Merry Christmas
Yes, it's still October, but never too early to start planning for Christmas.
Nebraska City retailers are making plans now and those plans call for more attention to the little folks. Santa will be on the streets more frequently during the shopping season and every night the week before Christmas . . . especially to meet with the Little People and hear their wide-eyed wishes.
Gary Friesner of Brown Shoe Fit is chairman of the retail trade committee. Gary and his group of business people hope you will look forward to and enjoy the fun this season.
The band
Congratulations to Bill Harshbarger and the Pioneer bandsmen for top honors at the Peru State homecoming band event.
Mr. Harshbarger's charges have done an excellent job at football games (I like the way they sweep onto the field), the pep band is . . . ah . . . certainly loud and we are looking forward to the first stage band concert.
The success of bandmasters must be a great feeling. We remember when we thought there'd never be another drummer like Lennie Lehman . . . and then came the youngest Sharp boy, Victor Johns and a number of others.
Hospital bazaar
Congratulations to the chairmen and committee for the successful St. Mary's hospital bazaar held at Memorial Building. Mrs. Duane Hall and Mrs. Kermit Holmes were co-chairmen and they had a host of helpers.
The bazaar earned $5,000. The money will be used to purchase hospital equipment.
Goodby Bischof's
The auctioneers' steady rhythm sounded Saturday and Sunday as Nebraska City's longtime Bischof Hardware sold the last of its merchandise.
Bischof's had been in business 110 years in Nebraska City. The auction marks the end of a prominent family store. The News-Press will miss dialing 873-6026 and asking for Harry to come over and take care of an electrical problem.
Ker-pow!
It had to happen at least once during the football season, but who would have ever guessed it would happen THREE times.
Raymond Wellensiek, Cook, scored a perfect card in the weekly football contest in the News-Press a couple of weeks ago. Then, ker-pow! Brad Mead, 1820 Third Avenue, won the following week with a perfect card and second place went to Ronnie Brockhaus, 701 North 16th St. who also had a perfect card. The difference between first and second (and $25 and $15 in cash) was the tie-breaker scores.
There's still a couple of weeks left in the contest sponsored by Nebraska City businesses. Watch your Monday News-Press for the next contest.
Laurie
The story in the paper the other day told about the success of 18-year-old Laurie Chamberlain and her awards at the Arabian Horse Association.
Laurie is one of the four daughters and two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Chamberlain of near Dunbar. She sets "type" on our cold typesetting operation at the News-Press following in the footsteps of her older sister, Chris, now Mrs. Larry Miller of Severy, Kansas.
The Chamberlain children have 13 Arabians, quarter horses, Pintos, and Appaloosas. They hold a special affection for their animals and use them for plain old horseback riding and a lot for show in other horse competition. Sister, Janene, 12, is also deeply interested in horses.
Laurie has been riding since she was five and she hopes to continue her active interest in horsemanship. She's a well informed conversationalist on the subject of breeds, qualities, horsemanship and competition.
The thief
Didya read the News Press story the other day where a silly thief stole 30 bags of cement from a construction site near Unadilla?
I've heard about getting stoned or plastered but concrete-ed?