Chatter-Box
==&' A Youthful Column
(by Doris Ann McGill)
HI FOLKS!.
to say in just a few words all
that ought to be said about peo
ple is a difficult task. I do not
hope to put into this brief and un
satisfactory attempt all that I feel
should be placed therein. A num
ber of<|girls who assisted in Mrs.
F. Pinkston’s recital Friday nite
prov.Jed excellent entertainment!
Practically everyone knows that
the Omaha Guide costs 10c except
Barnyard! Some one should put
him wise!
—It is high time now for Miss An
derson to decide who the groom
will be since her other friends are
carrying such a flaming torch.
Well gang Basketball is well at
hand. We want all you bugs to
come and watch the Great Bob
Cats play Mondays and Thurs
days at South Omaha. I knew
you would!
Wanted! Man about 5 ft. 6 1-3
inches—complexion light olive —
weight about 149—hair, black —
if you fit this description, please
get in touch with Chatter-Box for
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other information—tsery Import
ant before Xmas!
Who are the GAY 90’s and who
is Gay ’94—hay Richard?
Who was the certain stud that
was trying like mad Monday nite
to make a mountain out of a mole
hill? Ask J. M!
H. Whiteside you’re always de
manding your money from the
Club, don't you know nothing from
nothing leaves nothing?
.
WOLFS! Eugene Brown, Rol
and West, Delbert Stewart, Billie
Williams, Theodore Johnson and
Risky!
Happy BIRTHDAY Amelia Or
duna: she spent her birthday at
school! What a girl!
What three hep Chicks cal! them
selves the Big Timers and always
are together?
What's matter girls—no men!
(a hint) they're not rationed
anymore.
BOOM! the dance given by the
Tomorrow’s World Club was great
—everyone had a fine time and
thanks to (little) Eva Little for
coming! (Council Bluffs of
course)!
If you miss the face of Bob
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he's in the army now. Hi Pvt?—
<smile) also Pvt. Von Richard
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ZIP—there will be a Bingo par
ty soon, watch this column for
other information!
WHO DOOD IT?
We were wondering last week
who was to be chosen Miss North
Side Y—well at last it came—
Miss Pearl Faulkner was chosen
first Prize; Second Miss Barbara
Scott and Third Nolean Brown.—
congratulations to all who coop
erated to help make it a success!
WHO AM I???
What certain girls were sitting
in Study Hall eating candy and
was expecting to have a test sev
enth and eighth hours. Wonder
why they weren’t studying?
AGAIN I REMIND YOU! .
Please stop profanity in pres
ence of (girls) ladies???
Don’t forget Xmas 17 more days
off.let us see what you will
give (him-her) so it won’t greeve
her! (him)
ATTENTION! this Week’s Cover
Boy is our great friend Jack Mar
ion.he’s about 5 ft. 5)4. weighs
about 140, complexion, teasingiy
brown; hair, fine; my opinion.—
Swell! Girls if you see him any
where within an step of you grab
him and chain him to yotir side—
cause if he flags my train, I
might let him hing a ride!
The Sharp Inn Cafe have some
mighty fine food.so here’s
what you do.order the biggest
dinner on the menu....if they have
not got? do this .go home!
The Orville L. Cox and his Keo
Knights’ Dance at the Grove was
sharp—this issue was turned in
before the dance 3o if you weren’t
there you missed it.
Nice People to Know! Are Fran
ces Bowie, Robert Reynolds, Theo
dore Johnson, Gerry Graham, Ev
elyn Bechers, Joy Foster, Gladis
Colman and Lynn Long.
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SLANG! It’s in the bag!
Congratulations to Marie Car-!
ter.I also hear she Is engaged
happy landing and good luck j
to you both!
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BACK! Janies Cunel is back1
from a long vacation, lookin fine
as usual.
Since BJ has gone there's little
life to our good friend B. S. ar
ound School!
GONE! Ralph Croomes left a
torch burning in some one's heart
if you were at the party! that
is all Sis!
OH YEA! .
.the going away Party for|
Ralph, given by R.'.tii Booker was'
sharp.everyone had a fine time.
