Henry Schemmel, mayor of Minersville and trainer of the Black Panther of Minersville, says LB925, which was passed the other day by the legislature, is the best thing to happen in 100 years.
The measure was vetoed by Governor Tiemann, but passed when legislators mustered enough votes to override the veto. The bill provides that Nebraskans may use any means necessary to protect their lives and property.
Henry says we should all let our senators know how much the voters appreciate the bill. Senator Budd from Nebraska City was among those who voted to override the governor's veto and pass the law.
Up on the North 40.
Here's a recipe from Jerome Wirth for a suggested cookout:
ELEPHANT STEW.
1 elephant (medium size) 2 onions (optional)
Salt and pepper.
Cut the elephant in small bite-size pieces.
Add enough brown gravy to cover.
Cook over No. 2 (presumably Farmers Oil products) fuel oil fire for about four weeks at 465 degrees.
This will serve 3,800 people.
If more are expected, add two rabbits, but do this only in an emergency, inasmuch as most people do not like hare in their stew.
Herman Brandorff saw several pieces of paper blowing across his lawn and pieced them together:
There were a check written July 5, 1909, for cash on the Farmers Bank in Nebraska City and signed with the name W. C. Davis.
Herman, who lives at 1301 South Eleventh Street, said he has no idea how a 60-year-old canceled check found its way . . . in pieces . . . to his home. But he surmised that someone may have been doing some moving or en route to the city dump and the bits of paper were blown from the car or truck.
Bill Berger, City civil defense director, has an interesting story about the three little pigs, building homes of different materials, except there is a change. The letter from the state civil defense agency uses pig No. 3 as gold ole' Average Joe Smith and the ABM missile defense system as the big bad wolf.
To make a long story short, Pig No. 3 changed his mind about bricks for fear of being "provocative," settled for straw and when the enemy wolf came, that was the end of the pork and the nation.
The point of the story is, that a pigheaded attitude and no defense of the U.S. are appetizers for the war mongers.
Legionnaires were told the other night that through the memorial of someone, Adam Schellinger Post No. 8 may have its own Legion Memorial park named after the donor.
The Legion post has long talked of the need for such a park, such as exist in many other communities, but talk has so far been all that has happened.
It would be a fine development for the Legion and one which the 700 or 800 members would appreciate much and see to proper maintenance.
On another page are pictures and a story about another new recreational development in the Nebraska City area. Lester Hohnroth, who lives six miles southwest of Nebraska City, has selected the name, "Centennial Lake" for the 25-acre lake on his farm.
The lake is one of the Wilson Creek watershed projects and a very fine development.
Regardless of how you feel about the swimming pool, it's you duty as a citizen to vote.
The polls will be open Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The biggest decisions of our country are made by the taxpayers in the privacy of an election booth guaranteed under the Constitution.