Nurse or patient?
She said -- ''not yet''
The other day the rescue squad took three OPPD iron workers to the emergency room with injuries sustained in a car-truck accident.
The three men were banged up pretty well and a muscular, bearded man had his arm and shoulder wrapped for a possible injury.
The emergency room crew responded with a full staff when the rescue squad arrived and began working on the men. The bearded iron worker was walked into the emergency room and was met by Mrs. Rick McCown who was dressed in a white maternity outfit.
The iron worker looked her over and just about popped the oxygen valves in the emergency room.
''What are you?'' he asked Mrs. McCown, '' a nurse or a patient?''
Open house
The rescue squad and volunteer fire department will hold an open house Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the fire-rescue complex at Fourteenth Street and Central Avenue.
Fire crews will demonstrate the new aerial ladder and rescue squadsmen will show off the new $35,000 emergency vehicle which will be put into service soon.
Everyone is invited to visit the complex and look through equipment. There will be fire and rescue crews on duty all during the afternoon to explain the operation of the departments and equipment.
Other demonstrations will include extrication. That's where emergency crews cut up a vehicle to remove an injured person. Another demonstration will be on CPR and there will be instructors standing by to take names of people who'd like to sign up for the course.
And, of course there is always recruiting for the squads. It takes a lot of people to run volunteer organizations. They'd like you to be one of the ''people.''
Congratulations
to the many boys and girls who competed in the Otoe County Fair and to the Fair Board and the rest of volunteers who once again did such a great job.
It was especially appropriate for secretary Elmer Gellerman to ask for a moment of silent prayer for the late Bill Royal who was a member of the board for 30 years.
We, too, remember the day when board member Frank Sorrell led the parade down main street in Syracuse and to the fairgrounds where he collapsed and died of a fatal heart attack.
The advice of Mr. Royal after that tragedy rang again the other night: ''The show must go on.''
It was a fitting remembrance of a very devoted and fine person.
The Dunbar Review
The rain-soaked highway was slick and as the young woman's auto began to skid, her mind flashed back to the question in the driving exa[illegible] which asked what you do when your car begins to skid.
As she lay on the emergency room table she related the incident to a friend.
''All I could remember was the right answer was ''B.''
So long, Cindy
Cindy Potter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Potter, has turned in her badge and will take up books at Peru State this fall.
Cindy worked during the summer as the meter maid and we can attest, she did her job well. It isn't the first job Cindy has done well. She was one of our finest carriers for the News-Press and we're sure Mrs. Richard Miyoshi will tell you she was one of her best helpers at The Lodge.
We wish you success in school, Cindy!'
The new meter maid is Mrs. Richard (Iola) Guhde who says she enjoys the work and meeting so many people. ''Everyone is so pleasant,'' she said as she made her daily rounds with the book of yellow tickets.
Around town
Bob Poggemeyer has set up shop at Hatten Construction Co. and is operating out of his Lincoln Continental as a reader of palms, astrology no less.
Well that's not entirely true but for those of you who know Bob, you can fill in the spaces.
For what it's worth . . . we understand that Bob has been hit by the Zodiac bug and conducts his readings of the astrology from the chart provided by Mr. Hatten.
Unfortunately we don't know all the details. You'll have to check the chart.
The postal magazine
Kay Kyser played before an audience of married people. He included in his program for newly-weds -- ''Night and Day'', for those married a little longer -- ''Now And Then'', and for those married 20 years -- ''Once In A While.''
As he was about to play for those married 50 years, an old man popped up in the rear of the house and said:
''Before you play ''Memories,'' play -- ''We Did It Before And We Can Do It Again.''