Refreshments were served
FLASH; zzzzz
Don’t forget L. Hampton wili be
here the 19th!
We are wondering what has hap
pened to the 10 Sweethearts ? ? ?
Betty Davis says hello to old
friends and will be home soon!
Goodbye Girls! the USO closed
Wens.wonder who the TJSO
girls are going to do now? We
wonder ? ? ?
the Dance was at B-Town .
everything was lovely!
Have you noticed the scarf set
of Billie W?...it’s only fine ..(a
hint Xmas) I would like a loud
green, (smile)!
the party up to the Butler’s Sat I
nite was fine, refreshments were j
free also Marcellines was pretty!
sharp.
Who is the certain fellow who
said he goes with the prettiest
chick at Central! next week ans!
GUESS WHO???
Age—17,
Weight—143 V*
High—5 ft 5 1-2,
Eyes—black,
Hair—black,
Complexion—teasing brown,
Pep Peeve—to become a doctor,
Hangout—Canteen, J. Drug,
Activities—Ping pong, sports,
Nick name—Bishop.
LAST WEEK’S GUESS WHO?
was Wallace Wright (polcat)
SO LONG, j
DOT#.
1
I used to slave — do endless rubbing —
Spend hours and hours on useless rubbing.
2 But when I got my electric range,
The pots and pans began to change!
| Today they’re bright as a brand new dime.
And I’ve done away with “scrub-up” time.
Electric Cooking Is Shining-Clean!
| Thanks to the matchless cleanliness
•> of modern electric cooking, the dirty,
time-squandering chore of scrubbing pots
and pans is banished forever. There’s no
soot, no grime, no greasy film on cooking
utensils. Everything is shining in a jiffy—
with the “once-over-lightly” treatment, be
cause electricity is 100% clean. So for a
spic ’n’ span kitchen and for a kitchen
that’s truly modem, plan to own an electric
range.
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“CAPTAIN TUGBOAT ANNIE”
TED YATES PUBLICATION 8
A screen favorite for many years,
well - known Man tan Moreland is
highlighted in "Captain Tugboat
Annie,” Republic production based
on the beloved characters of the
Saturday Evening Post stories by
Norman Reilly Raine. Jane Dar
well, Edgar Kennedy, and Charles
Gordon are featured
McDonald
Reporting
i
C. C. McDonald continue to re
port to you about our great city
Omaha Nebraska.
The All Apliance Co. of 2320
Vinton St has a very nice shop,
and are prepared to fix or repair
your radio or valcum sweeper or
anything in that line the owner is
a very fine man to meet drop in
and chat with him you are wel
come.
Move on down the street you
i will find the Ochs Drug store at
| 1816 Vinton with all the beauties
I and fine ilne of drugs anything
| one could wish for. A beautiful
; place to behold, give him a call
I any time.
2001 Vinton st Mr. Margid op
erates a nice modern gro. prepar
ed to serve you with a smile cv -
I erything that good to eat.
The Court house Cigar store
opsite Court House a wonderful
place to stop in while there you
can buy any brand of cigars 5c up
they carry a full line of pipes and
smoking tobaco candy and soda
pop, stop by and relax. You are
welcome c&urtious service to all.
The Calloway Drug store 501 so
24th st Co. Bluffs call your atten
tion to his Drug store and when
you visit Co Bluff he will be glad
to meet you in his place of busin
ess a full line of high class drugs
ami anything usually found in a
first class Drug store.
The Fairyland Flower and Bird
Shop 1801 Vinton st. has a place
that so much reminds one of that
paradisically plane which we often
read of in the Bible a most beau
tiful place with Flowers & Birds
quiet a pleasure for one to look in
her place. You will see her Adv.
in the Omaha Guide.give her
your business,— courteous service.
Mr. Fred A. Husky 138 South
Main Co. Bluff knows as the Old
Reliable welcome you to his place
of business where you will find a
nice line of drugs, cigars, candy,
pipes, ice cream or anything found
in a first class drug store.
Of 2567 Dodge, better known as
J the Kay Cleaners wishes everyone
| to know that she can take care of
' your clothes. Clean and press them
| and she reports that she will have
| presents for all. She has many
friends and are striving to make
I many more. All she asks is a
j chance.
