Just in case you might be wondering why County Attorney Betty Peterson Sharp or her deputy, R. J. Obbink, are on the scene where there are accident fatalities and certain other deaths, the officers must be there to act as county and deputy coroner. In case neither of the county officials is able to be on the scene, Mrs. Sharp may name Sheriff Ralph Hall to act as coroner.
The Junior Chamber has discussed heading up a project to build a second tennis court. Although not approved, $200 was indicated to be the amount the Jaycees would contribute.
Many News-Press readers will remember well the tennis court job of a few years ago. The project attracted a lot of interest.
I've often wondered why such a project in a public park should be done with contributions rather than inserting it into a city budget. But I suppose it's a matter of "if you want to get anything done, do it yourself." (P.S. I've yet to play my first game of tennis.)
It was a little shocking, to say the least, to learn in a Chamber of Commerce survey that approximately 40 per cent of the employes at 12 Nebraska City industries DON'T live in Nebraska City.
Why?
There ought to be some way, some selling project or some other inducement to get those folks to move to town.
The Nebraska City park board is to be commended for employing Ed Cole as the city park superintendent. His energy and interest are seen throughout the parks. He "scrounged" wiring and lights last Christmas and decorated trees, spent many evening hours painting signs of cartoon characters for the children's playground, is planting 30 pin oak trees in the park and paints and dresses up just about everything too big to move.
Up on the north 40.
Jim Attebery, a chemist at Allied Chemical and a North Eleventh Street resident, will leave Nebraska City this summer for Formosa, where he and a number of other Allied Chemical personnel will open a new fertilizer plant. Jim will be assigned the duty for six months.