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GUILD REHEARSING FOR SEASON FINALE rowder Officer to PUy "All My Sons," Given May 19 Through May Rehearsals arc in progress the forthcoming final production of the Joplin Little Theater for the Joplin Little Theater for the cur- lent season. "All My Sons," scheduled for performance May 19 through 23 at the Park playhouse First street and Adams avenue. Robert D. Heater, director of the play, said the cast will go into i a stages of rehearsals this ek preparatory to the performance. The play, by A Miller, author of "Death of a Salesman," is the story of a manu- a of airplane parts who knowingly ships defective aircraft cylinder heads i eventually i i to th? death of Army pilots.

In order to a i a his guilt )n the fraud. Joe Keller, the industrialist, insists that anything he has done has been part of his Quartet at McKinley Baptist TC--Joplin Globe, Sunday, May 10, 1953. SCHOOL TO PRESENT MUSIC AND STYLES 3 Under Way Of Ailment of Postal System Departmental Band Concert and Fashion Review Tuesday at Alba. A music festival and i show is scheduled for 8 o'clock Tuesday night in the Alba high school auditorium. School projects from shop, science and home economics departments will be in There will be no admission charge.

The following program i be given: The Junior band a Shadowland Carnival King Overture. Style Show. 'EDITOR'S NOTE: One of the biggest problems ot the new Eisenhower administration--and the one which most concerns most citizens is the U. S. postal system and the handling of the daily mail.

Throe major investigations are under way in Congress and the Post Office Department to determine just what is wrong and how it can be corrected. 1 'The following article, the first of two Sunday stories, is a com- as 1.000 employes. Some were accused of falsifying time cards to show clerks on duty when actually they were absent. Donaldson estimated not more than $30.000 was involved, but 114 employes were indicted and 84 pleaded guilty Fines ranged from $100 to $1,000, and one employe was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. He repaid $2,100 he was alleged to have received in "kickbacks" for helping others receive pay they been inactive for two years because there have been no com plaints.

But the president of tht St. Louis union of post office clerks told The Associated Press "We would say that working conditions (in the post office) from what we've seen of other industries are substandard. Again on the credit side, the San i prehcnsive report on the U. S. mail I didn't earn.

and the problems and com-1 Haderlein Indicted. Throueh the Year i Fa-nion a i whit beset on evcr Former i a Postmaster i i the Year i from sjow deliveries to ob Ha derlein. 56 was indicted buying. This inside look comes j. ast a on charges of accepting I from congressional investigators, 159.475 bribes from postal clerks bummer My Isle of Golden! AP bureaus, postal workers wan ted to become foremen.

Uti ra wl de rt "That's one of the great troubles and Song. Spring--Easter Paiade. Dreams. Car Skirts and Lieutenant In l.cad. I laying tne part of the a a in the production will be I'rrach at a Crusade for i revival, opening Sunday at the McKmley Avpp.uo Baptist 301 McKinley avenue.

Services. a 7.30 o'clock nightly, will 'he following Sunday the preachers i be Ihe Heavr-naires quartet (pictured Lieutenant Koger Keller, a shove) and Mrs. Davringer and Hyni.T, Members of Fall Skirts. Basketball Season Weskets. Holiday Season--Aprons.

Spring--Formals. Girl's Natette. "Turn Back the Hands of Time. Band Portion. Great Gate of Kiev--Moussurg- I annual deficit of three-quarters of a billion dollars in spending almost three billion a year, i Bv ROBERT E.

OEKJER favored a promotion plan for the postal service, incorporating a civil service examination. "Nearly all employes of the Post i Off ice Department have to come I WASHINGTON'. May 9 imo the department as substitute I postal worker in an East- i city approached a vetetan ern- Crowdcr officer, who ha.s had considerable experience a a i a i a productions at Tulane university and in La Petit Theatre! dr Vieuv Carre in New Orleans. In addition to directing the show, Heater will play the part of Chris, 1 Keller's idealistic son who finally must choose between condemning! his father to face his crime CARRIE ALLEE, 71, letting him go free. Heater is uncoiTAi of the departmor.t of speech' IYIIAMI HVjrllAL and drama at Joplin Junior col- lege.

May 9 Mr- Appearing in the role of Keller, the mother E. Medcalf a and the quartet a i Boh a Gordon Watson, Smart and Mr. DaynnRer. The public is i i to a by the Rev. W.

