be a candidate and was
by a large majority in the
eistrict.
.;cr.atcr Banning is a strong advo
;:t of a state sales tax to take the
1 ... - of the ether forms of real estate
aa 1 personal taxes as far as possible
: :elieving the tax burden of tlie
.--a-.'.e. lie has made a close study of
of state with a view ofjatos. He was one of tne last or the
;g as far as possible the burden
in the operation of the state
anient.
people of Nebraska could find
:t.r man for the office cf gov
ar.d one who hr.r, the courage
(cavictions and ideals for the
- . . , . .Itoiv Mr Phrictinin f'niiinhpll Pl.iTfS-
lere.-ts ot tne wnoie people oi;'
RECALLS JURY SERVICE
aa McKay, well known resident
vicinity cf Weeping Water, was
!: ity today to look after some
s and -while here his attention
attracted to the picture on dis
:n the Wescott clothing store
i of t!:e jury that tried Fred
ak-ip here in 1909.
-. M'-Kay was a member of the
. a special panel of jurors being
i for the case on the request of
; ;'.-.-::( v for the defense, the late'
" Goring and Mr. McKay was
' : the men calle'd and accepted
- : ice in the case.
-McKay recalled that the jury
"u: on the case over a Sunday
''tre kept closely guarded, De
': together at the Hotel'Riley
- i:! and at the court house in
a y time. On this Sunday the
's v.ere locked in the jury
!'nd diversion as best they
' a. the case had net been corn
el d placed in their hands for
e;:t. Carrol D. Quinton, then
! fri;T of the county appeared
jury room and announced that
H. D. Travis, then on ttie
a had ordered him to escort the
' : wor-hip at the First Meth-
Lurch. Several of the jury ob
' that they were unshaven and
:op"r appearing to attend the'
Judge Travis then ordered a
" brought to the court house
' jurors were marched to
en that morning and in the
' -g to the First Presbyterian
jury after receiving the case
the matter and finally return
vrdict of guilty of manslaugh-:-:-.inst
the defendant, but that
"thc-r story and had nothing to
the church attendance.
NOT QUITE SO WELL
Sam Arn, who is at the Methodist
j hospital at Omaha, is reported as not
so well the past few days. The patient
has shown a nice rcove!y from his
operation for hernia, bat has de-
jveloped come trouble v. ith one of his
legs that will necessitate his remain-
ling at the hospital for some time yet.
It had been hoped that the young
man might be abb to it-turn home
noon but the complications of
case will make it iieceasary for
remaining quiet for seme t'me.
hi;
his
Sketch of Life
of Long Time
.esident Here
Christopher Reil, Resident of Vicinity
of Old Kenosha Since- 18S1 Died
at Age of 59 Years.
Christopher Beil was born May
1S44 near Cella, Germany, and pass
ed away January 15, 1934. at the age
of S9 years, S months. 2 days, lie
came to the United States in 1S50,!
where he settled with his
narents
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near Rock Island. 111., later movin
! to Chntcn county, Iowa, whe.'e he
When 23 years of ace he was mar-
ried
to Minnie Wilhelniiaa Kesse.
v
--jo4, m ueun i-uumj, i.-a,
where they lived for eight years, com
linP to Louisville, Nebraska in 1SS0,
j Iater returning to Iowa for a few
'ears- In they returned to Xi-
braska and settled on a farm in the
site cf old Kenosha, where he farm
ed with the assistance of his family
for several year.i.
Id later years his life was spent
this farm, where his greatest
pleasure was nshing and hunting on
the scenic hills along the Missouri
river, where some twenty years ago
he retired from active farming, hav
ing been in poor health the last 10
years.
One of the greatest joys of his life
was meeting and visiting with .the
many friends anil neighbors, as well
as the many sightseers who came to
the scenic home on the river bank,
where he met people from many
last of the any old pioneer friends
who lived in this neighborhood, most
of the eld friends having preceded
him in death.
