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Arcadia Man Wins Cash AwardIn Nation-Wide Fur ContestAn Arcadia, Kan., railroad employee who enjoys trapping and preparing furs as a hobby was awarded top honors in nation-wide competition for his work in special ceremonies at the Kelley Hotel hereSaturday noon. f►Orville F. Damaby was given a $2Q0 . check for having submitted the best prepared group of furs in the nation the week of Jan. 5 to Sears receiving stations across the United States.Damaby's entry consisted of 10muskrat skins. .„ * . . .The cash award, along with a certificate, was presented by Warren Dennis, new manager of the Sears store in Zola.Mayor Charles Wilson also spokeat the-hmeheon.Sears makes ar series ~of~ awards each year, climaxed by a $1000 grand prise in Marche toencourage* the proper handling and preparationof furs,:The company's receiving stations serve as clearing houses for trappers. The furs are sold by these stations, and the i profits tumed over to the trappers.Winning prizeMor his work with furs is no novelty lor Damaby.Since he collected his first Sears award back in 1042, Darnaby has»• •*\ • ,IF rou WANT TO GIVE A PINT OF BLOOD—The Red Cross Bloodmoblle Will be at the Elks Lodge Feb. trfnnr 12' nomi h SitS y; and Feb. 3, from 9 a. in. to 2:15p. ra.To make an appointment to donate a pint of blood, all you have to do is call 999 between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. any day and either Mrs. Ina Powell or Mrs.ORJe Jones will take your nameana give you an appointment. Should yoa find it impossibleto call during those hoars, thenan appointment can be madebycalling Mrs. Powell at her home, (1493).An appointment will save you time,7.and also enable theBloodmoblle to function shoresmoothly.*■ - r ■ r. \.’i ♦-.* •• ■ ■« '-.v *•lt;However, If you don’t get around to making an appoint-ont, v eithercollected 19 five-dollar prizes, one 50 dollar prize, and this latest honor.In addition, he has picked up. a few five-dollar awards from the Taylor Fur Company in 6t. Louis.Damaby, who is married and has two children, plans to use the prize money for repairs on his home.When informed that he was still in the running for the $1000 grand prize, Damaby smiled and said, “I know it, but my chances are pretty slhn.This i ^h^ Ssth year that Sears has made awards in this field.2. They “question the wisdom of appointing to quasi-judicial office any person whose entire experience consists of advocating and advancing only one point of view in cases and controversies • involving industrial relations.3. They question the propriety of confirming this nomination at this time because of an admitted.attorney-client relationship that until recently existed between the: present chairman of the board, Guy Farmer, and the nominee’s former company. Beeson had testified that Farmer recommended him to President Eisenhower and that Farmer previously had handled several legal matters for Bee-son’s wmpany, the Machinery and Chemical Corp. of San Joae, Calif. ’-rr*r »lt;• • - - - • • - V:*V•i■'*TrwviirA v rbmahvi uA•-*. * i. f*. h '«- *_ ;‘ri’ j• itimlavlnff fhp 1A
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Iola Register
Iola, Kansas, US
Mon, Feb 01, 1954
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