V. Williams, pastor. DISTRICT DEATHS htude Op. 10 No. 3-F.

Chopin. The Billboard March--Keohr. Them Bases--Huffine. Guitar Polks--Dexter. "f-cok," he said, "the boss wants i to promote me.

It will stiain but 1 can do it. It's illegal shall I give him the money anyway?" i This was one incident. There are Chattanooga Shoe many others of all kinds that pour PIERCE CITY VETERAN DIES AT FAYETTEVILLE 'Sousa. I The public is invited to attend. P.e:..

i May i a i Allee. 71 years i C'ocnran, a old. a Galena, a Mav I i The Stars and when you take a look at the insides the 7 S. postal sjstem. Such as Seattle's postmaster calls his 1914-built terminal a "terrible place," so outgrown that mail handling overflows on outside sidewalks in all kinds of weather i Twenty nine antiquated horse- FORMER GALENA YOUTH WINS A SCHOLARSHIP clerks or carriers.

The salary now is $3,270 a year for this job, with raise of $100 a year for nine years. 1 HI AIT 011! 1)111111411 H. T. Devonshire Quito After 43' th the AHmB Powdjr Company. Francisco Chamber of Commerce Carthage.

May 9. A says it has had no complaints and knows of no serious problems in postal operations. James M. Murphy, president of the Boston local of oost office clerks, said there is so much red tape in maintenance of government buildings that one group of em- ployes may have responsibility for servicing a window, but another group has charge of cleaning and repairing the door knobs in the same room. He said this causes confusion.

Murphy and many other union leaders and employes complained because about 150,000 temporary employes have been hired in recent years. They couldn't get permanent civil service status because of the war emergency. They may be worked overtime, legally, without receiving overtime pay. Regular employes get an overtime rate, so temporary employes frequently are chosen for available extra work. In New York some are tnage 1935 earning up to $6.000 a year.

Regulars working alongside them receive far less. Completing 4.1 JS years of service with the Atlas Powder Company yesterday, H. T. Devonshire retired from duties with the company. The last 17 years of service he was works engineer of the Carthage plant.

Walter E. Hayes of Joplin will suceed Devonshire. He comes here from New Jersey. David Nancarrow of Joplin will be his assistant. Mr.

and Mrs. Devonshire will leave Monday for Tamaqua, to make their home. Devonshire a native of Liverpool, England, received his early engineering training in that country and began his work with the company in 1908 at the Giant powder plant Telegraph Bay, British He was made works engineer while there and in 1924 was transferred to Richmond, and five years later to the Reynolds plant in Tamaqua where he remained until his transfer to Car- "Once in the department, the Ext a men hirpd dudng the lother. i be Mrs. i i a 10'30 i i resident of Pierce City.lColes Knerkhaus, son of Mr.

andi a wagons a tne mai i in f. acnve Joplin at i a i Baptist hospital a died Thursday night at the Mrs. Robert Krieckhaus Philadelphia In Miami Y. W. C.

A. a sh 'lines- a hospital in Fayetteville, I'J'opeka, ofj a i scoo rs and streamlined director. Filling out the other half Born 1SS1. at a a he had been a a i a a has been awarded a cad a carts speed deliveries. production will be'den: of Century, Okla before mov-.

A construction foreman for at the University of Kansas. calf, student at i i Quapaw" v-n a a-o. She a Jpars. hp a a a is a senior in the Topeka tne; and a a a member of tiie Quapaw U'orld War II and a member high school. (due ities there.

i i a chur. the Veterans of Foreign Wars post I Of Kansas high of a mother-daughter team in i Alice had been a rosi-j a a fonhcomin Martha Medcalf, i college a i a activities Pat Stoner. former junior oliege i i are he; hu-banci. s'udent, has been cast as A A of the- homo: two Earl Denver, fiance of Chris, who learns A of Quapaw and Harold Allee a her father is innocent of I.oomis. Calif a a Mrs.

crime for which Chris' a per-JThelma Vin-on of Burlmgame, Sumrnerfield scholarship for use the University of Kansas. here. He a a member of St. I a i Catholic church m.tted him to go to prison. (Calif two brothers.

Morns Fulks Othfr roles i be played Belmont. and K. K. Fulks Bob Griffis, Bob Sweeten, Bill'of Tulsa: sisters. Mrs.

