It was July 27, 1937, when I accompanied by parents to Oakwood, Oklahoma. I can't find it on the map, but the town was there . . . so were the prairie dogs.
Gals, you better not write Santa for shaving lotions for your spouses . . . January 1, 1967, marks the opening of the Nebraska Centennial and I reckon-as-to-how that means moustaches, goatees, heavy side burns and a face full of whiskers.
That ought to result in a little chinny chin-chin.
Don Cushing, who answered the call twice for Uncle Sam, recalled his visits to Pearl Harbor at the close of WWII as memorable.
He was assigned a privately owned ship of the Matson Lines then controlled by the federal government.
On the day the word came that the war had ended, his ship had steam up for getting under way, then blasted steam whistles to celebrate and had to delay movement several hours before there was enough steam built up to leave the harbor.
It was truly a memorable day, Don recalls.
His other hitch was with the Army in Germany during the Korean war.
That Father Kelly is a pretty tricky fella.
The other day he was asked to help get some Lourdes youngsters together for Christmas pictures.
With an Irish twinkle in his eye, he obliged. But instead of stepping into a classroom and asking for students to pose, he selected them asking —
— Who's had the measles this month?
— Who's birthday today?
You've gotta say one thing for Ben Ryan, . . . when he does something he does it big. Take the lettering on the roof of the Steinhart Terminal building for example . . .
You want to know what Central Avenue is going to look like in the future?
The planting of trees on main street was discussed a few years ago and dropped. It won't be long and they will be planted. There will be a canopy of some sort over the sidewalks so shoppers will be under cover . . . there'll be a grass mall, and all kinds of parking.
It's coming. It's just going to take a little time.
Visit Atchison, Kans., and you'll see.
Fred Oetgen can look at the calendar and say it's been 11 years since he took over facilities at Steinhart Lodge. "And we are looking forward to many more years," he said.