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Show CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor HAZARDS THE WINTER SNOWS BRING TO A COMMUNITY . . . Winter always brings with it many things to' be overcome over-come . . . When a community is visited with heavy snows such as has been our lot this winter, hazards are multiplied many times, and unless they are handled promptly, serious effects . can easily be the result. Tuesday night a group of businessmen and interested citizens who constitute the membership of the Kiwanis Club in Roosevelt spent considerable of their club meeting meet-ing discussing some of the present problems of the city, and came up with a decision to meet with the city mayor and council at their next meeting to offer advice, counsel, and to help in solving some of these problems. Among the things considered was the failure of some of the property owners to abide by Section 185, Ordinance ! No. 19, Revised Ordinances of the City of Roosevelt, 1925 relating to keeping sidewalks cleared of snow. The section reads: "Every owner or occupant of any house or other buildings within the city shall, during the time snow shall continue on the ground, by the hour of nine o'clock on every morn- I ing, when necessary, clear the paved sidewalks in front j of said house or buildings, and in front of such lot, from i snow and ice and keep the same conveniently free there- ( from during the day. He shall at all times keep the side- walks clear and free . from dirt, filth and other obstructions obstruc-tions or incumbrances, so as to allow citizens the use of sidewalks in an easy and commodious manner." Another very serious situation exists in our city . . . Practically every fire hydrant in Roosevelt is buried with snow .... It's obvious what the results would be if a fire should break out in the city. All of us must realize the tremendous load placed upon the shoulders of those who have been chosen to direct the affairs of the city, and this comment is not aimed at criticism criti-cism of our mayor and city council, but rather in the hopes - all of us will more completely assume our personal responsibility respon-sibility and give help where we can .... If our civic and service clubs would go to the council and offer assistance, they would then more completely justify their existence as clubs. v v E v . JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES . , - . Suppose It Were Your Hid .... t Suppose it were your kid your girl or boy happy, protected, cherished with dreams of growing up to become a movie star or pilot. . What could happen to her or ' to him, laughing and playing in the sun under your watchful eyes? The chances ' are, nothing. ' ... ' But to thousands of such ' carefree, loved, protected youngsters something did happen- last year. Dreaded, sneak-attacking sneak-attacking polio struck at them, childish laughter was stifled. There were days of pain of excruciation anxiety for , some; a prospect of lifelong handicap. Suppose one of them had been your girl or boy. January is March of Dimes month and during this time all of us .have a chance to act as if our own children were among the unfortunate. . We can strike back at this cruel disease - by contributing generously to the MARCH OF DIMES to help them. The job of getting kids back on their feet in a literal sense cannot continue unless you and I and all the rest of us put up more dollars ' and dimes than ever before. There have been 132,000 cases in four years, triple what used to be a "normal" number. When you see the smiling-faced lad on the MARCH OF DIMES posters or in the newspapers, think of the good ' that can be accomplished for him and others like him through the MARCH OF DIMES. Suppose there were no MARCH OF DIMES, suppose it were your kid and no help at hand ... Fortunately, there is a MARCH OF DIMES. You created cre-ated it and you can give it the extra backing it needs this year because there are so many kids and adults, toe , dependent upon it. v E v -i UTE INDIAN BUS BOY COMES HOME TO GET SLICE OF "MELON" From Mott Johns, resident of Elwood, Ind., comes the following clipping from the "Indianapolis News," which tells how suddenly a "bus boy" changed jobs when he learned he had inherited a thousand dollars: Howard Traft. the Uie Indian bus boy at the Fireside Fire-side Inn, has left for Ft. Duchesne, Utah, to figure out how to spend his slice of the 70-year-old, $31 million debt being paid to the Ute Indian tribe by the United States Government. Howard received his first $1,000 and decided clearing dishes was silly . , . . Times Square will become Dimes Square, officially, for a month " v E v ; - "When parents begin to think the kids are sillier tftan they were when young, some one is getting old, and it could be the parents." Times, Adams, Wis. - V E V ,- : INVESTMENT IN FREEDOM .... Today over 26,000,000 pupils in our public schools are served by a million classroom teachers and administrators. There are 85,000 school districts, 210,000 buildings, 340,000 school board members. .... in |