Southard. Virginia Harkness. and'charles B. Monroe of San Mateo, Mike McNally. 6-year-old son of a Karl Riddle of San Mrs.

Bertie McNally of Joplin. Survivins are his widow Mrs sas university awards. 14 boys Josephine Cochran. of the i named as summerfield i children, i Linda Dale'! scholars and eight girls will re- Debby and i all of i Catkins grants, home: his mother, Mrs Amanda The scholarships were award- Cochran of Pierce City; and eight on basis a a i But in New York, biggest office of employes there 45 years say there hasn't been a device intro- Iduced in recent years that has i boosted efficiency. seniors, who entered competition Or take the case of Manorie Ort.

for the highest scholarships Kan- man is dependent upon the postmaster for promotion. i "The post office has in the past resisted a promotion plan, believing the local postmaster should have complete leeway to select supervisors at his postoffice. This position is illogical because 90 per cent of the supervisors are already appointed when the postmaster takes his job and he can only fill vacancies." Mrs. St. George says the fact jthat postmasters are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate is one of the postal system's major difficulties.

'Political leaders or others outside the post office may influence the appointment of supervisors within the office," she said. "This is a bad situation, because such supervisors may be open to being influenced by outside people. Thus She airmailed a letter in San Francisco at 4 o'clock one afternoon. At the same hour a letter was dropped in a suburban mailbox 10 miles from Washington. The West Coast letter, traveling about 3,000 miles, was delivered at the Asso- jachievement, leadership, charac-j i a Press office in Washington Rosary services were VHd at! a Promise of use-; a noon the next day.

The subur- 8 o'clock tonight and be rP fulness to society, 'ban letter reached the same sisters and brothers. Christmas mail rush frequently are paid at a higher rate than regular postal employes. Murphy and others say all this tends to keep morale of regular employes at a low level and they lose interest in work. A Disturbing Situation. Rep.

Rees agrees with this, but Mrs. Devonshire is a native of Victoria. They have two sons, H. T. Devonshire.

and William A. Devonshire, both of whom live in Tamaqua and both of whom are employed by the Atlas company. Plant employes assembled at the noon hour yesterday and presented Devonshire with a wrist watch and Mrs. Devonshire ith a toaster and. a box of candy.

adds there is a still more disturb- CLASS OF '21 ing situation. He explained that virtually all: employes must enteV the postal service as substitute carriers or clerks. As they gain seniority they have a chance to move other jobs. But they have no special training to be stenographers or accountants or to fill other important posts. "If a man is sorting mail, which may be comparatively hard work, he might prefer to get a job as PLANNING A REUNION these outsiders gain influence in (stenographer.

The civil service San Francisco, May Four Joplin i i men are among Missourians, including ma.n\ LUWAKlJ Korean combat veterans who a A QALESBURG due to arrive Monday aboard the tiansport General E. T. Joplm district men a a rd 74 years old FOUR DISTRICT MEN till p. I tfl mj i i 1 i i i 1 i i i i i 'nounced the i Rpv Father L. L.

a a sew rnanufactur-'They pinpoint the gigantic and i a home of i Burial will" be In St. Tne Catkins complex problem the Eisenhower i a i hein awarded for the first administration faces as it tackles I under the direction of a aid or a a a 55,000 operation of the largest nonmili- i a of Foreign RITES from endowments created by'tarv "business" in the world--the Mrs. Elizabeth M. Watkins, KU's greatest- benefactress. Coles Krieckhaus is the grand- Private First Class Timothy Chedle of Neosho.

Corporal Paul Hcgpr of Jasper. Priva'e First a i Summers of Diamond. Sergeant First Class a a at rotter Galesburg fot the last two vear.s. CARTHACtK BRIEFS. i resident of the died unexpectedly at 2:30 o'clock i a at home at Galesburg.

i a a i at- a Mr. Young, who was horn at TO BE HELD ON of Mrs. R. A. Cole's of Galena.

Webb CnvTMoTMav ALUMNTGROUP Flora G. i 83 years old, a 1 aieci a o'clock i i i Freeman i a where 3 9 A i i NFW ncrr U. S. postal system. At least three major investiga tions by Congress and the Pos Office Department are under way to determine the ailments and possible cures for this sprawling department, which employes 530.00C horn.

i Joplin. A retired a A Red Cross Bloodmobile i a World War I a a i 1:1 i was at i I a a street, born 1S6P, at i i moved operates 4nooo and i High School to Association tonight of officers a Other spends 2'i billion dollars a year. A three-quarter billion dollar annual deficit is one of its biggest woes. The system has defenders as well as critics. Former Postmaster Jesse M.

