The Omaha guide., 1955-06-03

bOob III bO ~ OVn paw 1901 o01AN"J "NAAoO"
There were 8 prizes for 81 so each given and the youngsters were
divided up into two divisions; grades four and under and grades
five through eight.
At Red Cloud the Senior girls were honored at a tea which
was staged by the womens society. The ladies worked out a
program centering about the theme "This is Your Life" and
they picked girls from the class who had taken part in some
form Of activity and portrayed them as they appeared the first
time they performed. The Red Cloud Commercial Advertiser
reported the party in detail last week.
Towns along the Missouri river in the vicinity Of the now
forming Gavins> Point reservoir are becoming quite conscious of
the presence of that body of water. The Cedar County News,
printed at Harrington, recorded two activities this week which
indicate preparations for full use of the lake.
A new association, named the Lewis and Clark Lake Associa-
ton, has been formed and it will embrace towns on both the Ne
braska and Iowa sides Of the river, both above and below the new
reservoir. Purpose Of the association will be to work toward
the development Of the area surrounding the lake to improve its
fishing and hunting facilities. The association will also serve as
an agency to publicze the area and work out means Of getting
tourists and others to make full use of the facilities.
In another move, entirely separate from the work being
done by the association, a water safety course on the river and
the lake is being prepared and those interested in boating, fish
ing or swimming, are receiving free instruction.
A new bakery and candy manufacturing plant is being in
stalled at Curtis, Nebraska according to the Curtis Enterprise.
The bakery will furnish that community with the usual run of
bakery goods but will place considerable emphasis on the manu-
facture Of candy which will be distributed through dealers over
a wide area. The plant is being set up by a man who has re
Gently come to the United States from Czechoslovakia. He states
that IN his native land his candy plant at one time employed 100
workers.
A Fourth of July celebration which will honor the older
people of the community is being planned at Franklin. The Sen
tlneL printed there, pointed out last week that most Fourth of
July celebrations are aimed at entertaining the young folks.
This time, the affair will favor the oldsters.
There will be special recognition and prizes awarded for
~ oloeSt couple the one married the longest, the Oldest man
and the oldest women, etc. A picnic dinner and other entertain
ment is being planned.
A buried forest" under which there is believed to be a
supply of uranium is being sought in Allen Creek Gulch eight
miles north of Missouri Valley, the Missouri Valley Times re-
ported last week. The forest is being sought by men from the
Iowa Geological Survey who have substantial evidence that the
forest once existed and that there is a strong possibility of
uranium in the area.
Fred Yost, operator Of a lumber yard at Milford, Nebraska
received a high school diploma last week, although he had left
the Milford High School fifty years ago. The Seward Indepen-
dent, in recounting the incident, revealed that Mr.. Yost had left
High School but a few credits short of graduation. He had en-
gagged In the lumber business and had decided a few years ago
that he would like to be a high school graduate.
He enrolled in an extension course from the University of
Nebraska, made up his credits and became a full fledged gradu-
ate this year along with the young folks Of the class of '55.
Seward is having water trouble, much the same as Blair and
is now planning to spend $4,000 on an expansion project. That
community gets its water from wells three miles from town and
now finds that it needs not only new wells but a larger pipeline
as well.
Although this cannot be completed in time to alleviate the
shortages of this summer, the work is being rushed to compile
un 81 as to be in readiness next year. Meanwhile a "share the
water plan of lawn sprinking is being worked out so that no
N VIII be short this year.
A huge mosquito control district, starting at Ogallala and
running west to the Wyoming state line, is being formed. ac-
cordlng to the Bridgeport NewsBlade. The control district would
De set up In much the same manner as a drainage district and
would De financed by a small mill levy. The mosquitoes would
De controlled by spraying. The Bridgeport newspaper points out
tnt IN an irrigation area, such as exists in that part of the state.
there IS much propagation of the pests and that formation of the
district would be a big help.
There is a move on foot at Oshkosh to consolidate the rural
routes out OF that town. The present routes are to be consolidat-
ed into two routes, the Garden County News reports The chance
Is being made in the interests of economy.