It was a long old drive through rain and over a very poor No. 136 to Oxford last week, but it was well worth it when the Jaycee state president said Harold Lowrey from Nebraska City was one of the three top young farmers in Nebraska.
Our family left Nebraska City at 1 p.m., stopped at the mother-in-law's home for a few minutes and arrived in Oxford at 6 p.m. The return trip was more enjoyable because we weren't watching the time. As a result we stopped back at the mother-in-law's home again to pick up the kids (a few brief hours before sunrise) ate some fried chicken and arrived home at 7 a.m.
The award presented to the Nebraska City man before 400 persons at the banquet is one of the most coveted offered by the Jaycees. It means simply that the man — young though he may be— is No. 1 in the farming industry 35 years of age and under.
Yo-Yos are going like hotcakes in town, I'm told. At one store 1,000 of the toys were sold in a couple of weeks.
Bill Gangel says he's got a new machine that will add class to those blackwall tires you may have. His machine will put the white on black.
The Arbor Day committee is going to shake the clouds (and maybe the spectators) at the celebration at Arbor State Park April 15. Aerial bombs will be exploded over the park during the program, that is, if the Chamber gets a permit from the state fire marshal's office.
Bill Huntley, Boy Scout executive from Auburn, said he overheard a school teacher husband speaking of his teacher wife: "She'd make more if someone paid her six cents a mile."
Someone oughta invent
Cigaret packages that contain 30 butts so chain smokers can claim they too smoke only a pack a day . . . shoes that are coated with a lifetime gloss substance to eliminate the messy job of polishing.