Donaldson, a ITruman appointee now succeeded ar VK PreSI by Republican Postmaster Gener- at the an- were Webb i from ahe a i i arc the widow. i i Carthago at the center the department. "The i may have enough power to dictate who is to be promoted to better jobs. If he is crooked he can sell this influence." A letter in Mrs. St.

George's file, from a postal worker, reflects how employes feel. Seniority Not Recignized. "There no longer is any recog- inition of seniority, meritorious service and ability." he wrote. 'Morale is low and dissatisfaction is the rule rather than the exception." Besides the mountainous problems of payroll padding, deficits and low employe morale, the de partment has troubles concerning poor delivery service and othe contacts with the public, congres sional leaders say. It may take as long as 36 hours under ordinary circumstances to deliver a letter from one residential area to another: "unusual" circumstances might increase the time.

New York takes in about one tenth of the almost billion dol- ars of annual revenue for the J. S. as a whole. Officials say about the only receai devices to mprove efficiency a bookkeep- ng machines and equipment to undle mail. About 33 million piece? of mail ire handled in New every Carthage, May have been sent all members of the 1921 graduating class- of the Carthage hgh school to meet jn reunion here on Sunday, June 24, at Broadview Country Club.

Two members have not been located by the committee. They are Edwin W. Cowman and, James Hyde. Any one having information as to their present addresses are requested to forward the data to Mrs. Pearl Alexander, chairman.

Plans include a reception at 2 o'clock at Broadlawn followed by a dinner there at 6:30 o'clock. starting salary for stenographers is $2,750. But because of his service as a postal clerk this sorter may be getting $4,270 so he moves into a stenographer's job at that salary. "Many postal people, trained in one job. constantly seek these ier jobs.

As a result the best and I most highly trained postal people; Mr and Mrs Roberts, frequently are filling less import-) 1229 Broadway left last night ant jobs and the service suffers tor st 0 18 where he will enter Rep Rees said that in Chicago Pacific hospital for WEBB CUT BRIEFS. The horus meets at the i i Center Simpson a clock Monday afternoon i Brothers union iota! i MolJ Funeral. meet at the Civic' Center at 5 clock Monday afternoon. i J. W.

McC i 1 -01 Yale- of Si 1 a a ami Thomas lee. wav, or to continue to subsidize lav'. Some pieces may go through he hands of postal workers as many as 10 times. An "ordinary" i i may i i six sep- Eor example, there are scarcely any certified public accountants on the post office pay roll, Acccount- ing work is done by former substitute clerks and carriers. He said Chicago has the larges' motor unit in ttie country, opera ting several thousand vehicles.

"They need a lawyer to handle claims arising from accidents, but the accident cases are handled by mail route supervisors who have no legal training." he said. Rees said if the Boston office had had an up to date accounting system there wouldn't have been any payroll padding scandal. Nearly all of the more than postmasters are pay disburs- ng officers for themselves and employes. Accounting methods are so cumbersome tliat a file has been kept if all paid certificates of the postal avings system since the svstem tarted in 1910. There now are jabout million on file.

The organized reserve meets! a a 9.. for A M- Lorn Barry he was a i ou of tax monev hleiong le.sident of a i a a Qn urrent investigatory counties. Ho was a member 20 i for weeks have i a AI Unir B. a of i ant! ot Baptist chui ch. Two children hcen 'delving into postal affairs in a i a i and 15 great-, a hli Preceded i Ncw ork to determine why it a old, who was, a i i i hero at clock cdncsday, i a a in Funeral The Carthage Music Club will meet at 8 o'clock Monday night in music room of the First Methodist church.

This will be their fi- i a i home on West Sev- i be a 2 o'clock a afternoon at i Poteet a chapel, i nal program of the I The Empire i Aid will I all rlav next Thursday i will be conducted at 4 o'clock afternoon in fledee-Lewis chapel with the Rev. Leoriard of- death. i i besides the son. are five daughters, Mrs. Ella Boraker of Blainc, Mrs.

Leota Taylor of Fresno, Mrs. Pearl ranks about 40th in efficiency. Lesser investigations arc going on in other planes. At a top level, the department is studying management and accounting problems as Rev. J.

