Ak-Sar-Ben Matches Funds
For Co. Fair Improvements
Omaha, Nebr. — Ak-Sar-Ben’s
sewest program of financial as
sistance to Nebraska county fairs,
which soared from a $500 grant to
a statewide improvement program
of nearly a qvsrter-cf-a-million
dollars, has been continued for
another year.
Jess J. Thurmond, chairman of
the Ak-Sar-Ben Public Affairs
Committee, said' the program met
with such widespread public ap
proval that the Omaha civic or
ganization approved continuance
of the grants for 1955. Under
the plan, which sets up a fund to
help the county fairs build and
improve their facilities for great
er service to the public, Ak-Sar
Ben provides $500 for any county
fair which will match the grant
with at least an equal amount for
construction of new permanent
buildings or new improvements
on their fair grounds.
A total of 71 counties received
Ak-Sar-Ben’s $500 checks in 1954.
And the funds were used to start!
a wide variety of building and
improvement projects. New build
ings and structures of all sizes
and descriptions have sprung up
on county fair grounds through
out the state. There are new
| livestock buildings, sales pavil
ions, community and activities
buildings, exhibit halls, 4-H Club
buildings, dining rooms and
kitchens, grandstands, stages,
lighting and sanitary installa
tions, and scores of others.
“Although we receive countless
requests for donations from many
other sources,” Mr. Thurmond
said, “Ak-Sar-Ben has consistently
chosen to channel the bulk of
its funds to the county fairs in
keeping with a program dedicated
to the future of midwestern agri
cultural economy. As long as our
great agricultural industry pros
pers, then all of us living in this
area will prosper, and as long as
Ak-Sar-Ben has the funds avail
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AS COGS IN AMERICA'S ECONOMIC
MACHINERY^ OUR YOUNGSTERS. ARE
MORE IMPORTANT TODAY THAN EVER
BEFORE. THE BABY BOOM (FOUR
'' MIUJON BIRTHS IN ICJ5-41 IS OPENING
' \ NEW MARKETS FOR MANY BUSINESSES
gtgtejSgf AND INDUSTRIES.
-.—
BEFORE TEEN-AGE, UNCOUNT
ED MILLIONS OR YOUNGSTERS
EARN MONEY DOING SUCH
-JOBS AS BABY-SITTING,
Shoveling snow, mowing
LAWNS, CADDYING AND
DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS
AUJCH OF THIS MONEY IS FINDING
ITS WAV' INTO SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.
THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN HOLDING
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN SAVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS HAS
RISEN SHARPLY IN RECENT YEARS.
AAA NY TEEN-AGERS TODAY HAVE
HIGHER INCO/VAES THAN THE
GROWN-UPS OR SEVERAL.
GENE RATIO MS AGO. ITS NOW
ESTIAAATED THAT NEARLY
6>000,000 YOUNGSTERS
BETWEEN \4- AND IP YEARS OR
AGE HAVE AN AVERAGE INCOME
OR APPROXIMATELY ^4-50 .
UNITED STATES SAVINGS
AND LOAN LEAGUE @
Educator Awarded "Beau Brummel" Title
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f NEW YORK — A prominent educator and community leader out
paced 600 other nominees here to capture the title “Mr. Beau Brum
<mel of Harlem.” The distinction was awarded bythe Uptown Press
»Club of New York. The well-groomed winner is Dr. James Allen, lb
St. Nicholas PL, New York City. He’s shown here, at center, during
presentation ceremony at Spring ball of the journalists club. Pre
(senting Park & Tilford gift hamper is C. Melvin Patrick (left), club
president, and Ophelia De Vore, president of Grace Del Marco Model
1 Agency.
i Dr. Allen, a former school teacher, is currently district school co
ordinator for community education of the Board of Education in New
, York City. He was for 15 years president of the New York state unit
of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
< and founded that organization’s New York City branch.
, He has lectured widely in this country and abroad on human rela
tions and on youth problems. Among his other affiliations are chair
man, youth committee, Harlem branch, Y.M.C.A.; member, national*■
I council, Y.M.C.A.; member, speakers’ bureau, English-Speaking Union, j
and former member, national council, Boy Scouts of America. He
taught school for 20 years here. s
The press ball was held at Savoy Ballroom, here,
able we will continue to carry
on such programs as this for the
benefit of all.”