In his passing he leaves to mourn
his going his aged wife, one son, F.
W. Beil of PlatumoiUh ; four daugh-
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mouth; Mrs. Kena u oodard, Albany,
Oregon; Mrs. Mary Bauer, Union;
Mrs. Clara Sitzman, Imperial; twen
ty-five grandchildren; thirty-three
great-grandchildren, and a host of
friends, one son, Joe. having pre
cetleil his father in death in 1S25, as
well as two infant daughters years
ago.
Rev. W. A. Taylor of Union con
ducted the services which were held
at Lev.iston church Wednesday at
1:30 o'clock. Two songs were beau
tifully rendered by a Plattsmouth
male cuartet consisting of B. D.
Iliatt, Raymond Cook, F. A. C'oiut,
R. W. Kncrr, accompanied by E. II.
Wescott.
Interment was made at the Lew
iston cemetery.
RETURN TO HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Frank anziuaii i.i.u
'sons, Stepnen anu rtoueri, a.-; wen a.-.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V.. Nedrow, all of
the vicinity of Imperial, returned
home Sunday after being here to at
tend the funeral of the late Christ.
Beil. Mrs. Sitzman is a daughter of
Mr. Beil and the family former resi
dents of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Ned
row have been here for some time at
the Beil home and visiting with the
relatives in this section of the coun
ty. RETURNS FROM GENEVA
From Tuesday's Daily
Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Davis re
turned home last evening from
Geneva, Nebraska, where they have
been for the past two weeks. While
at Geneva Mr. Davis was operated on
fn nnnendicitis. The operation has
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proven
verv successiui ana me,
patient is now feeling fine but will
remain quiet at home for a few days
before he resumes his usual activities
at the office of Duxbury L. Davis.
CWA Work in
Brings a
$4,630 Payro!
Total of the Rclis of Civil Vvoik
Administration 223 Men and G
Women fcr Week.
The Civil Waras aCmlniatrati
preject.- the past wuk gave the
of f 4, 090. .",." to the m; lores on
several job." cv r ('as:: county ane! j
brought v. great measure cf relic: toj
these who have been fortunate;
enough to be included in the fcrc? ci'
worker.-;. There were 323 men em-j
ployed and three women for the
cour tv.
The Flatt.-mouth work program
shov. ed that there w; ro 11 'J se;s and
three women to he employed on the
local projects and who received the
rum of 52.S74.f5, for the employes
on the- twelve p rejects that are as
signed to this ( ity.
The total projects for the county,
ireuuling PIrttmouth n forty.
A r.umber of the smaller projects
such as cemetery work in the smaller
!.,..,- i.....-, -.i.,,. .! tx iho'
Vi-tt-K
The (uttir.g of the hears cf labor!
for the workers xo twer.ty-iour hours
; ii,;. :.,.. r,;-o ',n"- in l -rr.-. 1
untier 2.500
lem to the
hiz- mad.' c,u;te a prob-;
f t'i v.n-.i.- in
getting .he men and women assigned
to uiv:d the woik u-nortg them.
PLEAS A27T SIRGE CCIU.ITJinTY
The Pleasant Ridge- community club
met January 19, 1D34, at the school
for the regular month:;.- meeting. Mr.
Oliver Mrismger had charge of the
prog! am for the cvenir.f.
The rrcgram opened with the sing
ing of "Cary Mc Back to Old Vir
ginny," by tho community. M:s.
Floyd Becker was the accompanist
at the piano.
Mr. Arnold Meicinger and Miss
Mildred Murray v.ere heard in sev
eral saxophone and piano accordian
selections.
Marvin Petereit was heard in two
vocal sold, being accompanied at
the piano by Miss June Keil.
Mi-:s Helen Heims and Miss Ruth
Stohlman were also heard in vocal
ceiections.
