The sincere one
The Little Miss came home from school with a tear-stained face and trembling lips.
"What's wrong, dear?" asked her mother.
"The teacher was angry with us," the child replied. "She told us we were too noisy."
"Hmmmm," said the mother, "and were you one of those being noisy?"
"No!" exclaimed the little girl, "but it was so noisy, Miss Winsor couldn't hear me being quiet."
The winners
The Optimist club said it was too late, that it couldn't put together a speech contest and get the job done in time. Phooey, said Bill Saunders, past president of the Plattsmouth club and lieutenant governor of the district. He got it going.
Diane Guttinger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Guttinger, won first and will represent the district in the zone contest Sunday at Beatrice. She's an eighth grader at Nebraska City Lourdes.
Second place went to Denise Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Graham, a ninth grader at Nebraska City Junior High.
Good luck, David
We join with the many friends of David Everett, who has been having a difficult time since he injured a leg last fall. The accident occurred during the motorcycle enduro races held at Nebraska City.
David is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Everett Jr. of rural Union. Friends and relatives contributed $1,300 through a pancake feed last week at the Methodist church in Union to help defray some of his hospital expenses.
The leg injury occurred when David's motorcycle collided with a pickup truck.
Bryan signs up
Bryan, 17, son of Mrs. Judith Huebner, is a young man who wants a military career and he took the oath the other day to make it real. Bryan enlisted into the National Guard.
You may see more of young people joining the Guard. The organization pays $1,500 or more cash to each new recruit and will pay 75 percent of his college and offers other benefits. Sgt. Allen Barrett of Company A hopes a lot of young men will look at it that way. He's got a recruiting program going full blast.
Congratulations
Ron Jay and his FFA boys and girls for a successful year. The awards and recognition earned by the students showed they had put in some time on projects.
Mark Poeschl, Mead, the University freshman who is finishing a year as state president of the FFA, is a fine example for others. He set goals and attained them.
He's also an interesting conversationalist and an especially fine banquet speaker. His delivery and voice inflections were acquired by training, part of which we believed he reaped from Roberts Rules in his FFA chapter.
The Science Fair
Science and engineering exhibits are on display this weekend at Senior High during the annual Greater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair.
The fair originated in Nebraska City and was a success its first year. That interest has grown over the years and registrations for the weekend were even larger, according to Director Mary Jane Hawkes.
Although the fair is to test the talents and energies of students, it's a good show for visitors. Your attendance is part of the success.