Congratulations –
. . . to the members of the Otoe County Wildlife club who were honored at the recent annual meeting. They are Mrs. Terry Badberg, Mrs. Melvin Snyder, Orville Carlisle and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reed.
The growth and development of the property west of Nebraska City is a compliment to the entire Wildlife Club membership. They acquired the property then spent many hours developing it into the fine facility that exists today.
Help on I-80 –
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tucker of Nebraska City met a friend at a service station along the interstate west of Milford.
Mr. Tucker is district governor of the Lions and the couple was returning to Nebraska City after attending a planning session at York when a tire went flat on their car.
Mr. Tucker attempted to change the flat but the wind was so strong that he couldn't keep the car on the jack so he decided to drive on to the nearest station.
That happened to be the Standard station. The manager gave the Tuckers immediate service and when he saw the 11 county license plate he asked questions.
Darrell Rulla, a graduate of Nebraska City Senior High, who attended the Milford trade school, now manages the station.
He remembered the Tuckers . . . he was their News-Press carrier.
A vote for 2 –
We've attended football games when the weather was wet or cold, we've been in the HS gym when it seemed like it was elebeny-nine degrees and we've helped pack the auditorium for school programs and oh, yes, fun night too . . . but there are two other people who are among the most faithful.
Dale Sharp and Don Wolfe and they are members of the Nebraska City Board of Education.
Don Wolfe and his wife are among the district's best boosters. And that doesn't count the times they "haul" daughter Lisa and other cheerleaders to school functions.
The Sharps are the same and in Dale's case he's a sports fan from the word go. Although their daughter Kim is at Peru State, they make the rounds at NCHS and lately that has been the wrestling matches.
They enjoy school sports, but perhaps they enjoy more associating with young people.
Color in the sky –
You can call 'em sundogs if you like, but those colorful rays during frigid temps look to us like rainbows. Mrs. Duffey, our society editor who doubles as our weather-gal, reported on two of the colorful sightings the other morning.
We don't know how many have occurred that we haven't seen, but there was another spectacular show a few weeks ago on a bright Sunday morning. It was large enough to make motorists take many second looks.
The good deed –
Bill Schock, editor of the Falls City Journal, reported that a Falls City shopper came upon a purse lying on the sidewalk. He picked it up, opened it and found $10 and some doctor's prescriptions, but no name.
Looking up the street, he saw a woman walking alone and hurried to catch her and ask if she had lost the purse. She had and identified it for the finder. He refused a reward and walked on.
The next day he received a call that he had won $300 at Jack & Jill's Food Center. Hansen Moodey, Shubert, turned to his wife and recalling the incident of the previous day said, "It looks like a good deed returned with interest."
Chrysler-Plymouth –
Cal Gamboni will be selling his last car in the coming weeks. He's going to retire.
His story is interesting. He's been in the business for 51 years and has sold a lot of vehicles to the "next" generations. He's also giving up something for which he has had a particular love – the wrecker service. Day or night has never made any difference to Cal and his wrecker service.
We congratulate him on his over half a century of successful auto business and wish the Gambonis well on their retirement.
Harold Rowe, owner of Rowe Motor Company, the Dodge dealer in town, will take over the Chrysler and Plymouth dealership culminating a long business goal of putting the full Chrysler line under his dealership.
Harold started his dealership when it was Don Rose Dodge at Sixth Street and Central. He built the all new facility at 1518 Central Avenue several years ago.
The Oberdieck Story –
If you missed the story of German soldier Bill Oberdieck of Nebraska City on Channel 12 the other night, mark your calendar for January 31 at 9:30 p.m.
The ETV network will televise the program a second time.
It's a story of several people but of local interest is Mr. Oberdieck, owner of Kimmel Orchard. He was a German POW during WWII and was at the prison camp at Atlanta, near Holdrege.
Mr. Oberdieck re-visited the POW camp and told the story of his capture and being shipped to this area where he and others worked on farms.
The Oberdiecks compliment our community and his story has to be one of the most interesting you'll see.