Mr. Hamilton Meisin.ger was pre
sent and demonstrated some of his
cartoonist work. He was assisted by
his sister. Mirs Evelyn.
Mr. Roy Knorr gave a short talk
for the community.
Mrs. L. 3. Devoe and Mrs. Roy
Knorr were heard in a piano eiuet.
The conclutling number on the pro
gram v.-as the "Magic Shov."" given
by Mr. L. S. Devoe.
The entire program was enjoyed
by everyone ptesent. The next meet- called back to his regular work on
ir.g will be February ICth at the the road construction project north
Pleasant Ridge achool. of this city and which will demand
his entire attention.
TAKES TRIP CUT Hi STATE Mr- Kickey will have the genial
supervision of all of the work pro-
From Monday's Daily jects in the county operating under
Fred Lugsch, owner of the Mid- the CWA and which the past week
West Athletic Goods renovation com-; totaled forty, divided among the sev
pany of this city, departed today on ' eral localities over the county,
a business trip out in the state. Mr. Ralph R. Larson, who was assist-
Lugsch will visit at Hastings, Grand;
I Island, Cozad and several of the other
towns in the central part of the
state in the interest of his company.
The local company makes a spec
ialty of handling the athletic uni
forms cf the high schools, cleaning
them and putting them in the best
of shape for the next season and has .
several football team equipment to bejth3 procoe(l3 cf whlch are to go t0
taken care of this year
Mr. Lugsch
Merle McCrary of this city on the
trip.
CARS HAVE SMASHUP
Sunday during the fog and , mist
an auto accident occurred on high
way No. 75, two miles north of Union,
that resulted in considerable car
damage but no one was seriously in
jured in the accident.
A car bearing a Richardson coun
ty number was coming from the north
and had just passed the car of Sheriff
Homer Sylvester, returning from
Union, when it crashed into an Otoe
county car, skidding aross the road
land into a truck that was comim
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norm.
The Richardson county car was a
total wreeck after the crash while
the other car and truck was not ser
iously damaged.
AGAIN IN TROUELE
Sheriff Homer Sylvester was call
ed to Union on Sunday to take into
custody King Clark, who it was claim
ed was intoxicated. The sheriff
brcught the man back to this city
and lodged bin: in the county jail
i
to await the disposition oi tne case.
Clark juat recently served a sent:nce
i fur a similar ofiensc. being released
!a v eek ago and the-same evening was
'aireatiel by Plattsmouth police tor
uailbc ir.g intexkatcd and ij now cut on
the 'bond for the ofi'eiise, pledging the
rain; cf a J 10 fine and eosta.
firemen hnjoy
a Smoker and
Social Frolic
F..; eghtrs Stage Evening of En
tertainment and Fun at Dining
Rocm of Erown Cafe.
from V.'ednesilay'f rai'y
Last evening the members of the
volunteer fier department threw dull
ia:D away and for several hours en-
iov.d the smoker and entertaining
features that had been arranged by,
the committee fcr their benefit,
The smoker was held at the main
d I !i i p. g room of the Brown cafe ami
!
v.-here the time was spent in a socials
'way until a late hour of the evening
T!:e firemen had the pleasure of
having with them a group of enter
tainers from Omaha who were pre
sented in dancing numbers that dem-!
enstrated the skill of the artists tak
ing part.
A group of the Glenwood firemen
were here and proceeded to stage anj
initiation for the Plattsmouth fire-J
men. two members of the local de
pa: tiiicat bing selected for this pur
pose and who were given "the works"
by the Glenwood bctlio event be
ing one of the high points of the!
evening.
A cafeteria luncheon was served
during the evening with all of the
trimmings that added to the enjoy
ment of all of the party.
After the formal program of the.
evening the remainder of the even
ing was spent in cards and visiting
aong the members of the group.
CHANGE IN CWA HEAD
Another change has been made in
the handling of the Civil Works ad
ministration work in Cass county,
W. B. Alexander, who has been in
charge for the past two weeks, being
replaced by B. Hhkey of Denison,
Iowa, who is now in full charge of
the office at the court house.
