American ag
The attendance at the American Agriculture meeting the other night at Senior High was pretty poor for the numbers the group has attracted previously.
We got a preview on the speech by J. C. Lewis of Guymon, Oklahoma. Ed Rowen, Jr., who headed up the session, provided a tape made on an earlier speech.
Mr. Lewis' points were the same. He speaks well-informed and projects his beliefs very well about a one-world government.
Dean Terrill, reporter for the Lincoln Journal, said he always wanted to do a favor for me, so before he left Fairbury for the drive to Nebraska City to cover the American Ag meeting, he called my mother-in-law and offered her a ride to see me.
As luck would have it - snicker snicker - she had made arrangements to go elsewhere at about the same time.
Dean apologized and I said that's OK. He said it was troublesome for him to haul around someone's mother-in-law and I agreed.
He said, sorry, but he won't offer it again. I said, that's OK, yabba dabba doo.
The DAR contest
Congratulations to Mrs. Paul Knoll. She provided the enthusiasm that got her seventh graders interested and they competed in the DAR essay contest.
The boys and girls did a much better job than we did when we were in the eighth grade. The subject was on types of travel and the conditions during the colonial years.
Debbie Hall was the winner. Second place went to Pam Lutz. Honorable mention went to Bret Ford, Holly Lima and Wendy Harger.
We were also pleased with the good spelling and the penmanship. It's nice to see that the ball point pen hasn't ruined good penning habits.
The Jaycees
Congratulations to the Jaycees during the week designated as recognition for the men in the organization.
The Jaycees are not connected in with the Chamber. They are a separate organization and conduct their own projects. However, they are the Good Guys and help on most Chamber projects.
They serve the community in many projects that take long volunteer hours. They also are the organization that directs Nebraska City's ball program that attracts 800 or so boys and girls to the parks during the summer.
They used to have a pretty foxy Jaycee softball team but that may have fizzled. That was back in the years they used to take on heavies like Darling Truck Transfer at Auburn. Dwaine (spitball) Ross was on the mound, Bill (speedy feet) Dawson was the lead off batter and Jerry (giggles) Hall was a pinch hitter but did a better job as coach and cheerleader.
They called it fun but everything hurt for several days after a game.
IFR
In airplane lingo, they call it IFR (instrument flight rules). For the passenger it's pretty tricky sitting there looking out the window and relying so much on the skills of others.
The jet put down at Kennedy airport ir New York with visibility zero. That means you couldn't see clearly across the street. We didn't care. Kennedy was the third or fourth choice and the hazy ground looked mighty good.
Next to us was a coed returning to school. She was quite nervous (we circled New York over an hour) but once we struck up a conversation, she jabbered up a storm and almost forgot our situation.
The skill of the American Airlines pilot and crew made it a comfortable flight despite the weather.
As a matter of fact, we took a seat in the smoking section on the return home, fired up the Kaywoodie with some Cherry Blend, a cute stewardess handed us a blend of something else and we had an enjoyable trip to Omaha. (Told her my name was Jake Clem of Palmyra.)
I thought of Andy and Eula Seybert. The AA magazine carried an interesting article with pictures about "touch" dancing and how Paul Moorehead is helping keep it alive.
I was going to pick one up on another flight but got sidetracked by another cute stewardess. (Told her my name was Mel Ommen of Syracuse.)
Oh, say guys, leather legs, are still the "in" thing for New York women and helmeted policemen.