Frank Bataillon, that friendly postman who always seems to have a story to tell, related this one the other day.
It seems while he was delivering mail on North Seventeenth Street a small fry admirer tagged along on his route. He was unable to shoo the youngster home, so let him tag along for 19 blocks until Mom came along.
And then there is the story about the saddle club which held a Sunday event in Nebraska City and someone forgot to get a stop watch. Bill Thurman swallowed a bite of roast beef, got up from the dinner table, opened up his store and provided the watch.
The apple harvest festival was a booming success in the eyes of retailers. The free apples gimmick was a clever idea. People liked t. Senior High students walked the streets in colorful costumes offering an apple to every man, woman and child for three days and one night. Everyone was very much pleased, according to reports, especially one person who apparently liked the apples so well she brought along a sack and helped herself.
The apple idea was carried on at the Jaycee regional meeting recently at the Elks club, and from the chomps heard during the business session, young men of eastern Nebraska like Nebraska City apples. Dick Miyoshi was the gift giver.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers show signs of being pretty snappy.
Most sports fans agree that the 53-0 romping handed South Dakota Saturday was no sure way of determining how much fire there is in the unit. Devaney didn't run that score up with first stringers. Hez practically cleared the bench, giving sideline players a chance at varsity ball.
I never could see how Dennis Claridge could make those big awkward legs move him, but he is as faithful as ever in his ability. Quarterbacking by Doug Tucker and John Falman was sharp, especially on that faking play which puts the quarterback right smack dab in the open, but which worked smoothly for Devaney's boys.
It looks like a good season. Be sure to attend. You'll enjoy Cornhusker ball.
I've already got my first book for winter reading. The title is ''Ploesti,'' a Romanian city that was bombed in low flights during World War II. Many thanks to Carroll ''Cal'' Stewart, co-author, for his note with my copy. News-Press readers may be interested to know that one of the navigators on one of the Yank bombers was Anthony ''Tony'' Piccolo, a World War II combat veteran who is now field representative in Nebraska City for Social Security. That famed flight was the twelfth bombing mission for Tony.