Steve Orton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Orton, Ackley, Ia., has received much deserved recognition in basketball at Ackley - Geneva high school.
Steve was named to the North Iowa Cedar League All - Conference team. The former Nebraska City Senior High cager scored 16 points and set a school record with 20 rebounds in a 56-37 victory over LaPorte City high school.
He also blocked six shots and hit on seven of 10 shots from the field. He has averaged 14 points and 12 rebounds per game.
Steve is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. John Broers of Nebraska City.
His address: Steve Orton, Route 2, Ackley, Iowa 50601.
A decorated veteran.
Forest "Sonny" Gaskill, one of the survivors of the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, has received a Purple Heart. "Better late than not at all," Sonny said on receiving the award 35 years after the attack.
A disabled WWII veteran, he sustained shrapnel and bullet wounds at Pearl Harbor.
He joined the Alcoholic Anonymous club in San Diego and now operates a wholesale nursery business with his wife.
His address: Forest Gaskill, Box 1617, Vista, Calif.
Self service station.
This fellow says he has finally learned the routine at a self service station:
He pumps in 10 gallons of gas, slops some on the fender, smears the windshield with a dirty rag, forgets to check the oil, pays the attendant the exact amount, tells himself to have a nice day and drives off . . . leaving the gas cap on top of the pump.
Speech winner.
Robert R. Moodie, a senior from West Point, was a double winner this year in speech contests. He not only won the American Legion oratorical, but swept the candidates in the VFW Voice of Democracy. He has competed three years. He is an Eagle scout and active in many school events.
Denise Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Davis, Nebraska City, won the Post No. 8 Legion district contest and represented the area in the state contest.
Our friend, Joe Bodle.
Joe Bodle has left us now, but his friends at the News-Press remember him.
Joe often called us to visit. He was pretty proud of his garden work and we often joshed with him about being the first to plant potatoes.
I don't remember the details of the "deal" we made, but he ended up with a power driven garden cultivator and jogged me several times by claiming he got the best end of it. My only answer was that he probably had fewer weeds in his garden with less sweat.
He also did the News-Press a favor one Sunday afternoon. An Air Force plane loaded with crewman from the now defunct Atlas missile base crashed west of Nebraska City. Joe called the News-Press.
Thanks to him we got to the scene early, got his eyewitness account and the early crash pictures.
Joe loved to tinker with machines and he seemed out of dress if he didn't have a tool of some kind or a welding rod in his hands.
So long, Joe. We remember you.
The Nebraska City Lourdes band will go to Winnipeg, Manitoba, this summer to compete in an international band event, according to Director Tom Blahnik.
There is little doubt about getting help to make the trip. The Lourdes Band Mothers are a right hand.
We've never attended a band contest of that nature, but we know many who have. And there is a good thought that comes out of what they have told us.
Certainly, there are sponsors who have children in the band and they enjoy the kids and trip. But one suggestion was that the sponsors be couples who have children "coming up" in band or grandparents. They make pretty good salesmen.
Well, about all I know about it is the Kansas City trip made by the NCHS band under sponsorship of the Eagles a number of years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Bagley were the sponsors and the kids reported they had a blast. (They also won $300 from the Eagles in a band contest).
Lynn Rehmeier, a savings adviser at Nebraska City Federal Savings and Loan Association, has been appointed as manager of the Auburn office of NC Federal.
Lynn, his wife, Rinda and their son, Ryan, will be moving to Auburn soon.
Nebraska City will miss the Rehmeier family. Lynn has been active in the Jaycees and the Optimist clubs. We wish him much success in his new assignment.
Louie Huff is back in the "neighborhood." He's accepted the job as administrator of the new Sidney, Ia., Health Center.
Louie was a former manager of Duff Memorial Nursing home. He was instrumental in getting windows of nursing homes identified as to bed-ridden patients for fire and rescue crews in Nebraska City.
The Conleys
About the only people surprised with the band award the other night at Senior High were the honorees, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Conley.
Bill Jenkins, Junior High director and Aldean Grundman, president of Band Parents, presented the award to the Conleys for their many years of attendance at music programs.
Music programs are old hat for the Conleys. They had their own "concerts" at home with drums, clarinets, piano and organ with their own family. Their attendance at programs has been consistent for over 35 years.
Mr. Conley is a retired mailman, and often has a full daily schedule.
"I'm doing more things now in a day and no pay, either," he says with a smile.
The Atlantic Monthly suggests that Americans look at somthing called the Monumental Folly. The article apparently caught the attention of George Scalise, manager of Nebraska Outerwear.
The article pointed out that most street corners in European cities are decorated with some kind of monument for someone or something.
The Atlantic Monthly has its own "folly" suggestions, such as a bronze monument for Valium; the thing that keeps airplanes in the air, cars on highways and furnaces rattling and often known as petroleum; Bluejeans, the key pant; Loopholes which can only be found with the assistance of a highly paid lawyer; and Divorce, an item which "wouldn't be a bad thing if the jurisdiction was taken from lawyers and given to plumbers; they know about joining and unjoining and are slightly cheaper."
You've got to admit the I-80 sculptures might fit one of the above.