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i Take Youngsters To Church FBI Chief Advises J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, who perhaps more than any one other Individual in our country, has had an opportu nity to study the causes and cures for crime, has these words lor modern parents: "SHALL I FORCE MY CHILD TO AT TEND SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHURCH?" "Yes, and with no further dis cussion about the matter, too." He adds: -How do you answer Junior when he comes to the breakfast table Monday morn ing and announces rebelliously. "I am not going to school to day.' "You know! Junior goes. "Why all this timidity, then, In the realm of his spiritual guidance and growth? Are you going to wait and let him decide whether or not he wished to go? Quit your kidding! You did jiot wait till you were old en ough! You don't wait until he's old enough to decide whether he wants to go to school or not .... to start his education. You don't wait until he's old enough to decide whether he wishes to be clean or dirty do you? Do you wait until he's old enough to decide if he wants to take his medicine when he is sick? Do you? "What shall we say when Jun ior announces he doesnt like Sunday School or Church? That Is an easy one. Just be con sistent: 'Junior, In our home we all attend Sunday School and Church: that includes you. "Your firmness and example here will furnish a bridge over which youthful rebellion may travel Into rich and satisfying experience in personal and re ligious living. "The parents of America can strike a telling blow against the forces which contribute our ju venile delinquency if our moth ers and fathers will take their children to Sunday School and Church regularly." Mrs. Fitch Was Demonstrator at Reading Conference The annual reading confer ence was held at Omaha Uni versity Saturday. It was com bined with the Mldwesi Read ing Conference. Mrs. Lloyd Fitch of Platts mouth served as demonstra ting teacher for the conference. The theme of the conference was "The Teaching of Exposi tory Prose." Mrs. Fitch demonstrated the use of many of the reading skills in a geography lesson on Russia. New York is no longer inter ested in celebrities. Maybe it has given away all its keys to the city. Manchester (N.H.) Union R V " v&i-- I I SANTA'S CANDID CAMERA "Of course I know what I want for Christmas," the little girl says, "but how do you expect me to concentrate with such a crowd around and that guy pointing a camera in my face." Family Fun Party At St. John's St. John's Auditorium last Sunday was the scene of the annual St. John's Family Fun Party. About 400 people attend ed. The children of St. John School presented an entertain ing Christmas program con sisting of various skits, recita tions, drills and the singing of Christmas carols. The highlight of the after noon was a visit by Santa Claus who distributed Christmas can dy to the children and drew the winning numbers for the fowl raffle sponsored by St. John's Altar Society and Guild. A chicken was won by Fred Feldhousen; James Cuthrell won the duck; and Mrs. Howard Nord won the grand prize, a 14 pound turkey. Santa then presented the Venerable Ursuline Sisters with a Christmas purse from the par ish. , The remainder of the after noon was spent in playing birigo. A covered dish supper closed the day's festivities. Moulton, Thompson Favored As Legislative Speaker Bluebird News Columbian Bluebirds weekly meeting was held at the home of the leader, Mrs. Sarver. We finished our Christmas pre sents for our parents and sang Christmas Carols. We had a Christmas Tea Fri day for our mothers and school teacher, Miss Von Seggern. Hot chocolate and coffee was served by Mrs. Sarver with each girl bringing cookies. Janet Gil son .reporter. Scientists endeavoring to rettch absolute . zero might examine some political speeches. Atlanta Constitution. By Melvin Paul Statehouse Correspondent The Nebraska Press Association LINCOLN Support is begin ning to build up among state senators for the post of speak er of the 1961 Legislature. ' This is not only an honoary position, recognizing service of a lawmaker in the Unicameral, but a functional one as well. The speaker's main duty is pre siding over the Legislature in the absence of the lieutenant governor. State Sen. William Moulton of Omaha ad Sen. Don Thompson of McCook appear to be front- runners for this job when the 1961 regular session convenes January 3. The current speaker, Sen. Harry Pizer of North Platte, has retired from politics. There is also reported to be considerable behind the scenes activity pointing toward chair manships of the important standing committees of the Leg islature. These are the groups that originally hear bills aired at public hearings, then make re commendations to the entire Legislature. The special session this week was concerned with pay of the state senators. It is expected