Service with a smile.
Mr. Ray M. Scott 2806 Dodge
St., has one of the finest places in
town. When you need anything in
the line of plumbing you could not
choose a more qualified man to do
your work. Mr. Scott always on
the job and a wonderful man to
! deal with. Its a pleasure have
him do your work.
Thull Pharmacy 24th and Cum
ing, 30th and Cuming offer the
public a full line of high class
drugs. Mr. Thull has been in the;
drug business many years and
made many friends. You can al
ways find what you want at Mr.
Thulls place and you are always
j welcome. You prescription wiH
sure be taken care of.
Mr. George Cox of 4136 Grand
ave. has another nice drug store.
He invite the public on the south
east west side of the city to stop
by his place when out for a ride
or passing by. Nice Drug Store.
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We’ve got the finest and most complete assort
ment of Nationally Advertised Brands in the
city. We carry a tremendous stock of all the
famous Whiskies, Gins, Cordials, Wines and
Champagnes and you get these with courteous
service and low prices.
2 HOTEL LOYAL
-_j^h_St1at_Capitol--Adjoining Hotel Entrance
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(This is the first of two articles on the revolutionary discovery of the treatmSS
for infantile paralysis by the famous Australian nurse. Sister Elizabeth Kenny.)
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An Enemy Strikes and
Sister Kenny Appears
This is a story about a woman and her unending fight
against an unseen, cruel, ruthless enemy of mankind.
It is the story of Sister Elizabeth Kenny, famed Australian
nurse, and her one-woman crusade against the crippling dis
ease, infantile paralysis.
The story begins more than 25 years ago deep in the heart
of Australia when a child suddenly became ill.
Like all parents in this aesoiaie'
section of the land “down under” the
parents of this child consulted neigh
bors when their son became ill seek
ing advice.
But neighbors shook their heads
helplessly. To them, as to the par
ents, this was a strange disease and
one that left frightening affects.
Doctors Not Available
There were no doctors to call upon
in this part of Australia’s bush coun
try, the medical needs of the 200
farmers and an assortment of pros
pectors and explorers being cared
for by a community nurse. By force
of circumstances she was the medi
cal adviser, midwife and consultant
for the entire population.
Only when her services were
sorely needed was she called upon
for her many duties in the seemingly
boundless wilderness she served
kept her constantly busy.
But despairing of their child’s life
and unable to find other help in the
community, the parents called for
the nurse, Sister Elizabeth Kenny.
To Miss Kenny, too, the disease
was something new.
Immediately she telegraphed an
old friend, Dr. Aeneas J. McDonnell,
l chief surgeon of Toowoomba Gener
al hospital in Queensland and one of
Australia's outstanding surgeons,
describing the symptoms and ask
ing his advice. This was the reply: !
“INFANTILE PARALYSIS . . .
NO KNOWN CURE .DO BEST
YOU CAN.”
Miss Kenny read the message and
handed it to the parents. Tears
welled in their eyes as they focused
on the helpless, pain-ravaged body
of their son.
New Burdens
But the nurse did not despair. Her
first move was to ease the pain of
the suffering child.
Then new burdens fell on Miss
Kenny and a greater fear gripped
the community as five more children
were struck down by the disease.
! Six children now lay helpless,
I faced with death or a future of gro
tesquely, deformed bodies.
Many adversities had been over
come by men and women striving to
eke out an existence in this section
of Australia but a new enemy they
did not know how to fight and one
that medical science had not con
quered filled them with stark terror.
To facilitate general care Miss
Kenny moved her six patients to one
large house. There the children
looked up at Miss Kenny and all
who visited them with pathetic,
pleading, lifeless eyes. To the com
munity they were youngsters to be
pitied who, if they lived, would go
through life with twisted arms, legs
and spines, robbed of their mobility,
health, happiness and independence.
A Challenge
But to Miss Kenny they were
more than this—they were a chal
lenge to herself and to all mankind.
As a school girl, Elizabeth Kenny
had been given access to the labora
tory of Dr. McDonnell. Here she
had spent countless hours fashioning
papier mache models of the various
body muscles and attaching them to
a skeleton.
