The world report
Dr. M. B. De Jarnette wrote from Tokyo that it's beautiful country and the people are warm and friendly (he almost beat the mail to home) . . . Mindy Sackles writes from South Africa that it has cooled off. That means the mercury dropped below the 100 degree mark. The near miracle was when "water fell from the sky" . . . Don Holtz won't be able to attend an American Meter meeting in Nebraska City next week. Mr. and Mrs. Holtz are moving to England for his six-month assignment with the company.
The gas supply
We joined with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Greene for a ride to breakfast . . . that is we rode motorcycles to Trails End near Rock Port during the holiday weekend.
The trip was through Brownville with a stop at the flea market, but unfortunately we didn't have any room to haul any purchases. (snicker snicker).
When we returned to Nebraska City we pulled into Gangel's and instructed the gas attendant, Ross Baker, to "fill 'er up."
That was a bit of an extravagant move, but the sign on the door said "$5 limit." No mind, said Paul. Our gas bills were $2 apiece.
The Class of '33
Thanks to Mrs. Clara Ganzel, 1601 Central Avenue, for the picture of the Class of 1933. The picture was among items purchased at an auction in Syracuse.
The picture has some pretty high value. Verne Jones offered us free coffee for a week if we didn't print it; Dale Sharp offered free freight service and Frank Erwin offered us his clarinet and two weeks at his vacation-permanent home in Arkansas.
(See how much fun it is to work for a newspaper?)
The goat club
We'll be watching with interest the organizing of a Southeast Nebraska Goat club.
Main purpose of the club is to promote the dairy goat.
We have a soft spot for goats. The young (kids) are entertaining pets, the milkers (nannies) are faithful and affectionate and the old bills provide a challenge for every boy.
Organizers are Mrs. Don Wheeler, Mrs. Marvin Zimmerman and Mrs. Ron Bergmann.
ARS visits
Arthur R. Sweet, former Publisher of the News-Press who now makes his home in Sun City, Ariz., stopped in the newspaper office the other day to say hello.
There aren't many "oldtimers" around here anymore. Art saw a number of new faces and they make up the majority of employes who put together and print your daily newspaper.
You can take a newspaperman out of a newspaper, but you can't get the ink out from under his fingernails, Art went to the pressroom to see our high speed 4-unit Harris printing press.
The Sweets were in Nebraska City to attend Mrs. Sweet's 50th year class reunion of NCHS.
The trip
We're getting ready to ship off our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wusk, to Germany to visit their grandchildren. Well, the trip will also include a visit to the parents of the two youngsters, their son, Robert and his wife.
Robert is a career Army man. A native of the Sterling community, he thought he'd give the military life a whirl, liked it and re-upped. His latest duty assignment is in Germany and the Wusks of Germany are anxiously awaiting the Nebraska City visitors.
Fred and Lucille are looking forward to the trip which will be in a couple more weeks. Lucille's brother, Walter Eden, gave her a camera for Christmas . . . and that's what you call a big hint.
Sounds like a busy and fun trip coming up.
Ole' smarty
Four high school boys decided to skip classes. Arriving after lunch, they explained to teacher Spud Clark that their car had a flat tire along the way.
To their relief, Mr. Clark smiled understandly and said, "You boys missed a test this morning. Please take seats apart from one another and get out your paper and pencils."
When the boys were seated, he continued. "Answer this question: Which tire was flat?"