Mr. Alexander, who is a member
of the engineering force of the Ne
braska highway department, was
ant to Mr. Alexander, will be con-
tinued in his position as
proven a most efficient aid
supervisor.
he
for
has
the
PATRONS AND PATRONESSES
The committee in
charge of the
Pre3ident Ro0sevelt
birthday ball,
j the Warm Springs, Georgia, sanitar
ium, are announcing the patrons and
patroneases for the ball to be held on
Tuesday evening, January 30th at the
Legion building. The patrons and:
patronesses are as follows: Mayor
and Mrs. John P. Sattler, Messers
and Me?dame3 R. A. Bates, T. H.
Pollock, II. A. Schneider, Judge and
Mrs. James T. Begley, Judge and Mrs.
A. II. Duxbury, Messers and Mes
dames Henry Herold, L. S. Devoe, R.
Foster Patterron, Dr. and Mrs. R. P.
Wentover, Messers and Mesdames
James G. Mauzy, H. L. Thomas. F. I.
Rea. R. W. Knorr, E. H. Wescott,
E. J. Richey, George Jeager, R. W.
Clement, D. 'O. Dwyer, H. L. Gayer,
Senator and Mrs. W. B. Banning,
Union, Mrs. Etta Gorder, Misses Mia
and Barbara Gering, Mr. E. H. Schul-hof.
Phone news Hems to Xio. 6.
Adam-Weten-kamp
Wedding
Monday Evening?
His-; Mary Adam and Mr. William
vvetenkimp wedded at Charm
ing Home Ccrcmory.
Monday c,
home of the
intng al C:30 at the,
b:ide's pai snts in the j
-south part cf th
city, the marriage I
ceremony of Mir;? Mary Adam and
Mr. William Wetenkamp w:
held.
The heme was attractively a:
ranged for the nappv occasion and t
the ceie-mony held in th living room
cf the home.
P.ev. Edward IluILa. cf Omaha, an
old friend of the Adam family, react
the marriage linss.
The brid'j was gowned in a modish
costume cf poudre blue i ilk, trimmed
in tones of dark blue. Sue carried
an arm bouquet of Bride roes.
The 3'ou::g people wi-rj attended
by Miss Catherine Tc-rryberiy, cousin
j of the groom, who wore a charming
i gown Of blue flower;
' med with white, ca
:d crepe, trim-
rying an arm
rweet p2as and snap-i holders unanimously joined in re
bridesmaid, and Mr., electing James M. Robertson of this
1
dragons, as
Ceorge Adam, brother of the bride,
classmate of the grcom, and loya!
friends, as best man.
Beth the groom and best man wotc
the dark blue business suits.
Following the marriage ceremony
the members cf the bridal party were
served a delicious wedding dinner
! which had been prpard by the
mother of the bride, assia-ted by Mrs.
Louis Klema. Mrs. Joseph MartiS,
and Mrs. John Bergman, who also
! assisted in the r.srving.
I Follow ii; the dinner the evening
singing and merrymaking was enjoy
ed by the members of the party and
! the bride antl groom received con
I gratulations
cf the relatives am
friends.
Music was furnished by Joseph
Adam, father or the bride, as well as
Charles and George Adam and Charles
Dolezal of Omaha.
The bride is a daughter cf Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Adam and has grown to
womanhood in this community while
the groom i3 a member of one cf the
pioneer families of the e-ounty. a son
of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Weten
kamp of Myr.ard. Both the bride and
groom are graduates cf the Platts
mouth high school and are very
popular among-the younger social set
of the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Wetenkamp will
make their home near Mynard where
the groom is engaged in farming.
There was a fine group of the rela
tives and friends present to witness
the cermony, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Stcdola. Harry Stodola. Mr. and Mrs.
