Ivan D.E. Beaumont.
Congratulations . . .
to David Patton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Loran Patton, who has been selected as the chapter member of the month for the Nebraska City FFA chapter.
Dave has gone a long way since the "green hand" days. All of us who have been members of the FFA admire the accomplishments and the recognitions so richly deserved by boys like Dave.
The new camera.
Ivan Boerner gave an interesting demonstration of the new Kodak instant camera the other day. The Kodak system is similar to the Polaroid quick-picture system.
Many recall the first Polaroid cameras and how amazing it seemed at the time to have a picture in a minute or less. Today, the picture comes out of the Kodak camera on a power driven motor and you can sit and watch it develop—in color.
Ivan used the camera and film in an interesting way. He took pictures of the people at the Optimist luncheon and sent them home with the "samples." His assistants were Colleen Carroll, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carroll of Jessup's and Steve Harvey, a professional photographer.
Bicentennial edition.
We still have a number of copies of our Bicentennial Edition for 50 cents each.
The special edition contains 48 pages of pictures and stories about the histories of 32 towns in the area. The information for the stories was gleaned from thousands of words from many fine people in the surrounding area. We appreciated the loan of the documents and the pictures in putting the special section together.
All of the information was compiled by our news staff directed by John Quinlan, our managing editor. He was assisted by Dorene Duffey, society editor and reporters Sue Quinlan and Jerry Wilson.
Jerome Keran, our plant superintendent, headed up the complex page makeup and everyone in the plant had a part in putting out the final section.
We printed a number of extra copies and we have so far been able to fill all orders. If you would like one, better stop in sometime and pick it up. If you'd like one mailed to someone, send us 50 cents for the paper, 30 cents for postage and the name and address and we'll handle it for you.
Big Red travelogue.
Art Sweet said in his column the other day that 16,000 people were going to the Hawaiian Islands for the Husker-Hawaii football game.
I've been banned from all out-state football games. I've only attended one out-state football game. Guess which one? Yup, Iowa State, and Big Red fan that I am, I really had to whoop it up when the Dirty 30 pulled it off and upset the Huskers.
'course you realize that on the way home no one in the car would talk to me.
Congratulations.
to Paul Rowe as chairman of the retail trade committee for 1976.
If you've served on the retail committee you are well acquainted with the work involved by Nebraska City businesses. The many members of the committee are guilded daily by Dorothy Melchert, Chamber executive and somehow, they readily admit, they manage to put it all together and chalk up another year of events for children and moms and dads.
Mrs. Maxine Fitzekam, manager of Tober's is the 1977 chairman and she will be organizing soon for her year.
The new family.
Society Editor Dorene Duffey had an interesting column several days ago about an evening with the Quang Tran family. Dorene and Floyd were dinner guests of the Trans and she wrote about the Vietnamese meal and the family history.
Doesn't that stir your interest when a family can pull roots from a native country, come to the U.S. and work so hard at trying to share their lives with so many others?
Wonder what it would be like if we did the same?
Rescue call.
The Nebraska City Rescue Squad is working on a program of how to get enough money to pay for a $25,000 emergency vehicle.
The squad has saved up $12,000, but it has a long way to go and still must meet expenses during the five or six months before the vehicle arrives once it is ordered, that is.
The goal is $15,000.
The squad has authorized the asking for bids, displaying a great deal of confidence in a little item it doesn't have—money with which to pay for the machine.
For the record—the Nebraska City rescue squad is not a part of any government agency. The city pays for the gasoline, gives the squad free housing at City Hall and pays the premiums on life insurance ($5,000) policies directed by the Nebraska Legislature. The county pays the insurance premiums on the vehicles.
The rest of the costs are paid by the sick and injured. The squad bought a unit two or three years ago and shelled out $14,000 cash for it. Now, it wants to phase out its 1967 International and purchase a new forward (they call it No. 1) unit. No. 2 would then be the Dodge van and No. 3 would be the Chevrolet. The Chevy, by the way, has 45,000 miles on it.
You might ask—Do squadsmen get paid? The stock answer is sure on meeting nights they get a shredded beef sandwich and a can of beer.