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WALTER W. SIPPRELL. Gen. Agent - Phone Main 125
The ★ ★
6iaif« fit a elect
By Mildred Kirkpatrick
In a recent issue of “The
American City,” a monthly mag
azine devoted exclusively to
community government and
problems, there are six articles
on city recreation projects,
which shows the trend in com
munity thinking on public rec
reation. Of the six articles,
three are accounts of the con
struction and maintenance of
swimming pools.
It seems to make no difference
what the population of a com
munity may be, the smallest
iowns are constructing pools as
well as large cities. What others
can do, we can do in Seward.
The consensus of opinion here
seems to be in favor of a pool.
How, and what kind is the ques
tion. Let's not go off the deep
end and attempt something too
elaborate to begin with. If we
i can manage a properly filtered,
unheated pool for the first few
years, it can be enclosed and
heated later. Our first problem
is to construct the foundation
or initial unit NOW.
There seems little doubt that
the question of labor can be
solved to a great extent by vol
unteer help if it is properly or
ganized, and receives complete
cooperation of all concerned.
Materials, purification and up
keep will be largely expensive.
That leads to the question of
financing. A memorial fund is
being collected now, but it must
be increased rapidly and tre
i mendously to be of any use even
I as a Degmnmg.
' To “give until it hurts’’ always
i hurts some people very early in
j the game. Many of our Seward
| people are already living with
i a bare margin left over from
j daily expenses. Others flinch
| at the first touch of the pocket
I book. Fortunately we have none
of that kind in Seward. The peo
' pie here are known to be most
generous when funds are being
raised for any public benefit.
During the past few days, the
idea of a bond issue to build a
i swimming pool is being dis
' cussed more frequently. Speak
ing as a member of the Common
Council. I cannot agree with this
I proposition. A bond issue for
j any recreation project would
! necessarily be an obligation
| bond, binding upon owners of
j real property in the city. We
• are already faced with the cer
tainty of a bond issue to im
prove the water system in the
: near future. The school bond,
an obligation issue of $125,001),
is still current. Power bonds.,
while they are of the revenue
type, increased the public in
debtedness by the amount of j
$104,000 last year. We must not j
over bond the city. It is impera
tive that the city credit be
maintained at a steady median
so that future Councils may be
able to provide for emergencies.
On the other hand, do not let
us be discouraged, nor falter in j
our determination to provide
adequate and safe recreation for
our city. I firmly believe that a
swimming pool can be financed
be there a small sacrifice on
the part of every family in town.
If every home will set aside a
Swimming Pool Bank, and then
for every drink one buys drop
a nickle in the bank, for every
ice cream cone, drop in a penny,
for every movie, another few
cents in the bank, it would not
be long before a sizable fund
would be built up. Let the chil
dren help, make everyone con
scious of the pressing need, and
make every man, woman and
child a worker. This does not
seem impossible to me.
I heard a man say that he
agreed to the need of a swim
ming pool. The life of one child
is worth all the money in town
because the next one may be
your child. BUT. “we can’t do
it in Seward, the money isn't
here,” he said.
I don’t believe it! We must
not allow such an attitude to
become widespread, otherwise
the project is defeated before
it gets well underway. DON’T
be discouraged. DON’T leave it
to a few. This is EVERYBODY'S
job and EVERYBODY can do it!
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MacTavish and McClcary were
arrested for being drunk and
disorderly. During the hearing
of the case, the judge asked:
“Where is the other man?”
“What other man?”
“The one who paid for the
drinks.”
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in town. Close in on Fourth
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reasonable. A smart buy for
a wise couple.
See R. E. BAUMGARTNER
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