A. Megpison i i a i i i in a a orrneterv i i a DISTRICT MAN i i a i a i he i Ozark Hartin of East St. Louis, 111.. as a i operations. Congress Mrs.

Flora Lett and Mrs. A a a two studies under way, one in he i Pallbearer lie ir.rrnbois of the Park- Mrs. Mien Carter of Maple i a i D. Nelson, navy Hrr- i A 1 i a i and of Mr. and Mi's XeNon.

831 Vine street. Carthage, is a i the i i a Mate at the San Diego a a base. He entered the naval service in November. 1952. J.

E. Davidson of Sarcoxie was admitted to MrCune-Brooks hos- i a yesterday as a medical patient. Legion body i lie i a a a home friends a a a i requests a no be sent. Ono daughter, Mrs. Frances Irene i and two grandchildren.

Renee and Michael Pull i all of Joplin, i IN IN FOUND DEAD AT HOME MRS. GERALDINE BOOTH r- A i 9 i a I i Tt a i o'd, i i Fi id.iv a i home i of Rogers A i May ,9. neighbors who alarmed i a i Booth, 23 vears- old. a when did not see the elderly a for Pospishel of i i 23 a i a house. i 29 a a i wouldn't be al all surprising md two a a i a mor-e i i i i i come out of these m- i a i Rep.

Edward Rees a arate one i i a esti- CENTRAL A. Keeps 30,000 Busj. TO ATTEND A He said it is impossible to esti- a how a a a hand operations there are ir a day's work but it keeps more than 30,000 workers busy. Seattle and Denver both reported in the Associated Press survey that they have unsatisfactory postal quarters. These VVP: constructed years ago and now are inade- a for handling i rr.endously increased loads a sav of mail.

i supper i be at the last meeting of the East Centra! school T. A. Monday- night. The supper will start at 6:30 with meat loaf and all the trimmings. Following the supper, a Mrs.

R. Lee Sullens. 717 West First street left by plane yesterday for Durham, N. to visit her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.

J. Hakan. In observance of Mother's day. the Pvev. Frank E.

Funk, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will speak on the subject, "For My Mother," at the service at 10:50 o'clock this morning. The public is invited to attend. The Westminster group vill meet at 6 o'clock this evening the youth chapel, at which time the pastor will discuss the question, 'What It Means to Be a Christian." The worship service at the Cen- ral Methodist church will begin at 9:30 o'clock this morning i hurch school. "The Christian Home" i be the theme of a sermon to be given at 10:50 o'clock the pastor, the Rev. Leonard Vestphal.

An anthem by the choir vill be, "Seek Ye the Lord." The i serv i be held at 7:30 0 i The Marigold Garden Club i at o'clock Monday a i Mrs. Lee Webb, 516 West Broadway, i Mrs. E. E. i assisting.

Mrs. Nanette Harris of Joplin will speak on "The 100 Best Irises." "Honoring Mother" will be the theme of a sermon to be delivered ers by the room mothers. First Christian church. Sunday The following teachers will be Slm II honored: Lorene Brown, Kathervn 1 "'I' 10 St 00 Houser. Rachel Helen thsFloyd oc son i Clogston and G.

E. rlwk ton Khf Dr i of 1 mer, executive secretary former i of died at 5 o'clock i morning Coroner F. "Burns, who 1 Emporia. where she re lrs. Arch Hoofnagle.

route 4, aL hb a Ma 9 68 year, old. surgical patient in hospital since April 23, was Sixth street, a i ivn- missed yesterday. Mrs. Charles i i a R06 East Budlong street, was a i to McCune-Brooks hospital undergoing surgery there yesterday. Mr.

Pearl Miles. East Third i went to Fort Scott. this week-end to i i her brother find sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. I I L.

Johnson. Miss Etta Jennison arrived here yesterday from Seattle. to visit her sister. Miss Irene Jennison, 502 East Thirteenth street, and her brother. Fred Jennison, 702 East Highland avenue.

Another sister, Mrs. Ada Smith, will arrive here about May 20, from Seattle, to spend her vacation i her brother and sister here. Mrs. Terry Wescott, 1035 Valley rtroei, has been dismissed from Mount Carmel hospital in Pitts- hurg. where sne underwent surgery on April 21.

Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Marsh.