William S. Wetenkamp, parents of
!the groom. Mrs. Charles Dolezal. Mr.
I and Mrs. James Doleszal. John Doles
!zal and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Neil.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bergmann, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Martis, Mrs. Lout
Klema. Miss Helen Warner, Mis?
Catherine Terryberry, Jerry Adam,
Vlasta and George Adam, Charles
Adam, Frank Louis Klema, Stuart
Porter, Miss Mary Catherine Weten
kamp. Raymond Martis, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Adams, parents of the bride.
PICK UP YOUNG MAN
From Tuesday's Daily
Last evening Officer Roy Stewart
in his tour over the city iliscovered
three young lads, aged 1C, 17 and 18
years, loafing around th3 main sec
tion of the city. The boys, who gave
the names of Mike "Wheeler, 46(Gjoi tne penou win ueiermme me volunteered ner aanstr.nce in tram
South 34th street, - Omaha, Robert ! pupils that are entitled to this eiti- ing the contestants and will lake the
Smith, 1S33 Vinton and Frank Jan-
CCti iftrs ir. iRth ptreet. stated thati&iven at come time during the pro-
they had secured rides from Omaha
to this city and were planning iater
cn getting a ride back. The boys
were taken to the city jail and held
until their parents could be com
municated with and to drive to this
city to secure the boys and return
them to their homes.
SUFFERING FROM PNEUMONIA
Mr?. W. B. Rishel, one of the old
residents of the city, is quite ill at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Adam
Kaffenberger, in the west part of the
city. Mrs. Rishel is suffering from
pneumonia and her condition has
been quite grave for the past several
days.
RETURNS FRCM HOSPITAL
From Monday's Daily
Jamca Riahel, who has been at an
Omaha hospital for the past two
weeks, re-eve: lag ircm the cf.'cets
of an operation, bar s far recovered
that
he was able to return home
and will recuperate at the f:
i iuyi
.tome in ti;is city.
Mr. Kirhel was operated on
for
lr.ania and for si-. oral days he v;a
quite ill from the effects of the oper-
atlo.i but has now
lart few days ha rl,
greaa.
illied and in the
owed rapid pro-
j. M. Robertson
Re-EIecied Head
of Masonic Hoi
Veteran Masonic Leader Renamed tc
Office at Meeting at Omaha
Home Has 134 Residents.
The annual meeting of the
j braska Masonic Home association was
held at Omaha on Tuesday afternoon
at the Masonic temple and the stock-
city to the office cf president of the
association. Mr. Robertson has filled
this office very abiy over a period of
rorne twelve years and his splendid
service has made the Home one cf the
outstanding Masonic Homes in the
country.
The other officers re-elected were
Millard M. Robertson and Frank II.
Woodland. Omaha, first and second
vice-presidents; Jesse D. Whitmore,
Valley, third vice-president, and
Lewis E. Smith, Omaha, secretary.
New members of the board of di
rectors are Enos It. Leigh, Omaha,
and Clarence O. Dawson, Blair. Other
members, all rc-electeel, aie Robert
J. Jones, Rev. Luther M. Kuhns,
Theodore Brammann, and Frank L.
Wilcox, all of Omaha; Emmitt I. El
lis, Tekamah; Henry K. Wilson, Lin
coln, and Carroll D. Evans, Colum
bus. The Home at the present time has
the largest numbe r of redd snts since
its establishment in 190C. there being
134 now making their home at this
great home that the Masonry cf Ne
braska has provided.
D. A. R. TO CO-OPERATE
IN CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM;
The local chapter of the D. A. R.
organization of Plattsmouth is co
operating with the Plattsmouth
Junior High school in the character
building program. It is the intention
to give medals for the best citizen
in the eighth grades, one in Miss
Weyrich's eighth grade and one in
Miss Whalen's eighth grade. Thej
pupils will be rated cn the following
qualifications:
1. Honor: Honesty high
principles, trustworthiness, loy
alty, truthfulness, punctuality,
moral strength and stability,
cleanliness in mind and body.
