The Omaha guide., 1955-08-26
News From Around Nebraska

Most of the weekly newspapers from over Nebraska were de-
voting their front page space and headlines to their county fairs
which are being held pretty generally everywhere this week and
Most county fairs follow a pattern which is about the same
everywhere with little variation except in regards to type of en-
tertainment and promotion.
There were, however, a few unusual things in the weekly
news field this week.
area who went out to his feed lot one morning last week and found
a doe deer quietly munching hay in the lot. The little deer made
no effort to get away and allowed itself to be peted and fondled.
The Times was even able to get a picture of the farmer with the
animal.
The doe was later turned over to the State Game Commission
and taken to the Niobrara State Park where it was turned loose
to make its own way.
At WnsonviIe, which is a small town near Beaver City, a six
year old lad was riding his bike across the family lawn. He came
upon something which looked like a stick, and being a boy, de-
cided to run over it. AS he did SO. both ends of the "stck" flew
into action and came up with a rafting noise which frightened
the boy. He called his father and the "stck" turned out to be a
rattle snake bearing nine rattlers. They put an end to the RATHER.
The TimesTribune at Beaver City reported the unusual incident.
1t takes a lot of faith to get along in this world. The Oakland
Independent revealed the story about the farmers near there who
believe it is going to rain against despite the prevailing dry
weather. The men taking advantage of the dry spell to get into
a patch which is normally very wet and they are installing drain
age tile on the area. When questioned about the need for the tile
they pointed out that they had been able to raise only one crop
there in the past fifteen years so they had faith in getting their
moneys worth from the investment in the future.
The Lyons Mirror4Sun carried a picture of Governor Ander-
son, State Engineer Hess and a number of other VIPS who took
part in the dedication of a new strip of pavement between Oak
land and Lyons last Tuesday.
An epidemic of accidents struck the David City area last week.
The BannerPress reported six accidents in less than Sc hours.
No one was killed but the accidents injured three, wrecked ten
autos, two trucks and damaged a train.
A17year old youth suffered a broken neck last week when he
dived into the Niobrara river from a bridge which crosses the
stream. The lad, in company with others had been swimming
there the previous day and they had been jumping off the bridge.
However, during the night, the current filled the swimming
hole in with sand and when the boy dived in he found shallow
water where it had been deep the day before. He was rushed
to the Methodist hospital, in Omaha for treatment.
Schuyler is planning a big Labor Day celebration, according
to the Schuyler Sun. 1t will be one of the few smalltown Labor
Day celebrations in east Nebraska and should draw quite a crowd.
Principal attraction at the celebration will be a big parade
and entertainment in the sky. Nebraskas National Guard Air
Arm will be on hand to thrill the crowd with some precision jet
flying and several pieces of National Guard Equipment will par
ticipate in the parade. Guard members will also march in the
parade. There will be bands from Schuyler, Leigh, Clarkson,
and Howels as well as the National Guard band. More than 25
floats are already pledged for the show and more are expected.
The Nebraska School of Agriculture, located at Curtis, Ne
braska opened its years work last Monday, August 22nd. A lot
of folks don't know il, but the Curtis school is quite a sizeable
institution. Being an agricultural college, its work is geared to
western Nebraska and it specaizes in experiment work which will
benefit that part of the state.
Missouri Valley is to have the onecent milk plan at the city
schools this year, the Harrison County News has announced. Under
a special arrangement the student pays onecent for a container
frigerated dispensers are being used to serve the milk.
The Franklin Speedway which features stock car races, had a
record-breaking turnout a week ago, according to the Franklin
County Sentinel. There were 1855 paid admissions and twenty
three cars entered in the races.
Franklin has a onethrd mile track.
Cozad has approved a bond issue of $250YOO0 for the construc-
ton of a new grade school which will accommodate grades l to s.
high school building, according to the Dawson County Herald at
Lexington.