1845 South Maple street, have returned from trip in the east, during v.hich they visited their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Max Colson, in Wilmington. Del. They also visited Mrs.

Marsh's sister. Mrs. E. A. Van Valkenburg in Philadelphia, Pa.

Many Carthage residents are planning to i i the Ins how at the WiM Brothers' Gardens tomorrow The iris ire to Iv a I i peak bv Sunday. May 16, while pfonifs 1 their 'TPS! by May dent of Webb i at 4:53 o'clock i morning nt l.is hc.me. He was a retired a i and i John Black i i a the death, said Dixon apparently died of a a condition brought on by over-exposure in a cold rainstorm Monday. Coroner Burns said the man probably had been dead since Monday. The body i be sent to a i a sided two a She was born near Southwest City.

i i her a Raymond Booth of the home in i a a son, Delbert Booth and a a Loretta Booth. 1 1 i i 1 I I ot the her Mr. and Mrs. a Cooper a Po-t i and Civi Committee His words are iv Rep. Katharine St.

'Geoige i i who heads the iPost Office subcommittee. "I think there i be more in- i she said. have found amazing things. Job promotions were sold. There is inefficiency.

There is political favoritism as well as personal favori- i In some instances the system actually promotes inefficiency i la-t vear i i i i i i i i a dc- The enter.ainemnt mcluJe I a i reported selections by Freddy Bios- carpenter and a meirber of a borne of elderly I i a per ix brothers "among the i i factors a i a methods of leceiv- ing. segregating and dispatching and improvised methods as as facilities in of a i hazard nature." Jack Daly, assistant superintendent ot the i a in Seattle, said existing a i i i built to handle mail for a population of about 350,000, but now serve 750.000. Plans for an annex were shelved by World War Central Methodist i He is I I ued bv i a Webb of the- him' a Mrs. a a 'tusk of U'ebb City. Mrs.

Harding of Los Angeles. and Mrs. Fannie Jo Hunter of a i two brothers. a i Webb Jim Webb of Webb City, and sr en grandchildren. Funeral services be conducted at 2:30 o'clo at the Hedge-Lewis chapel, wi'h Ihe Rev- Leonard Westphal i i a i Burial will he in Ozark Memorial Park cemetery.

Dodson Funeral Today. Shell Knob. Mo May Funeral services for Miss Mamie Dodson. 78 years old, will be conduct- dat the Shell Knoh Church of Christ at 2:30 o'clock Sunday a ernoon. Cline Hancock will officiate and burial will be in Fields cemetery under direction of Culver funeral home of Cassville.

Dodson, a resident of eommnnitv most of her life, died man. lor a idow, I i a Survivors, i i i a Dixon and Horac a i a Morale at Zero Point. 'Post i morale is at a yero; i deliver songs bv the a i i a uNar TM'' cs oMld Janet Mhoon will sing TM 11 bf held at 8 clock Maria" and a group of men i present a womanless weddm- a i a M1 Floyd Bra-ch, retiring president. a admitted to Jane will preside at the business meet-! hospital yesterday for medi- mg. The a a i is open to a a Mrs Pearl i of Carterviile I was a i to Jane Chinn hos- OFFICERS INSTALLED i a Friday for medical 'l Short of Purcell, a BY LAKTHAGb SORORITYical patient in Jane Chinn hospital, a dismissed Friday.

a a May 9 i Lulu Morton, 2120 PearT i a i i i i i i A I iui i. i i uutgomg a i a the side- a a a a oplm a medical patient' i walks out.side the build.ng in rush i of XI A I a chapter Jane Chinn hospital, was dis- Ihours, along i a of hand of a Sigma Phi at a regular 1 missed Friday. a a i i are Kan -ind unfl01 (llrvn 11 Hullet of Ponca bkla And S( 1 point. You can't blame thes.e peo-jhc pie. i i per cent of a i and other equipment.

are excellent workers. The system De.spite these handicaps some Dixon. both of i i a i 1 i i i i i i i 4 a a (pw of i are to blame." TOM MESSER, NEOSHO Tho Associated Press made an a i i postal service is i at the home of Mrs W. i Erwm and baby of Postmasters Frank Pornponio of independent survey through its i Denver and George E. Siarr of RESIDENT, SUCCUMBS ''fans across the country to both said it's up to Con- Baby's Rites Today.

