Students of the Nebraska School for the Blind should drop a note to the editors of the Nebraska Education News for a headline which certainly doesn't meet with the approval of any of the students as we know. The headline: "Blind School Bill Revived, Advanced."
Golf talk
John Schumacher, pro golfer and Nebraska [illegible] Mr. Golf, said about $1,400 left in the treasury from the old country club, which many golfers wish was in operation today, has been expended on operations of Steinhart park course. Understand a program is under way to construct a new golf shop equipped with showers and lockers on or near the park. The park board purchased about $1,000 worth of new equipment this year and $250 of the old country club's dough was used to help foot the bill. Virgil Pitstick, park board member, said about $500 was used in constructing a bridge near the number 4 tee some time ago.
Finances
Despite increasing receipts for the course, the park board has put in about $700. The golf course is in direct contrast to the operations of the swimming pool, according to Mr. Pitstick, who says enough money was left over from swim receipts last year to just about meet expenses to ready the pool for this season.
The park board receives about $14,000 a year to operate Steinhart park. The pool, however, is self-supporting enough that its profits pay maintenance costs. Which, by the way, reminds me: Nebraska City, we like to brag, has about the best dad burned swimming pool in the state of Nebraska. (The pool will open about Memorial Day.)
As a matter of fact, T. A. Filipi, head of the state sanitation department, who frowns on the sand we have around the pool's edges, spreads the word about the very fine pool we have. Clarence Vigen, another member of park board, says, "The sand around the pool does not cause any unsanitary conditions," Mr. Vigen contends.
Incidentally, Nebraska City's beautiful pool is 20 years old. Betcha didn't know that!