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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
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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
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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
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currea last year in Honolulu
where the local chapter ex-
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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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