Wheaion, May 9. Funeral, services for Marguerite one year old, i be conducted 2-30 o'clock Sunday afternoon in SP "79" years old. a resident' of i From postal patrons, i i a reports of poor service and Neo-ho. May 0. Tom morale.

the Culver a in a at department employes and Donald Svvisher will i i a and i a will bo in Maplewood cemetery at Exeter. The i a daughter of Mi and to remedy outmoded and outgrown a i i i Pornponio said the Denver a i i a i is "at the edTMe of the precipice 201 South a a i praise and condemnation, i lf two most prevalent eom- jThere was criticism of poor. a i by the public about serv- long illne- i i are I Mrs a a facilrties and serv ice. ce wcrc; (completing the chapters course of I a O. i i of Neoho and There was praise for a i I i i i Tlie instead of two.

on Russia Mrs. Charles- of rr of Wa.vnesv ille, Isome cities service is reported i i a clay in residential filed Thl in line. i Jensen. 1227 Grand avenue. The of- Anderson i dismissed ficers inducted were Mrs.

James i.i a Chinn hospital Friday. Distefano, president; Mr- Paul Bottoms, vice president; Miss Ar- rnilda McReynolds, extension officer; Miss Frances Honey, record-! ing secretary, Mrs. W. H. Harnng-.

ton, treasurer. Mrs. Harrington retiring president was the i a ing officer. Following a business session Mrs. James i a presented a program on "Lenin." Thursday in Children hos- i a in St.

I I I a being ao'- anrt a nieces and nephews. will he i i i a service i as a patient Tuesday a ln Thompson fold about was in i a a month. Surviving besides thc par-en's an two half brothers, Leon and Bohbv Painter of the home. Crawford Rites Today. i i rln( nc of a a night pickup i in i i a areas slows service.

These services neral home Webb City. May 9. Funeral i i for Mrs. Ida Higginbotham. 70 years old.

who died Aurora, May 0 Funeral iThursday i i be conducted services for Robert Preston Craw-' a 3 o'clock Sunday a at young man with $1.200. She saidjwere discontinued April 17, 1950, the story was related to her by a (by Donaldson to save money after veteran post office employe. The young man took the veteran's advice not to pay for a promotion, but his morale was shot. "We don't know how much of 70 million dollars was clipped from his budget. 2.

The lack of directory service, also discontinued by Donaldson, causes delays. Employes formerly this has been going on. but city directories tr correct at fi.30 o'clock Friday niornim-. a i f6 years old. a retired a Central i i The'employe 1 in Boston were indicted addresses on letters.

Now her horie a being ill a yrar Shef r. i he 2 0 VVe-tnlial wll of- for payroll padding and a i i a i returned to the sender, was horn in counTv A a at the i a i i i i a i be the arl Mrs-, st. George said, "A Chicago Po-tal i say restoration of 21. 1R75. Surviving are i i a WCVK! fiint-ral iionie hap- i i under I I i a i was indicted, too.

in a direr i might cost hun- The Rev Fieri c't on of A i e- mh sellinc; case. These fire i i cf thousands dollars a Geort'e of Shell Knob i i i a i be in a Mai old Dodsnn of the hrvro. ind three Alttrrt Stow irt of FwtVr. inrl K.i.r 1 rf a Mr Crawford died 1: Thnr-lav at hAmr Ison, O. (,.

a i nr'snn a i i a i erv i 'if I i a Tar mm i if i "1. i i lead to low' morale and i i i costlv vesr. On it iot from the ntimrwv di i i a Hamc-i of the St y-'1 or inrJictrrt. fhp a ir.vohrri Boston a of "r.mmerr*- TRAFFIC SAFETY AWARD GIVEN ERNEST FERGUSON Ernest R. Ferguson was present-, ed the R.

K. A. emblem for 10 years safe driving at a monthly meeting of the Railway Express, Agency employes Thursday night at the office in the Frisco building. The presentation was made by F. Pryor, the local agent Lieutenant Don Blur of the Joplin police force was the guest speaker at the April meetmir and presented thr following a a fo- i i in connection i the National Safotv Council .1.

Gar- riwn fot vvars safe i I' Craig ind prwtal for MONUMENTS At a time of to not kr persuaded to buy a memorial in from a picture or pV brought to your foir. When you are ready to a and a vou huv i i 'ured in lor than MARKERS NmiPA.irsflHCHIyEs.-orn.