Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-03
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Safety First Campaign Conducted at
the Morris Plant.
NEW SUPERINTENDENT ARRIVES
G. n. spanEIer OF Sc. Louis Now In
Control, Marking Complete As-
sumption of Control by
New Owners,

ings and admonitions to be careful ind
cate the presence Of Jack O'Conner OF
Chicago at the local plant Of Morris and
company. where campaign Of safety
| first is on.
Foremen are In charge Of committees
i'm their different departments. These
In turn are superseded by central com
mittee composed Of superintendents.
master mechanics and chief OF the fire
department When the idea was first
brought up, It was not taken up by the
men until they realized that Il meant
dollars and cents to them. Then they
became enthusiastic over IT, according to
| O'Conner.
! The plan in Morris and company's
plant lie practically the same as the one
used at Cudahy's and the other local
| plants 1t means safety to the men and
| efficiency to the plant, according TO
! O'Conner whose business it is to circulate
about the country from Morris plant to
! Norris plant pushing the safety first
| campaign we have reduced accidents
in our plants to * per cent in the short
! time the system has been in operation
among us" he said.
| A report is made every day on the &C
cidcnts that occur in each plant and
everybody reports on IT, The medical
! attendant inspccts every slightest cut In
Chicago the company maintains modern
dental parlor where the office employees
are treated at cost and the laboring men
free of charge. Later "a dental shop may
be established at the local plant, it being
now under consideration, according to
Mr. OConner.
SpanRler Takes Charge
Following the resignation of William
Bowers, superintendent of Morris and
! company's plant here, c. b. Spangler of
st. Louis has arrived to assume charge
Of the plant Spangler is we'll known
among the Morris people, he having been
connected with the company for many
years. In different capacities he has
| served in Chicago, Kansas City and st.
Louis
since the purchase of the Omaha plant
oy Morris and company there have been
many changes here. the old employees
being gradually supplented by employees
OF the new purchasers. 1t is said that the
placing OF Spangler at the head of the
pant marks the complete assumption of
! the local plant by the Morris organiza-
ton. John Rhines OF Oklahoma CITY has
arrived to become chief engineer and
master mechanic in the room of p I
Lehman who has removed to Chicago
whcre he is connected with another COM
pany.
Odd Fellows Elect.
SCUM omaha odd Fellows at their
annual election Monday night elected the
following officers TO serve during the en-
sung term: Fred Hiner. n. G.. Fred
Haas, V. G.; r. H. Roberts. Treasurer.
Thomas Galloway trustee; and Lew
Etter secretary. The meeting was well
attended and number OF important
matters were discussed.
High school Honor Roll,
In The recent tests in the high school for
the second six weeks the following p,,niIs
have made 30 per cent or more in each
subject carried
Katie Coffey Alice Poliap
Acl.C turu Lillian Polian
Dorothy Davis c. Richardson
'''fN T~rbvshirr b. Sedlacek
haut Hdney William Smith
= nae e. Hesby Irene Sprapuc
ruin klnsley Jessie Tucker
EunS Eutiek Louis Wirth
i.tH rrimer Mary WSnpss
Nnlle Nichols Eva Ycrjan
These pupils have made a general
average of 90 per cent or more in their
subjects.
ll'n andersen Carrie Hutchinson
"'l" 'nsha19O Helen Jaka
cara Clnek Leonard Johnson
Bessie Duncan Vlasta KadRVV
Emma Dworak Mary Mahoney
Wayne I'm gh auIla Mortensen
/ Ruth Groschcck James Northrup
/ lydia f1enni Herbert RathsaCk
Martha Hoffman Elmer Tissell
Flora Wirth
Magic city Gossip.
| Cherokee coal, unscreened, A.25: screen
! ed. 81 70. South I. Howlan1 I.um. & Coal.
! The Tooter the high school bi-weekly
magazine, will be issued to the students
next Friday afternoon.
! Knoxall council No 1864, Royal Ar
/ canum. meets Friday evening at the
Workmen temple for election OF officers.
Office space for rent in Bee office. 23ls
! n street. Terms reasonable Well known
location. Tel. South q.
! The Federation OF Improvement Clubs Of
/ South Omaha will hold its weekly meet
ing at the city hail Thursday evening,
| December 3.
The local order OF Red Men will hold
I its semi-annual nomination OF officers
1 next Thursday evening at its han, SIS
! North Twenty-fourth street
! The Ladies' Aid society OF st. Luke's
/ Lutheran church will meet at the home
| of Mrs r. 5, Nelson, 2i0S X street, on
! Thursday, December g. at 2 p. m.
! South Omaha circle of the Child Con-
/ servation league will meet Thursday aft
| ernoon at 2:30 o'clock at the high school
| The topic for discussion will be Sex
| Hygiene Mrs. @. II. Summerville will
read a paper and nature stories will be