January 10
Up on the North 40
I called Pappy Chandler and sez hey dare mister street boss, ah cain't get out. The snow, she's done gone and blocked the street. Good ole' pappy sez, Now don'tscha fret . . .
25 columns
1962
January 15
Off with a bang
If the Otoe county "jail break" is any indication, then as far as news is concerned we've started the New Year off with a bang. When Sheriff Ralph Hall needed help last . . .
January 18
Ah aim to claim squatter's rights
My younger brother, Dennis, who visited with us last summer, and helped paint our house, detasseled corn, pitched bales, worked at Ocoma Foods and bought a motorcycle, . . .
January 28
Arbor Day and Easter
Jay Westover, Navy recruiter at Nebraska City, will be leaving town this spring when he retires in April after 21 years of military service. Jay and his family are . . .
February 2
Ain't agonna watch you no mo
School days, school days, good old fashioned rule days, reading and 'riting and 'rithmetic, taught to the tune of the hickory stick. That's like-a way out now, man. . . .
February 7
Take a scroungy looking rock
Thanks to clever workmanship by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Nutsch, our youngest daughter has a necklace of gold plated chain and an Indian head penny inserted in a ring. The . . .
February 12
Talking about the weather
At perhaps one of the largest banquets held in recent years by the Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce, Sen. Roman Hruska spoke of important national issues that touched . . .
February 19
Pretty expensive dancing for one couple
Virgil Pitstick, ex-first custodian of the Last Man's club, handed his secretary books over to Varro Tyler, the new man who insisted on possessing the "rest" of the . . .
February 25
Twilent twelephone tweeter
The buzzer system in the county commissioners' office in the courthouse has been repaired once again, enabling employes in the county, clerk's office to "buzz" the . . .
March 13
Earth is shaped like a pear
Scientists are gaining a lot of information from space satellites orbiting the earth even to the point where it is being established that the world is not perfectly . . .
April 1
A long old drive through rain
It was a long old drive through rain and over a very poor No. 136 to Oxford last week, but it was well worth it when the Jaycee state president said Harold Lowrey from . . .
May 2
Declared war on the weeds
I can offer the best advice to home owners troubled by we . . . ds in lawns. Pull 'em out! Up on the north 40. John Kroese, my neighbor, apparently has declared war on . . .
May 22
A number of pooped people
About the only story that was not told election night concerned the fine pastries, black coffee (with schmetana, if you please), doughnuts and a number of pooped people. . . .
May 29
Stretch your legs a bit
For graduates only . . . By now, you probably have been advised about everything from going off into space to "being a good boy or girl" when you do leave home for more . . .
June 20
Flowers grow like dandelions do here
Folks in the islands are celebrating the 50th state fair this year in Hawaii and you can bet your best pair of boots, it'll be a humdinger. Our oldest daughter, Denise . . .
June 24
Just a little pokey
I agree with most that Americans have the best, finest tuned and smoothest running automobile engines on the market, but podner, they're outdated, outmoded and it's past . . .
July 15
Ahoy there ye blarsted landlubbers
Ahoy there ye blarsted landlubbers for the ship's admiralty is about to board. Pipe away at the forward gangway as the admiral's gig pulls alongside, give 'im the hand . . .
July 18
Seat belts installed in the flivver
Despite widespread publicity given the importance of seat belts in cars, the promotion will never really be successful until fun loving Americans are forced by law to . . .
August 2
You pay, and podner, you pay
TURNPIKES, U.S.A. — Some day, to travel through Nebraska the fastest way will be on the interstate, an ingenious system of divided highways, designed specifically for . . .
August 13
Tourist life in the 18th century
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — From the heart of the birth of a nation, residents — and the late John D. Rockefeller, Jr. — have joined to show tourist life in the 18th century. . . .
August 15
There's no place like home
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Subways which operate between the Senate office buildings and the Capitol are used 10 hours a day and transport up to 139,000 persons each day. Sounds . . .
September 30
The free apples gimmick
Frank Bataillon, that friendly postman who always seems to have a story to tell, related this one the other day. It seems while he was delivering mail on North . . .
October 1
Don't quote me
. . . . News . . . job . . . . But . . . down . . . . N . . . I . . . you . . . . Don't . . . I never . . . . I . . . paper . . . the . . . . I was misquoted. Don't . . . . .
November 23
I better go get a sandwich
Legionnaires and VFW members reportedly talked of blocking traffic on U.S. 75 and No. 2 with barricades Veterans Day, but the act didn't materialize. The only apparent . . .
December 3
Best doggoned ice-skater-upper in the world
Understand Doc Baker and Archie Moore are in the same class. Neither ducked in time. Phil Niemann sez he'll take on Haystack, the wrestler, in the next match. Chamber . . .