Nebraska Manufacturing Up
16.5 Percent, Census Reports
Value added by manufacture in
Nebraska in 1953 was $401,398,
000, an increase of 16.5 percent
over 1952, according to 1953
Annual Survey of Manufactures
estimates released today by John
E. Tharaldson, of Des Moines, j
Census Bureau Regional Field
Assistant.
Average number of manufact
uring employees in Nebraska in
1953 was 57,558, with total sal
aries and wages of $210,973,000,
comparied with 53,063 employees
paid $186,180,000 in 1952.
Value added in the manufacture
of food and kindred products in
Nebraska in 1953 was $203,273,
000, up from $188,499,000 in 1952.
Average number of employees in
this industry was 25,892, with
total salaries and wages of $93,
864,000 in 1953, compared with
26,591 employees paid $96,669,000
in 1952.
Information on ^nanufacturing
activities in 1954 iq now being
collected in the 1954 Census of
Manufactures and statistics for
States, their counties and cities,!
covering all important industries
will be published before the end
of this year.
Hruska
Opposed To
Cycle Tax
Senator Roman Hruska (R.
Nebr.) is urging early action on
a bill introduced in the Senate
last month that would repeal the
10 per cent manufactors’ excise
tax on motor-yles. Hruska was
one of the co-sponsors of this bill
that is pending in the Senate Fi
nance Committee.
“For excise tax purposes, mo
torcycles are in the same cate
gory as automobiles and pay the
same rate of tax,” Senator
Hruska sid . “However, automo
bile sales have soared in the past
six or seven years, while the
sale of motorcycles for this same
period has declined about 60 per
cent.” ,
Senator Hruska said the pri
mary reason for the decline in
motorcycle sales is the increasing
competition from foreign mar
kets. He pointed out that for
eign-made automobiles have nev
er been a serious threat to the
American market as in the case
with motorcycles.
“The Federal Treasury has de
rived little benefit in taxing the
motorcycle industry. In 1954,
the excise taxes paid by the in
dustry amounted to slightly over
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Distinctive Table Top
fF YOU have a coffee table
with a marred top but
otherwise good appearance, you
tan make it like new without
1 lot of laborious refinishing.
And at the same time you can
give the table a distinctive
feature that it never had — a
marble pattern top with a sur
face that takes abuse.
The simple job is done by
ipplying a new top in the form
of a plastic-finished Marlite
panel in one of five authentic
marble patterns. Widely used
for walls and ceilings, the ma
terial is available at lumber
yards.
Saw a panel to fit, allowing ;
a fraction of an inch for
smoothing edges by planing and
sanding. Bond the panel to the
table with adhesive and leave
weights on top until the ad
hesive is set. Wax the edges or
paint them to harmonize with
the marble pattern and table
finish.
Your new table top, with its
baked-on plastic finish over a
tempered Masonite hardboard
base, will defy attacks by bev
erages, heat and wear. Damp
cloth wiping will clean it.
$1,000,000,” Hruska said. “Many
manufactures faced with a situa
tion similar to that of the motor
cycle industry were given sub
stantial excise tax reductions
last year, and the present bill re
pealing the excise tax on motor
cycles is in accordance with that
policy,” the Senator continued.
“The entire motorcycle indus
try is a small one employing less
than 2,000 workers,” Hruska add
ed. “A repeal of the 10 per cent
excise tax will give this long
established industry an opportu
nity to grow and prosper,” the
Senator concluded.
Hruska Asks
Postal Exams
Senator Roman Hruska (R
Nebr.) has requested the Civil
Service Commission to give com
petitive examinations at First
and Second-Class Post Offices
over the State July 11th to deter
mine the relative standing of in
terested applicants for West
Point or Annapolis.
“The Civil Service epamination
is not an entrance examination
for either of the Academies,”
Senator Hruska said,“but it will
be used as a basis for my ap
pointments.” Appointees will be
required to successfully pass the
regular academy entrance exam
inations.
Senator Hruska said young
men should keep in mind that
West Point and Annapolis offer
the finest education in the United
States. “Both academies enjoy a
scholastic reputation equal to the
best universities in America,” he
said.
Young men interested in an |
Army or Navy career should ex
plore the many advantages offer
ed in addition to an excellent ed
ucation,” Hruska said. “Among
ithe many advantages are a life
,time position with promotional
opportunities and a liberal retire
ment plan,” Hruska continued.
