Monday, September 18, 1961 · Page 4

Red car and a green house

I like radio, too, but radio is either changing or the ole' hill billy programs aren't on as powerful stations. Pat Osbon and a few of us are good listeners to a rip 'em up program (now five hours long) Saturday night. But, we sure miss good ole' C-L-I-N-T . yes, C-L-I-N-T. Texas, XELOS, Gualis Chuwalis, Mehico and our singing, praying and tobacco chewin' buddy at Del Rio, Texas.

There's nothing wrong with TV either. I'm enjoying it. I got to see most of the re-re-runs I missed.

Free advertising space. FOR SALE — Civilian clothes. Henry Johnson, Syracuse.

During the month of February you can toss away your little telephone book and dust off the shelf for something bigger. Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph is going to consolidate the telephone books of Otoe, Nemaha, Richardson and Cass counties into one big book umpteen pages in size. The book will come out three months earlier in Nebraska City than last year.

Advise for Jimmy Piersall attackers: "Stop, hook and listen."

Nebraska Wheat Growers see a great future market for grain overseas. Trouble is, you just don't tell a predominately rice eating country to stop eating so much rice and eat a little U.S. wheat. Did you ever try to convince a youngster that the thumb he was sucking wasn't as good as the dry one?

When it came to the final word on the color of the car a few years ago, I made the decision . . . when it came to the color of the house, my wife made the decision. So what? So, we have a red car and a green house.

Merry Christmas!