Daryl, Darold, Darrell, Deryle, Darrel . . . you name it and there is a different spelling.
That's like the fellow who was introduced to John Brown . . . it was spelled Jahn Braun.
Well, to get the record straight, one of our carrier boys said he has delivered the News-Press for several years, first as assistant to his older brothers and now by himself and we never get his name spelled correctly.
So . . . Daryl "Grippy" Griepenstroh, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Griepenstroh, how about that.
It's been a year since the cigaret scare story came out.
And it's been a year since I smoked a cigaret. I have, however, kept my (often referred to as crusty or smelly) pipe close at hand.
Otoe county ended the year with six highway deaths. That was Otoe county's bloody contribution to the state toll of 448 for the year.
Read the other day where the temperature in Alaska has been near the 50 BELOW zero mark consistently for some time.
And to think we gripe about our 10 and 15 above.
There are really many serious problems with weather that cold. Children must be cautioned not to move too fast because of danger to their lungs; auto batteries must be put inside homes, and special heaters must be attached engines or the jitneys just won't start; and people just don't run out of stores in "indoor" clothes to put a niekel in the parking meter.
I'll take Hawaii any day.
It gets a bit muggy when it's raining on one side of the street and the sun is shiningon t'other, but at least there is a variation.
Oahu, the island on which Honolulu is located, is only about 32 miles long and roughly 100 driving miles around.
The beach always has customers; the Hawaiian styles are pretty and if you're on the island long enough you will learn "pigeon English," the slang of the Pacific islands.
The Samoans are among the most pleasant people in the islands.
There are large, dark skinned people with pearly teeth. And they always smile.