to end early next week. Members of the session were those elected in 1958. The new solons begin their work January 3, and will get higher pay as a result of work of the current special ses sion. Among the top problems of the 1961 session will be reap portionment of Congressional Congo Events No Surprise To Africans, Speaker Says New March of Dimes Funds Help Eric, Birth Defects Victim, Reach Age of 2 Eric Brantner is a frail and appealing little boy who achieved the age of two years the other day in his crossroads home at Palouse, Wash. Held in his mother's arms on that great day, blue-eyed Eric could recognize his birthday wen-wisners, among them his dancing hound-dog Jupiter. But not so long ago, Eric wasn't given much time by most doc tors to enjoy Jupiter or other members of the household. He was born three months prema turely and also developed an enlarged head (hydrocephalus) due to excess fluid on the brain. His despairing parents, Gail and Vonda Brantner, did not believe that a second birthday was in the cards for Eric. Then, as the head grew alarmingly larger on the insub stantial body, members of the Whitman County Chapter of The National Foundation came forward with an offer of March of Dimes funds if they were needed for patient aid. They were urgently needed. Eric was rushed to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, 63 miles away. There, at the age of 10 months, he underwent surgery for nearly four hours. The surplus fluid was drained away, relieving the pressure on the brain caused by block age, and a plastic tube was in serted to keep the accumulating fluid flowing from the head to fifties. kiJrMg: I-' wv-&,?' 1 I n 4 , v I v5 f r - ,,v Ja V5 Li- f A .'- v. ,r -fl theAbl00dmnearthehert- On wcond birthday, which his pcrent, never expected Erie Although Eric's appeararice , ulu l:. ' .u j b.. i .i i. V. . . .. today belies his two years " n D(an'r ""'a aion. Sore than smonths old "Se ! defeCt t0 be given patient I countr ' 250 000 infatU? aie debtors' view U thit JiSnw ald-.m contlnenta! United States ! born with signific-U defects hM a lood rf,an if survfvaT .UndPl The National Founda-1 and 34,000 of them are stillborn He cannot lit ud bv TmSf expanded ProKn'-which or die within four weeks. The' and h- ? onlv Insl Wn in j fvl includes arthritis in addition to ; National Foundation, which toddfe6 un?ertya Ulv inTblbv u.!drkJn P- T.he helped develop both the Salk . . . ' : iiil hits Ltti ii r in iihi nni u n u n n Tno n n nn ma nvrtt -nn 1 i-.-i a in ve. .. .J .i.T. ... Crl . , - r. k" uuu mis new program oc-iwnn March ot Uiir.es tuna.. currea last year in Honolulu where the local chapter ex- naea iviarcn ot Dimes contn- walker. But he engages in live" ly play with his mother and father, who is a section hand for the Great Northern Rail way, with his doting brother Mark, three years, and of course with his frisky but gentle four footed companion, Jupiter. Eric enjoys the dubious dis tinction of being one of the first victims of a significant moved into the area of birth defects because these conpom tal malformations comprise the pe butions to care for a Hawaiian! lareest unmet rhilrihnn.H mr-li infant born with the birth de- cal problem in the nation today, feet of an open spine; the baby With genercu-j suoport of tlie today is well along the road i New March of Dimes in J.inu to a normal life.) arv, hopefully the number of Otherwise, Eric's plight is! Erics will in time be man' not singular. Each year in this I thousands fewer. districts, whether to broaden the state's tax base and disposi tion of the problem of whether to change the Board of Control which governs state Institutions. Education Funds An emergency appropriation will be required by the State Department of Education to operate the schools for the Deaf at Omaha and the Blind at Ne braska City. Dr. F. B. Decker, commission er of education, said the re quest the first by the de partment was prompted by the department taking over the two schools in July from the Board of Control. There was considerable con troversy preceding transfer of the schools to the department. State Spending The Nebraska Citizens Coun cil, a private tax research has looked into the problem of state spending over a 10-year period. t Some of the findings are startling. The Council, for in stance, discovered that 85 more money is being spent by state government today for postage than 10 years ago. The total for the fiscal year ending last July was $237,759. Use of the telephone and telegraph has climbed 127. per cent from 1950, the Council reports. Travel expense of state em ployes went up 58 per cent dur ing the decade, a lesser amount than most of the other categories. Thoses expenses show up in state spending records as "oper ating expenses.' There are 13 separate items in the category, dealing with communication and transporta tion, publishing, printing and advertising; heat, light