36 columns

1971

January 3

What a lot of football upsets

Whoo-ee! What a lot of football upsets! New Year's Day was a nightmare for the prediction pros and a holiday for many "underdog" fans. Notre Dame tounced No. 1 Texas, . . .

January 4

Nebraska City's overnight visitors

And then it snowed and the wind blew. Hundreds of travelers were trapped in Nebraska City and the area Sunday when the storm lashed southeastern Nebraska. And one of the . . .

January 10

Pat the guys on the back

Linda Dierking is one of the luckiest gals in the state and I'll betcha she'll agree. She's engaged to Allen Beermann, Secretary of State. And foxy ole' Allen slipped . . .

January 17

Slicing apples instead of picking them

The cost of Country Clubs. American Legion Country Club dues at Shenandoah, Ia., have been increased to $136 a year. That includes the golf course. The Shenandoah . . .

January 24

Time is measured by a drink

Nebraska City Volunteer firemen are still hoping arrangements can be made to invite about two dozen fire fighting units to town for a "Thank You" party for help with the . . .

February 7

Camp Catron will bloom

Camp Catron will bloom! What's going to happen to Brownie and Girl Scout attendance at Nebraska City's Camp Catron northwest of town now that the established camp . . .

February 14

Yeah, man, we've got camping fever

We've got camping fever. It doesn't take much more than the drop of a hat to get us out of the house and on to the display floors of the camping shows in Lincoln and . . .

February 28

A whale of a storm

Show time in Nebraska City. Mrs. Tom Lacy, a newcomer to Nebraska City, is asking for help to organize a Little Theater with hopes of raising the curtain the first time . . .

March 14

Welcome home, Mr. Kaywoodie

Well, some nasty fireman heisted my Kaywoodie pipe from the dinner table at the "thank you" dinner a week ago, but we've got it back. (I blamed Sam Kellogg, Jr., for . . .

March 21

Up on the North 40

D. W. Kicker will never believe this, but the other day the wind blew so hard on the North 40 that we folks on the hill "annexed" 20 feet of downtown Nebraska City. And . . .

March 28

Welcome Governor Exon

Nebraska City's Arbor Day speaker, Governor J.J. Exon, will make his first appearance in town since his election. The governor will give the message at Arbor Lodge . . .

April 4

Like a herd of wild horses

There are quite a number of new families in Nebraska City, so we have a bit of information for them. Saturday, April 10 at 11 a.m., there will be an Easter Egg hunt at . . .

April 11

Ya-hoo! Here comes Company B

Ya-hoo! Here comes Company B! Allen Holmes, who doesn't look his years, writes that Company B guardsmen will return to Nebraska City for a reunion May 15. The guardsmen . . .

April 18

My neat and tidy tool compartment

We decided to join the "Company's Coming" program by helping with the cleanup around the house. First, the Missus said we had to clean out the "junk shed." For shame, . . .

April 25

Congratulations to Ira Glasser

The Arbor Day committee in Nebraska City is to be commended for its selection of Ira Glasser as the honoree for the 1971 Arbor Day celebration. Mr. Glasser is . . .

May 2

Peanut butter is my enemy

A caller said the other day she had read about my tastes for food. "I know you like most kinds of foods from what you write about mushrooms, turkey fries, kolaches, pan . . .

May 16

Read him the Riot Act

Dear Moms and Dads of '71 grads: How'd you like to bat for the News-Press? Call your school superintendent, read him the Riot Act and threaten to stop paying your taxes . . .

May 30

Commencement at NCHS

It was a pretty big event for our family when our eldest, Denise, was handed her diploma Thursday night at Hayward park. We've covered commencements for many years at . . .

June 6

So long, my friend, John

We're going to miss John Klingman very much this fall. He graduated from the School for the Visually Handicapped a week ago. John sang bass in our church choir. I was . . .

June 20

Cantaloupe without salt and pepper

Cantaloupe without salt and pepper? You must be kidding. I thought e-v-e-r-y-one used salt and pepper with cantaloupe and watermelon. Boy, do we miss our garden this . . .

June 27

Happy Birthday to Dennis Armknecht

A year has passed since we first met a young man from the Cook area who needed a kidney transplant. Dennis Armknecht, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Armknecht, will . . .

July 11

Hula dance in a grass skirt

The Jolly Trippers, the group of travelers who organized during the county Centennial, is making plans for a trip this fall to Florida and get this, to the Hawaiian . . .

July 18

I don't even count the diapers

This is Mr. and Mrs. Richard Owings, 811 Third Avenue and their "singleton," Shannon, two and a half; twins Tracy and Matthew, 15 months and yup, twins Richelle Angelic . . .

July 25

Mother Bear is not so patient

It's vacation time! We're on our way to Los Angeles to visit my folks, brothers and sister and all the nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, in-laws and out-laws. And . . .

September 1

A smile a mile wide

A mighty proud dad and his sun-tanned son. This is a picture of a father and son with whom we visited for a few moments while waiting on main street in Syracuse for the . . .

September 5

Upsy-downsy hot lunch pricing program

Superintendent Jim Withee is pulling out his hair over the upsy-downsy hot lunch pricing program. There was a time when the school officials thought so many dollars . . .

September 26

The stuff just itched like blazes

Someone said the other day the football "craze" has hit Nebraska City. Brother, you're not kidding. Poor ole' Len Hoskins is spinning his wheels just trying to keep . . .

October 24

Made it a pleasant visit

. . . when we arrived. We were introduced to the honoree by her daughter, Mrs. Sheldon. Mrs. Breuel's bright and refreshing attitude made it a pleasant visit. We . . .

October 31

Battle for the popcorn bowl

A caller said the other day I'm not the meanest Dad in town and the five minute limit on telephone calls is good. "How'd you ever come up with that?" Boy, I thought, . . .

November 7

Have you seen my brown cow

LoReeta Baker, 16 year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Baker, is one of the happiest young Misses in Nebraska City. She has an orchid lei. CYN3 Steve Exline, a Navy . . .

November 14

Dressed a bit on the cool side

Some time ago during a warm Sunday morning, Danny DeVorss, two years of age, decided he would attend church. Danny is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard DeVorss. The family . . .

November 21

With a grain of poppy seed

Mrs. Gladys (Vilda) Nincehelser, 604½ South Tenth Street, called the other day and said that I may have a taste for Czech foods, but sure don't have any talent for . . .

December 12

Couldn't take chickens for cash

Mr. and Mrs. Duane Hall returned from a vacation trip to the Hawaiian Islands, suntanned and all smiles. The Halls were among a number of other Nebraska Citians who . . .

December 19

That blamed sewing machine

Perhaps the biggest Christmas present we've given to the No. 1 cook was a new sewing machine and cabinet . . . perhaps the dumbest thing we've done was to put it in the . . .

December 31

No more of this razzle-dazzle stuff

Were the smiles of our family around the tree. Was the poor attendance at church the Sunday following Christmas. A few excersing buffs are looking anxiously for the . . .