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-4 V , fHE PLATT8M0UTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FOUR Thursday, January 5, 1950 Opal E. WaUick Journal Correspondent Mrs. Eldora Lohnes and sons left for their home in Flan flreau, Soiith Dakota, Friday of last week with Miss Jessie Baldwin taking them to Omaha to meet their train. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Day were Lincoln motorists on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Clarence Wohlers was the grand prize winner of the Weeping Water Christmas drawings. She received a tele vision set with finances to have it installed. Chicken pox seems to have invaded the schools here. Sev eral cases are reported in the , lower grades. Mr. Frank Domingo clerked the Frank Reister farm sale on Tuesday, January 3rd. Rex Young was the auctioneer. Miss Maude Baldwin has been absent from the J & M cafe the past few days due to illness. Mr. Bill Morris took his sis ter, Mrs. Mildred Hooker and Alice Faun back to Independ ence, Mo., after she had spent several weeks here with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. I REMEMBER... By THE OLD-TIMERS From Mrs. A. F. Wood of S. Wood stock, Vt.: "I remember when women's bathing suits consisted of a pair of bloomers reaching from the waist to below the knee and held by a rubber cord at top and bottom, with a short-sleeved garment reaching from neck to kneecap and controlled at the waist by a belt." From Mrs. Mary Stewart of Chi cago: "I remember when wives cr daughters trimmed father's hair and mustache, or grandpa's beard and every family had a pair of hair clippers. Working men in those days rarely ever patron ized a 'tonsorial parlor. " From Myrtle M. Detrick of Spring field, O.: "I remember the great thrill we enjoyed when we made a trip aboard a street car drawn by horses. We would ride to the end of the line, then the horses would pull the car onto a turn table and soon we'd be traveling back over the same route. There were just a few tracks in the city (Knoxville, Tenn., that is) and none of great length." From "Oldtimer Indeed" of Glover Gap, W. Va.: "I remember when kids had candy once a month . . . We got sugar only when we had company . . . when children got out and gathered mulberries . . . the old folks made our shoes out of boot tops ... we had wheat bread once a week only1 it was light bread or biscuits on Sunday." (How about your memories of days gone by, old-timers? Address yours to this column in care of Mr. Friendly, Box 340, Frankfort, ma MhcSTF 7e &IS Refriiperafor Morris and other relatives. Mr. Hugh Hanlan left for St. Louis, Mo., Monday morning to enter the Missouri Pacific hos pital, for treatment. Mr. Han lan suffered a leg injury earlier last fall and has been unable to resume his work at the de pot. We all hope that the stay there at the hospital will prove beneficial and that he will soon be back at the window selling tickets again. Dean Cherry left for San Diego, where he resumes studies at the radio school. He had spent the holidays with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cherry and other relatives, who had al so come home for the holidays. Workmen are continuing their improvements and additions to the Nebraska State bank build ing. A crew of Byron Baker's carpenters were on duty Mon day installing additional rad iators and changing water pipes. Bank officials were also work ing that day. Mr. Gerald Hansen left Mon day morning for Chicago with Mr. Marvin Wendt and Wayne Wendt driving a car through, going by way of Fremont where they picked up Gerald's room mate, Frank Hanzel. LINCOLN "Look forward to the New Year with optimism," Nebraska's chief executive told its citizens in a year end mes sage. "We have a great many things to be thankful for," Gov. Val Peterson said, "and we should be optimistic about next year for several reasons. We have the lowest farm debt since before World War I, bank deposits are higher, farms and business places have made improvements and the state's health program is the soundest it has ever been. "We are doing a much better , job of conserving and develop ing our natural resources," ne added. "Nearly everything points to reasons why we should be op timistic." The governor said he consid ered road improvements as one of the state's major accomplish ments during 1949. He said the state has improved service for its wards and has carried on an extensive program at state in stitutions, . normal schools and the University of Nebraska. "Despite all this, Nebraska in 1949 had the smallest per capita state tax in the nation," the gov ernor said. He " pointed to the Missouri river basin development in Ne braska this year and the exten sion of soil conservation prac tices and rural electrification as other 1949 highlights. Peering into the future, the governor said he hoped to set1 improvements in the public school system, and the state's method of assessing property. The board of control will meat Jan. 18 with Its state advisory committee to discuss ways and means of trimming assistance expenses, Chairman Forrest Johnson announced. Steady increases in 1949 in the I cost of drugs, hospitalization and surgical work may deplete the board's budget before the 1949- 51 biennium ends, the chairman said. Among suggestions for whack ing the mounting expenses are fiUEEHIHI I CAPITOL I I NEWS requiring patients to pay a por tion of costs and placing a ceil ing on the amount the board will pay for nursing home caro. Nebraska's 93 counties have approved budgets for the 1949 1950 fiscal year totaling $36, 934,695, according to reports m the office of State Auditor Ray Johnson. Law requires the counties to file their budgets with the state auditor. Hayes county showed the only illegal levy .88 mill over the five-mill ceiling. Johnson said his responsibility ended when he reported the illegally large coun ty tax. Nineteen counties have bonds for courthouses, jails and hospit als, the auditor said, and five levy the one-mill tax for road construction under the Schroe der law for graveling rural mail routes. These are Dakota, Gos per, Keya Paha, Richardson and Stanton. Fillmore county had the low est tax three mills. Fifty-five counties levied less than the limit. The state gas tax yielded more than $22 Yz million dollars in 1949, the records of Clay Wright, chief of the motor fuels division, j revealed. jjjj jjj I Oi disjfai Saturday j I ii "2 8i-ls ilti&ilii If iii ilililal A I i & Chevrolet and enly Chevrolet brings you all these major advantages at lowest cost! 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Bartling said the board re ceived a total of $163,493 in fees, oil and gas rights to school lands, bonuses and sale of school lands and from the federal gov ernment for right-of-way. Virtually all of the money was earmarked for schools. Game wardens in Nebraska, in their annual report, said ther-3 were "some of the greatest con centrations" of migratory water fowl in recent years on trie state's reservoirs in 1949. The wardens cited Sutherland where they reported a "spectac ular" west-to-east movement from the reservoir to the John son reservoir and back, and from Sutherland to Lake McCon naughy. The several hundred thousand FISHER INTERIORS extra-luxurious liveliest brake linings CASS COUNTY MOTOR 607 1st Avenue Plattsmouth ducks seen at Sutherland prob ably made up the bulk of num bers observed at Johnson and McConnaughy, the wardens said. Annual migration for the en tire state, was found to be about on a par with that of other years. Capt. C. J. Sanders, head of the state safety patrol, thinks too many Nebraskans lost their lives at railroad crossings during the year and he blames careless ness. "Already," the chief of the pa trol said, "27 lives have been snuffed out in rail crossings this year compared to 19 in 1948. Poor visibility, a contributing factor in about ten per cent of all fatal traffic accidents last year, may prevent motorists from seeing railroad signs and signals, Sanders said. "Give your eyes a chance to save your life," he said, "and never argue right-of-way with a train." Cass County Extension Notes December 31, 1913. Rest Period for Poinsettia : When the handsome real leaves of the Christmas poin settit plant drop soon after the holidays, many a housewife s a d 1 and mistakenly con JHS7J. .and Mmst. . .at Zowest Cost Chevrolet for '50 brings you the best of everything at lowest cost . . . greater beauty . . . finer performance with economy . . . outstanding driving ease, comfort and safety! 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