The American Legion post in Nebraska City does a lot of interesting a n d entertaining things. And one of the most-fun activities for members only, is the annual Legion golf tournament.
They tell me the foursome with the Grubers has the most fun. Understand there's some cause to pause after the No. 3 tee.
This year, however, rain sloshed up the works for two weeks. The third week was itl . . . it was also a bit on the cool side, but golfers are golfers and 18 holes later the tournament had ended. There was lots of ham and chicken for the golfers and their wives at the awards dinner.
Since that tourney, a dozen stories dribbled out about Nebraska City golfers. One was about a golfer who, in a moment of impatience, tossed his golf club in the air.
. . . It didn't come down. It was stuck in tree limbs. He used another club to knock the first one loose. And you can guess what happened.
A golfer says it never rains on the golf course.
On one of those rainy mornings I was at the golf shack when Garry Ailes, the Legion tourney record man, appeared. Guy Mickle informed him that because of the present downpour the tourney was postponed another week.
"Oh, good," Garry said, "now I can play."
Among the newcomers to the Steinhart course were Royce Driskell who has been playing golf only about a year, and Ray Snyder of Sidney, Iowa. The ditch and lake were the challenge for the visitors.
They walked away with tropphies, too!
Melvin Baker, Neal Browne and myself outsmarted that weatherman – for once. We got our gardens plowed before the rains . . . Glenn Brawner will return to Fairbury this summer. No, not to play golf, but to attend the reunion of the Class of 1920.
Job's Daughters got a lesson in patriotism the other night. The organization's No. 1 leader from Vancouver, British Columbia, made an unscheduled appearance before the Nebraska City girl's organization.
She stood at attention in courtesy, but did not pledge allegiance to the American flag. The girls returned the courtesy with an ovation during the introductions.
Nebraska City is fortunate to have such good football this season. There aren't many towns of this size which can boast of two winning high school teams.
Someone said that if both schools were one, Nebraska City would probably have the best team in the state. That could be, but the advantage of having two teams is more kids get to play.
Jana Miller, the University journalism student who worked with the News-Press during the summer a year ago, writes that she likes her job fine as a reporter with the Sioux City, Ia., Journal.
Jana made a lot of friends in Nebraska City during her summer journalism intern reporting job here. Big assignment there has been the Iowa Beef Packers labor dispute, dynamiting and murder to boot, she writes.