Senator Hruska pointed out
that candidates must have reach
ed their seveenth birthday on or
before July 1, and not have reach
ed their twenty-second birthday
on or before July 1 of the cal
endar year in which they expect
to enter either West Point or
Annapolis.
Senator Hruska urges interest
ed applicants to write him im
mediately for authorization to
take the Civil Service examin
ation.
Handrails Needed
'Maks sure that every stairway
has a handrail.
Reinforce Page Holes
Want to reinforce the holes in the
pages of a loose-leaf recipe book, or
any kind of loose-leaf notebook,
quickly and Inexpensively? Simply
dab each hole with colorless nail
polish and let dry.
Moving Tips
Before you move: Notify your
electric, gas, water, and telephone
companies, so they can shut off
service at the time you wish. Ask
| your postman or post office for a
change-of-address card. Notify your
life-insurance companies, newspa
per office, magazine companies,
and the stores where you have
charge accounts, of your change of
address. Ask your physician and
dentist to recommend doctors in the
community which is your destina
tion.
Used His Head
On Mt. Shasta, Calif., Mountain
Climber Dan O’Neill, 34, slipped
and fell on the snowy slope, es
caped with only minor cuts and
bruises after a 40-m.p.h. head-first
slide of nearly a mile, because “I
kept my head, used my toes as
brakes and steered with my fore
arms."
THE NEWEST CARD GAME
Don’t believe it the next time some
, one tells you that Calypso is only a
combination of Canasta and Bridge.
' Nothing could be farther from the
1 truth as you yourself will discover
j the very first time you play the game.
Calypso,
o £ course, is
Ihe exciting
tew card
game cur
r e n t 1 y
sweeping
the country r
tvhich gives *.
each player *
his own per
sonal trump
suit and is;
played with
four decks |
of cards’
shuffled to
gether to
form one giant pack. Conceived in
the romantic island of Trinidad,
Calypso has already been described
-by one well-known card expert as
the first really new card game since
Whist. Whist first appeared way back
in the sixteenth century.
If this isn’t enough to convince you
that Calypso is an entirely new game,
a few comparisons with Canasta and
(Bridge may help.
1 How does Calypso differ from
IBridge? For one thing, there is no
laidding in Calypso. For another,
^ there is no “dummy”; all four players
play every hand. But Calypso’s big
gest distinction is that '* gives each
player his own personalNixump suit,
determined at the beginning of the
game by drawing cards and unaltered *
by any of the cards received *n en
suing deals. \ J
Calypso is a game in which tricitf
are taken, but unlike Bridge, the
number of tricks captured has no
significance and they are frequently
broken up in the process of forming
Calypsos. Calypso also differs from
Bridge in that no one suit ranks
higher than another.
What about Canasta? The games
are similar in that the main object
in Calypso is to complete as many.
Calypsos as possible during the four
deals comprising a game. But you
cannot add to a Calypso (a complete
run of 2, 3. 4, etc., up to the ace of
your personal suit) by melding from
your hand; you build the Calypso
only with cards in tricks won by you
and your partner. There is no meld
ing or discarding in Calypso, no wild
cards or bonus cards; Jokers aren’t
even used.
Perhaps the best news lor most,
card fans is that a Calypso game is
completed in a half hour or less
while a game of Canasta can some*
times run several hours.
You can get a free, pocket-sized,
leaflet containing the complete rules
for playing Calypso merely by send*
ing a stamped, self-addressed envel*
ope to Playing Cards. 420 Lexington
Avenue, New York 17.
ARE
YOU
PIT
TO
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CAN YOU PASS ?
Are you fit to drive? Safe driving depends on many factors. You must
know and obey the traffic laws, of course. But what about your ability to
drive—to handle a car safely? »
Traffic accidents are zooming and the public is aroused. Public offi
cials are grim. Some states are already tightening their driver licensing
laws. The time is not far distant when all drivers must pass periodic re
examinations to determine their continued fitness to operate a motor
vehicle. The fact that you have a driver’s license today doesn’t mean you
will have it a few months or a year from now.
So give yourself that tougher test right now—
How about your accident record—good or bad?
How about your police record—good or bad?
How about your physical and mental condition?
Don’t gamble. Drive safely, obey the law, and be sure you are fit
all-ways.
SLOW DOWN-LIVES ARE IN YOUR HANDS!
THE OMAHA GUIDE