January 3
Up on the North 40
Deer hunting has been good this season, according to friends of Jim Kleveland. Understand Jim's bow and arrow season was not a successful one, but some thoughtful . . .
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January 14
Miles and miles and miles
Joy Thornhill says the only way to go is by train. The Thornhills spent the holidays visiting relatives in Colorado. They traveled by train from Omaha to Denver and back . . .
January 18
Found a 21-pound star
Gunther Schwartz, Lincoln, is a determined man. And that determination paid off when he made a "find" along a county road in Oklahoma. Mr. Schwartz found a 21-pound . . .
January 25
The biggest rush on marijuana
The most pleasant thing we've seen in recent days are the slushy and sloppy streets. Must be warning of coming spring fever . . . seems like droopy eyes and yawns are . . .
February 8
Lil' ole' rinky dinky Nebraska City
One of the most interesting family trips we've taken occurred about 10 years ago and opened our eyes to a problem that we as midwesterners generally know little about – . . .
February 15
Some sort of a population explosion
The population projections offered the other night at the Planning commission meeting ought to be an eye opener for most people. Although many of us would like to see . . .
February 22
A backache, but a nice job
Here's a tip: If you want something to do in your sparetime, say like mebbe six or seven hours some night, see Roger and Betty McCreary and get a roll of wallpaper, . . .
March 1
Bragging permits went all to pieces
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 . . .
March 15
Grandparent bragging permits
The News-Press was complimented the other day with an award from Whitehead Speedway which had a successful season last year and which is looking toward another success . . .
March 22
Battle for the bathroom
Someone asked the other day what it's like to be the father of teenagers. It's great. It's even greater to be the father of teenage daughters . . . Mother gets the job . . .
March 29
They really go at it
Overheard Don Martin say something the other day about getting a sack of potatoes. Apparently Don is a garden farmer and he's getting ready for planting. I don't know . . .
April 5
Hippies and loafers were not wanted
There are 14 miles of two-lane highway between Lincoln and Denver. The rest is smooth sailing on the super four-lane highway at speeds of 75 m.p.h., in Nebraska and 70 . . .
April 12
The Mayor and C.J.
Cheryl Jane Gigstad, nine-year-old daughter of Mayor-elect and Mrs. A.O. Gigstad, and I had a long talk about this election thing that changed the household school and . . .
April 26
Dressed in front of the groom
Jerry and Gen Livingston who opened their new store last week in Nebraska City, did it a little different. The Livingstons operated two stores on Central for many years . . .
May 17
The horses haven't been so faithful
County Clerk Jerry Schmitz and his office staff, Deputy Darlene Miller and Mrs. Marcina Cody, did a commendable job compiling the election results Tuesday night. Jerry . . .
May 25
Heaved a six-pound shotput
Mary Ellen Slack, girls physical education director in the City schools, said she has been very pleased with the interest of young girls in the track competition at . . .
June 7
Those little girls are serious
Bill McArthur who has been on-the -scene at the baseball field for many years, is back again this year as a coach and this time it's the Norman's IGA team. "I don't know . . .
June 21
New arrivals at our house
We have new arrivals at our house. Keaton, age 11 and Jeannea, age 9, are our new son and daughter. They were welcomed last week as warm as we knew how from the Nebraska . . .
June 28
We live in a strange world
I never knew there were so many families in the area with new additions from children's homes until this column was printed a week ago about our new son and daughter. We . . .
August 4
Too hot, too dirty
"Yes Sir." If we heard those words once, we heard them hundreds of times during a two-day visit to Company A and other posts at the summer camp at Fort Carson, Colorado. . . .
August 23
Flying objects seem to accompany boys
Nebraska City was complimented this week with the announcement that Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mercer, recently of the Chicago area, chose this town because it not only offers . . .
August 30
Still pretty perky and peppy
Peggy Peoples, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oren Peoples, Syracuse, has lost a true friend. Her aging Cocker Spaniel, "Blackie," is dead. Peggy sent us a picture and note a . . .
September 6
A super-dooper-pooper BB gun
We joined the visitors to Dr. M.B. DeJarnette's home the other night to look over his gun collection. Our house has a gun cabinet, but it houses only a couple weapons . . .
September 20
The biggest rocks in the campground
We received an air mail letter last week and where the postage was supposed to have been attached, the writer had simply written "Free." We knew that this was from a . . .
September 27
Questions about oldtime dance bands
The most interesting experience we've had this week came on a visit to the office of a Nebraska City professional man. In our waiting moments we picked up a magazine, a . . .
October 4
The old horse barn facilities
Thanks to Bill Jenkins for the call of the Kenny Knowles and Mickey Kull bands. Bill played with both bands. Knowles now operates a music store in Beatrice. His son, . . .
October 11
I'm eating my hat
When I read that story the other day about the Christmas opening, my first thought was: "It's only October . . . you've got to be kidding." Now, I'm eating my hat and . . .
October 18
Free roasted pigeon and dressing
Someone pointed out the other day that 200 to 300 pigeons have been counted on the roof of the Otoe county courthouse and the town may have to have a piegon shoot. We . . .
October 25
Dammit, run for City commission
Thanks to Don Carlile of the Peru State staff for the warm reception given a group of Senlor High students on their first campus visit. They were impressed with Peru . . .
November 1
Up on the North 40
Notice to Bill Meinen and the Chamber of Commerce: I picked one ear of my sweet corn and saved it just to enter in the largest ear contest last week, but railed to enter . . .
November 11
Your name, rate and horsepower
"Write down your name, rate and horsepower," the clerk said the other day when we purchased a box of .22 caliber shells. "But we only want a box of shells to go do a . . .
November 22
Orchids growing like dandelions in Nebraska
Nebraska City Utilities manager pulled a sneaky trick . . . they took the gruffy voices off the radios and telephones and put on Mrs. Michael (Marcia) Smith. So, now . . .
November 29
A lot of cakes and cookies
Congratulations to B. A. Johnson and the Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca bandsmen on their selection to march in the parade at the Orange Bowl in Miami on New Year's. That's quite . . .
December 6
THE THREE WISE MEN IN WHITE
This is a story about the Nebraska City Rescue Squad and the Carl Ball family at Seventh Street and Tenth Corso. Rescue squadsmen Harold Rowe of Rowe Motors, Herm Royer . . .
December 8
Well-dressed for the job that followed
Nebraska City voluunteer firemen who fought the blaze in the basement of Hotel Grand Sunday night thought they had put out the fire, only to have it flame up again. One . . .
December 13
Some stories just have to be told
A Nebraska City family said the next time they go hunting on the river bottomland, they'll take a shovel and several sheets of plywood. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hoyle and their . . .
December 20
The Ho, Ho, Ho man
Mike Roddy Jr., who farms north of Nebraska City, puffed on his cigar and flashed a smile. He son, Army Capt. Mike "Butch" Roddy, Jr., was home for Christmas. The . . .
December 24
Merry Christmas
. . . VAN D.E BEAUMONT. . . . RRY CHRISTMAS" . . . nise Clarissa Jeannea Keaton.
December 27
A jigger of whiskey and liberty
Andy Kreifels of Nebraska City got one of the most interesting Christmas gifts we've heard. A lobster. You bet it was alive and snapping! Jeanne Kreifels flew home for . . .