January 7
Special tie for a special boy
We owe thanks to an unknown kind person who has removed the snow from our driveway. I didn't know whether to run a public notice of thank you or wait for the bill until . . .
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1973
January 21
Warbling in the bass clef
"Brrrr .ing." "Hullo." "Do me sol, do me sol, do me sol, me do sol do." "Hi, Margaret." "How'd you guess, Ivan?" "I sit in the back row in choir, remember?" "Oh, yes. . . .
January 28
A new world in her room
Just in case you're interested . . . NBC news and Time magazine put Nebraska City "on the map" with stories about the fuel shortage and the special results — four days . . .
February 4
Those wedding bells are gonna ring
We'll miss you. Charlie Gude. "Yes mom. No mom. Thank you for calling. Good-by mom." That's First District Commissioner Chas. J. Gude, Sr., talking over the telephone to . . .
February 11
Well hello there, Marilyn Jacobsen
Marilyn Jacobsen of North Platte, writes her thanks to "three young men from your county." "Recently on my way to Omaha I had a flat tire about 10 miles outside of . . .
February 18
The Greatest Show on Television
Navy Capt. Jeremiah Denton, Virginia Beach, Va., stepped off a jet after eight years in communist prisons, fired a sharp salute to the flag of his country, spoke a few . . .
February 25
Black powder and toilet paper
Merlyn Saathoff, who spoke to Optimists the other day about his special education classes at Senior High, got off the track momentarily to give me fair warning. It seems . . .
March 4
Really needed the toilet paper
. . . at Berthold Greenhouse where a few mountings are displayed of great hunts by the Berthold family). Dear Mr. Beaumont: There is a slight inaccuracy in your story . . .
March 11
Keep the jalopy jumpin'
Mrs. Ralph Rodgers, who directed the very successful Heart fund campaign in Nebraska City, said it is hard to say "thanks" to everyone but she tried to include everyone . . .
March 18
So long friend, Shorty Bell
We miss our friend, Forrest "Shorty" Bell who died last week at St. Mary's hospital after a brief illness. Shorty was well known in the community and in recent years he . . .
March 25
Meanwhile, in the dentist's chair
The Optimist club and NC Pioneer Booster athletic banquet will be held soon, but the organizers are having a hard time trying to pin down an open date and a speaker. "I . . .
April 1
The best joke of all
April Fool! For all the ethnic jokes you may have heard, you probably haven't heard one about a Frenchman. That's perhaps because the French started the best joke of . . .
April 8
Toilet paper marked FRONT and BACK
Sam Ells, the Brownville head hunter, attended his first social function after the snow melted this year and had a story to tell. Sam hadn't been anyplace all winter . . .
April 15
Outranked by my wife
Arbor Day 1973. Well, here we go again. It's time for Arbor Day and although most are still recuperating from a whopper of a Centennial last year, there are those . . .
April 22
The greatest shift on earth
Dancing at the Eagles? Music by Paul Moorhead? You bet, and it was a grand night. We had never danced at the Eagles or had we ever danced to music by Paul Moorhead, but . . .
April 29
Gas prices are going up
Gary White, owner of G&L Conoco, told Optimists the other day that the words "gas shortage" are not scare words, they're the real thing and Nebraska Citians had better . . .
May 13
Block Mothers
Mrs. Leonard (Jeanette) Hoskins discussed a "block mothers" program at the Northside PTA meeting the other night. It was our last PTA meeting. Jeannea, the youngest, . . .
May 20
And the death count goes on
Thirty-three people died in traffic accidents in the state during March, seven more than a year ago. Nineteen of the lives were snuffed out in "after dark" mishaps. . . .
June 3
Ahoy, thar ye blarsted landlubbers
Tony Piccolo . . . picture was taken a number of years ago when Mr. Piccolo directed the Medicare signup for area residents at Memorial Building. Tony Piccolo, Lincoln, . . .
June 17
A dingalong and a swatalong
This youngster had trouble pronouncing the letter "R" so Mrs. Elmer Conkling gave him this sentence to practice at home: "Robert gave Richard a rap in the ribs for . . .
July 8
Welcome home, Robbie
Robbie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murrell Starr, 1023 Twelfth Avenue, is home from a hospital at Rochester, Minn., after staying a little longer than he planned. He brought . . .
August 26
He eats alfalfa all the time
Remember when the Mustang by Ford was the "little" car? And then it started growing to the Mach super-dooper powers. Well, 1974 will be a new year for the Mustangs. Ford . . .
September 2
Champeen of the penmanship contest
Our gal, Mary Bell. When you have a group of volunteers who are supposed to get some "paperwork" done, you know darn well they won't do the job. That's where our gal, . . .
September 9
You blew it, podner
Legionnaires of Adam Schellinger Post No. 8 got a little "hostile" the other night when the subject came up about Memorial Building. The City is considering turning the . . .
September 16
We meet the nicest people
Dave West in his column, It Takes All Kinds, in the Sidney, Ia., Argus-Herald, apologized last week for failing to report a hearing on a drainage district. Dave said he . . .
September 30
All around honey-do man
A visit to the coin laundry. Mrs. Cecil Witty caught me the other day . . . reading the World-Herald while doing a basket of laundry at the Highlander Laundromat. . . .
October 7
Direct from the beauty salons
. . . solid for Rogers. Well, we got a telephone call the other night from a voter who didn't think much of the polls nor The Buck for that matter, pointing out that . . .
October 14
A mid-wife to a cocker spaniel
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October 21
Take my payoffs in pastries
The selection across the state of Barry Reed of Peru State as the State College Player of the Week was good judgment. We were among those who attended the homecoming . . .
October 28
The Buck's All-Neb City team
We've attended a few more football games this year and we're enjoying the sport. We've watched Doug Kreifels and Dan Krog of Lourdes, Budge Porter, Jon Orton and the . . .
November 4
Lift the flasks of booze
The Fletchalls . . . married 24 years . . . a new car for Janet. A special gift for a special person. Mrs. LeRoy Fletchall, 2105 Third Avenue, went to Rowe Motors the . . .
November 18
Newspaper people take payola
Congratulations Lourdes. You're No. 1! NC Lourdes Knights. No. 1. Class D football state champions. HOME OF THE KNIGHTS. Congratulations to Coach Don Fleming and the . . .
November 25
Whatever happened to the leggy legs
It was no surprise to us to read in Omaha and Lincoln papers that Nebraska City Lourdes was rated state D champions in football. You read that in the News-Press a week . . .
December 16
THE COMET IS COMING
Kohoutek is on its way and is expected to put on its most remarkable show during this month. After mid-December the motion of the comet toward the sun will be clearly . . .