2. Service: cooperation, mer
itorious behavior bringing hon
or to school or community, kind
liness, unselfishness, true Amer
icanism individual responsibil
ity to home, to country and to
Gcd.
3. Courage: mental and phy
sical, extermination to overcome
obstacles.
4. Leadership: personality
originality ability to lead and
hold others good sportsmanship
rerponsibilitj.
5. Scholarship: effort, appli
cation, ambition.
Teachers are observing the pupils
ir.g thi
emester and at the end
zenship award. Theae awards will be
motion week.
HAS LEG AMPUTATED
S. Arion Lewis, well known young
Omaha attorn ey, was operated on
Tuesday at the Nicholas Senn hos-
pital for the amputation of one of hio
legs, injured last fall while pheasant
hunting. The leg had apparently
healed and the patient was home for j
some time when the leg became af-.i
fected and the condition grew such.steen, Columbian or the high school
that it was necessary to amputate to
check the trouble.
Mr. Lewis is well known in Platts-
mouth where he has been a frequent
visitors, he being a brother-in-law of
Mrs. E. P. Stewart.
Name Lincoln
Man Area Com
mercial Manager
Pt?.y Trlisncr of Lincoln Selected lor
Position, with Headquarters
in This City.
From tVednPfday's Iaily
Announcement is made today by
H. F. McCulla, general commercial
superintendent cf the Lincoln T le
phone and Telegraph company of the
selection e?f Ray Mk-nir, Lincoln, to
the nosition of Area Conniicrcial
Manager, Cass county, with head
quarters at Plattsmouth. In his new
'position Mr. Misr.er will have charge
of all commercial aetvities in Piatts-
I mouth. Louisville, Weeping Water;
j Murdock, Ehnwood and Union, lie
RAY MISNER
will assume his duties on February 1.
Under the new plan of eommercial
organization throughout the terri
tory the company will be in a better
position to, through its commercial
representatives to keep in closer con
tact with the communication needs
of every community and eubscriber
served. Mr. Misner lias been identi-
fied with the telephone industry since
1922, w he a he joined the Lincoln
company, as a member of the supply
division with offices in Lincoln. He
later was transferred to the .service
department and in 1929 was trans
ferred to the Lincoln district man-
ager's office in Lincoln the position
he held when he was appointed area
commercial manager.
"This promotion comes to Mr. Mi?
ner in recognition of his rplendid re
cord with the company and his abil
ity to assume greater responsibil
ities," said 11. F. McCulla, general
commercial superintendent.
Mr. Misner has always been active
in the civic affairs of Lincoln. He
is a member cf the court of honor
Boy Scouts in first aid work, and was
for a considerable length of time a
member of the t:lephone company's
first aid team.
IIUSIC CONTEST
The local preliminary contest to
select those to represent Plattsmouth
high school in the annual mu3ie con
test at Peru on February Cth, will
jbe held at the high school auditorium
i Monday night, January 29th at 1 :'.',).
In the absence cf Miss Williams, it
has been difficult for the lcral con
testants to make plans for litis con
test but there i3 yet sufficient time
for a creditable showing. Miss Leona
Hudson, a graduate of Peru and prom-
incnt in musical activities there has
j Flattsmoutli group to the content.
The program offeree' on the 29th
will be a full evening program and
an admission fee of 10 cents will be
charged. A copy of the program will
appear in Friday's Journal.
CHICZEN P02 IN THE SCHOOLS
Miss Bcrense Arn, health nurse in
the public schools under CWS, re
ports a few cases of chicken pcx in
the Central building. So far none
have been reported from Winter-
buildings but in the third grada at
Central buildir.c: there are 14 cases.
Parents are asked to eo-onerat? in
keeping their children home when
they feel that the child is coming
down with the chicken pox.
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