Happiness is . . .
Happiness . . . is a wife seeing a double chin on her husband's old girlfriend.
The mother-in-law writes from Fairbury about a fabric organization that has made a survey of wearing apparel in the U.S.
According to the survey, the average woman owns seven pair of pants, six dresses, five sweaters, five nightgowns and one raincoat.
The survey also shows a potential buying market of 168 million pair of slacks, 127 million knit shirts, 113 million dresses, 89 million sweaters, 89 million nightgowns and 79 million pair of jeans . . . and it all started with a fig leaf.
Clickety-click
The vacation schedule put this writer back on "the desk" again this summer.
In this business, the "desk" man (whoops . . . or woman) starts about 7:30 a.m. The Associated Press teletype has been punching away at 65 words per minute since midnight so there's a stack of reading that has to be done.
It has been a busy and interesting week and reporter Jerry Wilson across the desk has been hacking away at his job and pulling double duty when this chair is not filled for some reason or another.
There have been many interesting stories to come across the desk this week and you read them in the News-Press.
Here are a few.
Lil' Duffer celebrated its first year in business, Thomas Avenue Carpet and Burbee's had their Grand Openings, and Pioneer Mall observed its second year in business.
You didn't have to go far for free coffee and cookies during the week.
Most news people are notorious for their handwriting. Well, among the many things at which I am an expert is penmanship.
And I frequently remind the folks that I won the penmanship contest when I was in the eighth grade (They are polite and listen).
Despite this, occasionally someone asked what I had penciled on some story.
There were many interesting calls, like the one that came from the AP bureau in Omaha. Reporter Kiley Armstrong wanted to know about Jack Chadwick and his wake.
I remembered reading about it, but was at a loss for the details. Thanks to "Mickey" Schreiner, Bill Berger and Ken Wiles for helping. Jack was out of town at the time. AP had received a request from a newspaper client in Virginia.
Louie Genoa came across these safety tips:
Take it easy. From here to hereafter is only a short distance.
If you do-not want an accident, don't have one.
Your loved one cares. Do you?
Make a record, Drive Safely. Don't break one.
Drive as well as you think you do.
Remember when . . .
Bill Berger is going back to the Eighth Air Force, 351st Bob group in England.
It will be a sentimental trip this time, unlike his trip during WWII. Bill and his wife, Lois, are members of the Eight Air Force Historical Society and they are going to tour England.
He's already received an invitation from the 315st Bomb group for the Polebrook Post AFB Society.
They are "home" now
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Linhart, 1018 Fourth Avenue, retired from farming in the Elmwood area, moved to Nebraska City and wish now they had moved here sooner.
The Linharts are very pleased with the town. In fact they are delighted to live here and find the people especially friendly.
They live within walking distance to stores and are close for medical care. Those items are very important to them.
We met and visited the Linharts and got into a conversation about this small world. On a recent trip out of town, they noticed some people dressed in Czech costumes.
Mrs. Linhart visited with one of the women. The group was from Wilber and was promoting Czech Days at Wilber Saturday and Sunday (August 6-7). The Wilber woman passed along a "hello" to our family. She is Mrs. George Hynek. We lived as neighbors to the Hynek family in Wilber prior to moving to Nebraska City.
Mrs. Linhart returned with the greeting and Czech Festival posters. We put one on the front window at the News-Press and the other on a wall in the lab at Nebraska City Medical Group for Mrs. John Snyder.