The American Legion has extended its dates of eligibility for membership for veterans of WWII, Korean and Vietnam, but left the dates the same for the WWI "war hosses" at April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918.
Any American citizen who would like to suggest changing anything from November 11 had better look for a place to hide.
The WWII eligibility is from December 7, 1941 (same) to December 31, 1946 (previously it was September 2, 1945).
The Korean eligibility is June 25, 1950 (same) to January 31, 1955 (previously it was July 27, 1953 ).
The Vietnam war never had a closing date. The new dates are August 5, 1964 (same) to August 15, 1973.
This means simply that Post No. 8 Vice Commander Walt Hunker, the membership chairman, can now ask many previously ineligible veterans to join.
We lost a couple of friends the past week. We'll miss Mrs. John (Coletta) Heng Jr. and Herb Tiede. Aside from seeing Mrs. Heng in the neighborhood, we saw her many times at the checkstand at Norman's IGA. Her pleasant and smiling attitude was always apparent.
And we'll remember for a long time the active part Herb Tiede took in a men's church group. He enjoyed the men's organization and he was always willing to pitch in with many church assignments. They were more pleasure than church chores to Herb.
Tom Allan, Omaha World-Herald reporter, said the other day that when his son left home for college, dad was told that the young man wanted to get away from the strings at home.
"Ha!" dad said later, "the first weekend he was at the door with a bag of dirty clothes."
Young Mr. Allan is wired. Dad sez the boy must have a built-in radar.
"Everytime we have steak there's a knock at the door and you-know-who is standing there."
Have you read about the "Peabody Ducks" of the Sheraton Peabody hotel in Memphis?
According to the Knight Templar magazine, the ducks follow a daily route beginning at 7 a.m. from the roof of the hotel to the lobby fountain. At 3 p.m. they leave the fountain — to processional music — and return to the roof.
There is a little more to the story.
Generations of the Peabody Ducks have been going through the ritual for nearly 50 years. They travel by elevator to the lobby and leave the fountain to music, walking single file on a red carpet for the elevator ride to the roof at 3 p.m.
Whoa, there podner . . . there's something else. Once they get inside the elevator, they turn and face the door as if to say "that's all folks, see you tomorrow."
If you've been reading pork, pork and more pork, then you know we've got something going.
We're working with the pork producers and next month will print a special section about that food industry.
There is also a recipe contest.
I was going to suggest that Millie offer her recipe of pork, rice and tabasco sauce, but I changed my mind.
Why should I share that with anyone? First thing you know there'd be a shortage of some ingredient like there was with the Mason and Ball jar lids that caused many home canners to flip their lids and cheated me out of my usual supply of peaches.
A special art show will be held Sunday at Syracuse and among the items on display will be those from the Chick Boyes Players.
Oh, that brings back memories.
I guess just about everyone in my hometown and elsewhere in north central Kansas knew the Chick Boyes. Their performances were always a big thing in any community.
The book "Growing Older and Staying Young" by Dr. David Stonecypher, Jr. is being circulated in Inglewood, Calif.
We mailed an autographed copy of the book to my parents and they wrote that it was especially good reading. My mother said she was having a hard time getting through it because she enjoyed certain chapters so much she re-read them to make sure she didn't miss a point.
She told some friends about the book and they have ordered copies from their favorite bookstore. The store clerk said it would take about two weeks for delivery.
The American Legion claims to have a pretty high batting average in its baseball program. According to the Nebraska Legionnaire, during the past 10 seasons over 60 per cent of the major league players — Johnny Bench included — were graduates of American Legion baseball.
Stolen from Today.
A patient was lying on a stretcher in the emergency room of a Roman Catholic hospital.
A priest came by and spoke a few words of condolence and reassurance, then said,
"You are Catholic, aren't you?"
"No," the patient replied, "I'm a Methodist."
"Well," the priest said with a pat on the shoulder of the ailing person, "get well anyway."