Congratulations!
Steve Boerner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Boerner, will receive his Eagle Scout award at a Court of Honor Sunday at First Christian church.
The ceremony precedes by a couple of weeks, another Court of Honor at the church.
Three Eagle awards will be given at that event. The boys are Phil Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brown, Jon J. Sanchez, son of Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Sanchez and James M. Nelsen, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Melvin Nelsen.
The Court of Honor for the three boys will be October 1.
Howard Robinson . . . picture taken several years ago with one of his many trophies that identified him as the horseshoe pitching champion.
Howard Robinson is dead, but the memory of his living will be around for a long time.
We first met Howard in a conversation about horseshoe pitching. He was "hot" at the time and ringers were a consistent part of his game. In fact, he was so consistent that he captured the state title, successfully defended it six times, and also won three and four-state titles.
We've made a couple of ringers, but when you stand and watch a man like Howard toss one after another, it sorta takes the punch out of your own swing.
Stolen from Ed Ransdell's newsletter at Weinman Auto.
The playboy sat down in the barber's chair and noticed his manicurist was very beautiful. He suggested dinner and a show that evening.
"I don't think I should," said the girl demurely. "I'm married."
"Ask your husband," suggested the playboy. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind."
"Ask him yourself," said the girl. "He's shaving you."
Ed also said.
"One trouble with the world is that so many people who stand up vigorously for their rights fall down miserably on their duties."
News of the murders of the Grand Island father and daughter and the shooting of the wife and mother, spread to the west coast and was received with sorrow.
Mrs. Jerry (Cindy Sackles) Wright of the Los Angeles area, learned about the Peak family murders from the News-Press.
Cindy was a house guest of the Peak family several years ago at Falls Church, Virginia.
The acquaintance with the family was through a daughter, Tricia (now Mrs. Stephen Klintberg, Lincoln). The young women were students at the University and through a sorority friendship, decided to make a trip together to the east coast.
Cindy wanted to drive to Washington, D.C., to see her sister, Mindy and Tricia wanted to spend the Easter holiday with her parents.
Remember the POW's.
Last week's item about the bracelets and Forgotten Americans Committee from Mrs. Delmar Heng, prompted us to offer a few facts.
—Nearly 1,700 Americans are classified by the U.S. as Prisoners of War or Missing in Action (MIA) m Southeast Asia, (North and South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Red China).
—Approximately 450 men are known to be captured.
—More than 1,200 others are listed as "Missing." Hundreds of wives, children and parents do not know whether their loved ones are alive or dead.
—500 men have been MIA or POW for more than three years and some for as long as seven years.
—Only nine men have ever been released from Hanoi. (Three more are to be released by the weekend.)
—Prison conditions and inhumane treatment of prisoners are shocking.
—At least 18 prisoners are known to have been murdered by their Viet Cong captors or have died from lack of nourishment and medical attention.
—Over 20 of our men are known to have died while held captive in North Vietnam.
Further information is available from the Forgotten Americans committee, Box 127, Omaha, Nebr., 68101.