and power and miscellaneous ex penses. Fire Code A new code for Nebraska is continuing to kick up contro versy at educational Institutions. The latest to complain was the University of Nebraska which said the regulations would require expenditure of $1.6 million if they are complied with across the board. Previously objecting were the state teachers colleges at Wayne, Chadron, Peru and Kearney. They have estimated expendi tures of a quarter of a million dollars to meet the require ments. Neither the colleges nor the University included the expen ditures in budget requests for 1961-63 spending. Fire Marshal Joe Divls says school officials should blame their own organization, not him, if they feel the fire rules are not proper. Divis said five of the eight members of the committee that wrote the regulations repre sented school groups and agen cies. The marshal said he is not in full agreement with the reg ulations but by law he must en force them which he is doing. The rules were adopted July 1, 1959 and have the force of law. Deadline for complying was September 1 of this year. One of the main complaints aganst the rules Is that they require addition of fire detec tion or other type equipment to recently built structures that were considered fire-safe when constructed. Divis said he feels the rules are too strict in some respects and do not allow enough area for an exercise of judgment by his inspectors. Standby Legislators Nebraska senators are expect ed to begin announcing soon standby legislators under a new law now in effect. The law is designed to pro vide Nebraska with continuity of government in the event of Recent events in the Congo came as no surprise to many people In Africa, a medical missionary who spent 16 years in Portugese West Africa said here Tuesday. pr. Aaron McMillan spoke to the Rotary Club and showed slides of his experiences as a physician and surgeon in organ izing and operating a Jungle hospital. Dr. McMillan said it was ap parent as long as 15 to 20 years ago that changes taking place In Africa would have to reach a head. Africans, he said, want the same things Americans want Democracy, freedom and self assertion. With those few comments the Negro doctor cut short his commentary on African politics. He told about the difficulty he and his wife encountered when they went to Angola, Por tugese West Africa. They had an adobe "hut to start with, al most no hospital equipment and a populace which had never had medical help and needed it desperately. Dr. McMillan told how he im provised a device needed in maintaining an Incision for a bladder operation by using a sink plunger, of making his "hospital's" first sterilizer from a gasoline drum and of practicing ureter transplants by practicing on dead animals. He said he mastered the tech nique In that way and went on to do 206 ureter transplants, which he has been told Is a an enemy attack and the regu lar senator is unable to serve. This law and three other as sociated measures were passed by the 1959 Legislature, but could not become efective until passage by voters of a Consti tutional amendment. Sen. Joe Vosoba of Wilber was the first solon to name sub stitute legislators. "world's record." In a lighter vein, the doctor told of shooting the world's longest lion, 11 feet. 8 Inches from nose to tip of tail. It's still a record, he said. Dr. McMillan said that of all the assistance being given Af rican natives, most appreciated is the medical help. He said they are eager for help and welcome it despite primitive beliefs they've had to overcome. His talk was arranged by Dr. Richard Brendel, Rotarian who was program chairman for the day. Union Woman's Club Has Xmas Family Night UNION (Special) The Union Woman's Club held it's "Fam ily Night Christmas party at the Methodist Church on last Tues day evening. Twenty-eight adults and six children were in attenndance. The serving tables were at tractively decorated in keeping with the Christmas season. The gift table was colorful with gaily wrapped packages and centered with a lighted Christmas tree. A "potluck" supper was en joyed by all after which the gifts were distributed. Mrs. Earl Herman then in troduced the guest of the eve ning, Gerald Switzer of Nehaw ka, who entertained the gath ering with an evening of pic tures of South American places he had visited with a party recently. Gas For Avoca? AVOCA (Special) Vern Livingston of Nebraska City met Thursday evening with members of the Town Board to discuss prospects of getting Natural Gas piped into town. THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, December 15, 10 Section li PAUK ONK Avoca Christmas Party Saturday AVOCA (Special) The Lions Club and Firemen will sponsor a Christmas party Saturday af ternoon Dec. 17, at the Town Hall starting at 1:30. A Classied Ad In The Journal cost as little as 50 cents. 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