You won't believe this but . . .
we caught more fish than we could bring home.
The guides at our fishing camp at Kenora, Canada, assured us we would get our fill of fish and fishing. We discovered that meant eating the morning catch.
"Shore lunches" became routine and the fish sandwiches were the greatest.
The guides convinced us that now is not the time to eat the famous Northern Pike. "Only in the spring and fall," they kept saying as we tossed back five and eight pounders (I've never seen so many men almost cry).
The weather was unbelievable. One day it was shirtsleeve weather. The next day it was full winter gear, plus all those heavy rubber raincoats and trousers. My fingers were numb . . . but not so numb that I couldn't put another minnow on the hook.
I discovered that the country really doesn't have lakes. It's the opposite — it has islands. We didn't travel from one lake to another we traveled from one island location to another.
None of that made any difference anyway. I went along to fish . . . not to navigate.
On the return to the states we were approached by a border guard for the usual questions and inspection of luggage. We also had a box of fish packed in dry ice. It was the first time I had the opportunity to flash my Canadian fishing license.
It was a good trip. I'd recommend such an expedition for any fisherman . . . just don't eat as much as I did or you'll also be miserable for a week.
The Fenske File
The eligible bachelor was telling a friend how successful his grandfather had been and added, "I'm not going to marry until I find a girl like the one grandfather married."
The friend commented, "but they don't make girls like that anymore."
"Oh yes they do," the bachelor said, "grandpa just married a pip last week."
From the veterans
Richard Paul, a member of the Nebraska Rehabilitation committee, attempted to stir Legionnaires in the July issue of the Nebraska Legionnaire about the Bicentennial.
"What are we going to do this Bicentennial year? It is not too late for a Post Bicentennial project. Put up a memorial, new post flag pole with some gingerbread landscaping or any other appropriate item of dedication in remembrance of our veterans.
"Keep America Alive. It is vast and full of resources, human and material. Let's uphold our cause of freedom and courage. Too many good men have been taken away. Too little spirit remains.
"Wave your flag. Speak with vitality. Shout your heart out and cry America. This is our land to preserve and care for so let us keep it sacred, pure, rich and reserved. Veterans have shared it from the beginning of our country's time."
Legionnaire Paul is right, of course. There's still a lot of time to ring the Bicentennial bells.
Nebraska City's post should be commended for its efforts. The flag appears every day on top of the Legion club and Past Commander Bill Berger with the help of some others, stretched a flag display from his store across the street to the club.
Then, on the Fourth of July, Commander Foy Thayer and some Legionnaires with get-up-and-go took over the intersection at 11th Street and 4th Corso for an hour with a color guard and others handed out brochures to motorists pointing out the action was a gesture to remind people of the nation's independence.
Larry Davis, Bellevue Guide
And then there was the golfer getting ready to hit off on the No. 1 tee. As he did so, a voice over the clubhouse loud speaker called out, " Will the fellow ready to hit off No. 1 please hit from behind the tee marker?"
The golfer looked up, got ready to hit again and the voice called out "It is against the rules to hit from ahead of the tee marker." The golfer stopped, gave the clubhouse a dirty look and again got ready to hit. Once again the voice came over the loud speaker "Sir, if you do not tee off from behind the tee marker, we will have to ask you to leave the course."
The golfer exploded, threw his club in the air and screamed.
"Will somebody tell that idiot on the microphone that this is my second shot!"
Break-break
Nebraska Legionnaires who hold federal CB licenses are eligible to enroll as charter members of the Cornhusker American Legion CB club.
The membership fee is $1. Send your name and address, call letters, handle, post number and channel monitored to the Nebraska American Legion, Legion Headquarters, Box 5205 Station C, Lincoln, 68505.