Legionnaires of Adam Schellinger Post No. 8 got a little "hostile" the other night when the subject came up about Memorial Building.
The City is considering turning the building over to the parks and recreation department. Bud Wright has resigned as custodian and the City feels the building is not being used enough for the cost of operation.
The Legion has other thoughts. The veterans said the building was intended for public use, giving veterans organizations free use and any unsupervised activity could result in damage to the building.
It was ladies night at the Legion meeting and so the language was kept pretty clean . . . and Jesse Parker wasn't there to exchange coined words with Tom Teel on such subjects as plumbing and toilet facilities.
There is this footnote that the gals might appreciate — Legionnaires are talking about having a ladies night every three months and . . . a salad bar has been purchased to spice up the dining facilities a bit.
(Tiny Schmitz said after eating one more of "those" onions the other night he was ready to breathe fire . . . but snuffed out the smoldering flame with beer instead.)
Remember some time ago we had an item in this space about the guides at information centers? Well, here's the follow-up report.
The 37 guides stationed at 18 rest area information centers during the summer talked with 160,000 travelers. The average length of stay in Nebraska by vacationers was increased by 1.4 days and added an estimated $995,000 in revenue to the state.
Although economics are interesting, so are the people. They liked visiting with the guides, changed their vacation plans after talking with guides and did more sightseeing.
A couple from New York City liked the pleasant attitude and welcome they received. They said their guides didn't give them a hard-sell pitch for the state. "They asked about us."
The New Yorkers spent an extra three days in the state.
John Horan, an attorney who opened a practice here recently with Wm. L. Brandt, of Unadilla, is no relation to the Horan who drew the full page of color in the sports section in the Sunday World-Herald.
John and his wife Janice (pronounced "Ja-niece") and their two sons, looked forward to settling in Nebraska City for some time.
John had met Bill Brandt some time ago. John served as a captain in the Army and Mr. Brandt is a lieutenant colonel in the Army reserves.
The Horans lived in Kentucky for four years where Captain Horan was a prosecutor for the Army. Things got lively for the courts when the combat 101st Airborne outfit returned from Vietnam.
The Horans are natives of Minden.
The Cornhusker Council of Boy Scouts contacted Earl Freeman of Nebraska City the other day to ask whether he would continue to be active in the scouting program in the district.
Well, Earl served with General Patton during WWII and his answer was about what the general would have said if Mel Niebruegge asked: "Hey, general, you need any gas for your tanks?"
Actually, Earl doesn't use foul language and answered with different wording, but the same firmness. You bet he will be active in the scouting program. He loves it.
For you Husker football fans, you won't see Earl helping scouts with the ushering duties at Memorial Stadium. He decided to give it up this year . . . something about getting wet and too old. Pshaw . . . Earl . . . your friends don't believe that, especially those who have seen you camping out with the boys during the summer.
Dr. Glen Burbridge who has retired from active practice, will be a working man on his farm near Logan, Ia., and as such will switch from suit, tie and white jacket to overalls and a straw hat.
We know this because we attended a regular meeting of the Elks the other night and in the middle of a discussion on proper dress, the doctor was escorted into the meeting room.
Yup, you guessed it . . . dressed in overalls and a straw hat.
Harry Vondrak dropped a coin in a container carried by the doctor ("Doctor Burbridge's retirement fund") and Harold Fouts charged, "that's soliciting . . . pick up his membership card !"
It was all in jest for the popular physician.
And the beat goes on.
Charlie Pride, the black country music star, sang to the enjoyment of thousands the other night, his opening night, at the Nebraska State Fair.
We were told that the show was sold out for the second performance. Judging by the amount space for my backside, the grandstand must have been sold out the night we were there . . . I never knew that boards could be so hard. Bill Berger assured me there was no relief and to "suffer."
Charlie was preceded by other groups including his Pridesmen band and The Guys singers. The black star stepped onto the stage a moment or two after 9 p.m., and returned to the wings at 10 o'clock sharp. He really put on a show and the people loved it and showed their appreciation by so much applause that I missed the opening lines of most songs.
And when they called him back for encores, they stood as they applauded. The show crowded the two-hour time schedule.
I'm not that hot on western music, but Charlie Pride is good, no doubt about it as you may have seen him on television many times.
And if you missed his State Fair show, you blew it, podner.