Here she acquired a remarkable
knowledge of the anatomy and mus
cle functions. She also developed
an Inherent mechanical skill and be
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Sister Kenny and One of the Many
Children She Has Helped.
gan to see the human body as a
delicate machine. Here she ob
tained, unknowingly, the knowledge
that was to prove so important in
evolving her world-farr.ed treatment.
As a nurse she saw what medical
practitioners had seen in such cases
since they first recognized infantile
paralysis as a separate disease. And
Miss Kenny’s technical mind saw
more. It saw the affected muscles
as a series of levers, cables, pul
leys, an intricate mechanical sys
tem.
Something, she sensed, had gone
wrong with the mechanism of mo
tion in those twisted bodies. Limbs
refused to move.
A Discovery
Her examination disclosed that
while some muscles appeared to be
paralyzed, their opposing muscles
were in spasm—the muscles were
contracting—resulting in excruciat
ing pain. Later studies were to
prove that this was a revolutionary
discovery.
Up to this time spastic muscles
never had been considered, or even
known, in the treatment of infantile
paralysis.
Since thesew were sick muscles.
Miss Kenny concluded they should
be treated. Heat therapy, she felt,
would bring relief.
After trying various kinds of heat
to ease pain, Miss Kenny Anally nit
upon hpt fomentations (hot medi
cants) as the most effective. She dis
covered these brought almost in
stant relief from pain and, after sev
eral days, caused relaxations of the
affected muscles and disappearance
of spasm.
When the pain had subsided. Miss
Kenny made another startling dis
covery—that the apparently para
lyzed muscles were not actually
paralyzed at all but, because of the
disease, had lost their co-ordination
and ability to function normally. She
then tried retraining these muscles
to normal activity.
Movement Returns
For several months Miss Kenny
continued her treatments following
the theory she had discovered.
Stricken children gradually were
learning to use their arms and legs
Before long they left their beds
They again became normal, robust
children able to romp and play.
And, best of all, there were no
ugly deformities, no crippling af
fects, no braces. Infantile paralysis
at last had met resistance.
(Next week’s article wi.'l tell bow
Miss Kenny introduced her treat
ment to Australian and Americar.
medical men.)
GOVERNOR DEDICATES
PEARL HARBOR WEEK TO
STATE’S BOND DRIVE
WHEREAS, the citizens of Ne
braska, together with the entire
population of the United States
have cause for rejoicing, because
of the fact that World War If
has be.n brought to a successful
conclusion through the sacrifices
of our armed forces, and
WHEREAS, we are reminded of
the perilous days which faced thi.>
nation, as we approach the fourth
anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day,
December 7, when the war beg3n
with the dastardly attack of the
Japanese Navy at Pearl Harbor,
and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Neb
-raska anJ the people of Ameri
ca generally have enjoyed peace
and comfort, while millions of our
fellow citizens were experiencing
the vigors of war, including death
and battle wounds, and
WHEREAS, we should he moved
to thankfulness and gratitude ov
er the fact that we at home have
been F/ared the i-iffcringa exper
ienced by the wa; torn counties
of Europe, and
WHT’.REAS the victory L*an.
now entering upon its final week,
provides a concrete way of expres
sing our appreciation of the fact
that World War II has come to an
end, so far as the actual fighting
is concerned,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLV
ED, that the week from Decem
ber 2 to 8, inclusive, be hereby pro
claimed VICTORY WEEK in Ne
braska, providing a fitting time
for every citizen of Nebraska to
purchase Victory Bonds, as a
memorial to those brave men and
women who lost their lives at
Pearl Harbor, and BE IT FURTH
ER RESOLVED, the the Citizens
of Nebraska, having reached in
previous War Bond drives every
quota assigned to Nebraska, shall
exert in this Victory Week Spec
ial effort to the end that our State
quotas will be over-subscribed in
manner typical of Nebraska and
the traditions of her pioneer foun
ders, who overcame numerous
physical obstacles to build thi»
great State, where peace and pie**
ty prevail.
Signed,
DWIGHT GRISWOIT*
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