Ivan D. E. Beaumont.
Noel Bissel who had directed the scouting program in District I which includes Nebraska City, will retire December 1 after 30 years of scouting service.
Mr. Bissell has been a frequent visitor to the News-Press in his daily work which includes "getting a plug in the paper for scouting."
He has served in scouting programs in the midwest since 1945 and moved to Nebraska City two years ago. Best wishes and good health to Mr. and Mrs. Bissell.
The new scouting executive is Tom Leet. He will reside at Beatrice.
The fall issue of the Cornhusker Council newsletter said that the district has officially been given a new name—Three Rivers.
Didya know a bee flies 5,000 miles to make a pound of honey, then someone comes along and steals it from him. No wonder they have such touchy dispositions. What about that, Henry Puppe?
One In Hand
There's an industry in Nebraska City that manufactures several products that are potential Christmas gifts.
Harvey Martin operates the One In Hand tie manufacuring plant in the large space beneath Gamboni Motors on South Eleventh Street. You bowlers are well acquainted with the location; it was a bowling alley for many years.
Harvey is enthusiastic about his products and rightly so. They are unique and practical. The One In Hand tie is just what the name implies. The knot is already tied. Mr. Martin says the tie is sold mostly to uniformed (law enforcement, etc.) people in several states.
Harvey gave a tour of the plant to David Knowles, one of our ad salesman and myself the other day. We came away impressed with the production and the sales items, bluejean ties, dozens of other patterns, and shoulder bags and scarves for women.
He has another tie that is unique and has been "catching" on in the tie market. It is the Moteef. You've seen them in dozens of places and in Elks, Eagles, and other fraternal organizations.
The tie factory does something else for the community. Every tie manufactured at the plant has this label attached. Notice that "Nebraska City" is on the label.
Perhaps Chamber President Garry Ailes and his tourism or public relations committee may want Harvey on the committee. When you're hot, you're hot.
Nebraska Outerwear
And while we're on the subject of local industries, the Optimist club and the guests were given a tour of Nebraska Outerwear by George Scalise, manager.
The plant was located for years above Frazier's (formerly Hested's) and moved to the new building in the industrial tract four or five years ago.
The visitors were impressed with the product—coats, coats and more coats. The next time you're at Eppley Airfield, notice the jackets worn by the people on the airlines, they're made by Nebraska Outerwear or its sister plant in Mississippi.
The Nebraska City plant has enjoyed an unusually large surge in business. Mr. Scalise explained that the company added a new line—ski jackets—and the sales soared. The plant has made and sold 150,000 jackets and the orders are still coming in.
The plant has its own special material called Golden Fleece. Mr. Scalise offered samples to the visitors and demonstrated its strength. It just isn't the "tear" kind of material. The women in the tour group were particularly impressed with that.
One of the visitors pointed out to us the value of the industry not only in terms of the product, but through employment of many people (and the payroll), the cost of operation of the plant (revenue for the town) and the traffic and freight business.
It all adds up to a bright outlook in the economy for Nebraska City and makes us all appreciate our town just a little bit more.
He was registered
A dairyman served as master of ceremonies on the final day of the Methodist Kansas Conference and was assigned the duty of introducing the principal speaker.
After given the speaker's name, he read off the following letters: A.B., Ph.D., LL.D., D.D.
After a pause, he drawled.
"I don't know what all the letters mean, but with us dairymen, we'd say tonight's speaker is a registered critter."
Sports cutback
Bob Bartlett, former News-Press reporter and for several years a reporter for the Wayne, Nebr., Herald, said in his column the other day that a reduction in sports is in the future.
At Winside, he explained, the school scheduled 11 games and one tournament for the boys and 12 games and a tournament for the girls.
"With the addition of girls basketball there had to be a change," Bob said. Winside school officials ordered the cut to reduce the number of night activities.
Stolen
A do-it-yourself expert had read the instructions several times, but still was unable to assemble the gadget. Finally, he took the instructions to a neighborhood handyman who was doing yardwork.
It wasn't long until the elderly gentleman returned with the gadget in operating condition. "How in the devil did you put that thing together?" the so called do-it-yourselfer asked.
"You see," came the reply, "I don't know how to read and when you can't read, you've got to think."