The other night a group of Nebraska City industrialists and City Utilities representatives had a dinner meeting for the purpose of "talking shop" and in effect, give Utilities an idea of what it could expect of coming loads on the power systems, etc.
It was a gentle, informative, informal get-together. That is until Harold Fouts, chairman of the Board of Public Works, opened the introductions.
Mr. Fouts told about his family, particularly pointing out his grandchildren, and asked each of the others present to tell about themselves.
Well, the grandfather bragging permits went all to pieces. When they finally rounded the table Jim Olsen figures 30 or 35 grandchildren had been mentioned.
But it took Les Yager to put a cap on the situation when he told about his job with Utilites and slipped in that bit about working every day at City Utilities after half a century . . . and a great grandfather.
Basketball fans dropped their jaws the other night at the freshman basketball tournament when Mike Wilberger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Wilberger, 1019 Thirteenth Avenue, dunked 31 points for his Junior High teammates to win 57-54.
Frosh Coach Dan Ostransky who always seems to come up with some hustling young boys and who never seems to get overexcited about anything, is looking for greater things from his 6-2 boy.
The coach said the boy is "coming into his own now."
Dick Barton, the Glenwood, Iowa, newsman who has been helping us in the ad department says the biggest show of the year is only a few weeks --the return of the geese to the Forney lake area.
Dick said it's pretty hard to get close to the flocks for a good look.
A couple of us got usually close to geese while they were feeding in a field one Saturday afternoon, but . . . shame, shame . . . we never had a camera with us to prove it.
Nebraska Citians perked up their ears when they heard comments about the historical value of the town from a visitor.
John Q. Magiee II, a representative of the State Historical Society, pointed to structures connected with the opening of the west and told planners and firemen at the meeting that a lot could be harvested for the tourist industry.
Magiee asked for more information about the town and a dozen suggestions were made on who to see.
It's a good question.
Who is the historical authority in Nebraska City?
One of the points the speaker made was the Russell, Majors and Waddell freight organization. Accordingly, the company was tremendous in the size of business it conducted and the number of employes.
Mrs. Bryan Farson who owns the property now could probably quote figures from what she has read, but I had to go to the 1954 Centennial book to read that on a single day, the company shipped out 163 wagons over the Overland Trail.
Here's a note from Dr. Carroll Prouty, David City. Doctor Prouty served the Methodist church here, moving to David City a couple years ago.
He sent along a couple church bulletins detailing youth study groups in the community during Lenten season.
Hospitalized . . . F.L. Duffey is in Room 422 at Bergan Mercy hospital in Omaha for observation and tests. Floyd is one of the luckiest patients in the country. His daughter, Kathy Scott, is near hm every day. She works for the doctor . . . Harry Novak is at the Methodist hospital in Rochester, Minn., where he had surgery.
Fire insurance is what the office goof off should take out immediately before the boss burns up.