The Omaha guide., 1955-12-09
News From Around Nebraska


The Pawnee City Rotary club has announced a Christmas
activity which will be followed with much interest in that com
munity.
The club is sponsoring a Courteous Clerk" contest.
Ballot boxes are being placed in all of the stores and custom
ers are given an opportunity to cast a ballot naming the clerk
which the customer thought was the most courteous that day.
Any clerk is eligible and voting is not necessarily held to a
clerk in the store where the voting is done.
The contest will start at once and continue until after the
return and exchange" period following Christmas. Merchants
realize that this period after Christmas is one which is especially
trying and requires much patience an understanding.
Winning the contest is merely honorary, the Pawnee Republi-
can explained last week with the award being publicity and a
picture in the Republican as the only prize. By elimination of
a cash or monetary prize, the winning of the recognition is one
which comes completely from a desire to be a better clerk, it is
felt.
A 100 acre farm near David City was reported sold in the
BannerPress last week for $4,000. This is slightly under $500
per acre.
David City is another of the many towns in the state which
will carry out a home Christmas lighting program. David Chys
prizes are for SIS, SIS and $40
A farmer near Seward, who specialHes in raising purebred
Shorthorns, has recently sold three head to the Department of
Agriculture in Australia, the Seward Independent announced last
week. The purebreds will make their ocean journey in February
and will form the basis for improved herds in that country.
Jefferson County, of which Farbury is the county seat, will
note its Tooth anniversary next summer and the Farbury Journal
has announced that plans are being made to celebrate the mile
stone. A budget of $4,000 is being considered to pay expenses
of putting on a pageant and carry out other things pertaining to
the celebration. The pageant, historical plays and other plans are
being laid.
The University Of Nebraska has announced that Glen Nelson,
of Comstock near Broken Bow, has produced the top field Of
corn in Nebraska this year. Nelson's field produced 153 bushels
per acre. The corn was raised on irrigated ground under per-
feet conditions.
Curtis. Nebraska way out in the western part of the state,
has announced a home lighting Christmas contest this year. Cur
It's will offer six prizes to the winners.
Minden is preparing for their annual display of Christmas
a lights from the courthouse tower. The lights, in past years, have
attracted nationwide attention because of their beauty. The Min
den Courier announced last week that still more improvements
will be noticeable in the lighting this year.
The Christmas pageant which is always given on two Sunday
evenings prior to Christmas, will be presented Sunday, December
18th and again on the 18th. In past years the pageant has been
seen by 10000 persons per evening and preparations are being
made for that many again this year. The pageant starts at 2 Pm.
The Chadron Record disclosed last week that the probable
kill Of deer during the open season in that area, would exceed all
previous years.
1876 deer we're checked in at the Ranger station on the first
day which was Tuesday, November 2eth. The total had run up
to 26 by midmorning Wednesday which was the second day of
the open season The largest deer checked in weighed 2s pounds.
At ogallala a might of Quartets' was held recently and the
program which was presented was enjoyed by a crowd of 1900 per-
sons. Quartets came from Kearney, Holdrege, Grant, Ogalala,
Grand Island and many other places to offer a bit on the unique
program. A girls quartet from Kearney known as the -Four
Flats" was new to the program this year and was enthusiastically
received.
Valley County (Ord) produced 2 million pounds of popcorn
this year, the Ord Quiz revealed last week But this figure, al
though somewhat staggering, was a million pounds under the a.
mount anticipated, according to the contractor for a number of
processing companies. Corn borers and lack of enough moisture
were blamed for the interchangeable crop.
Across the river in Harrison County, Iowa, farmers are col
1ecting a fund to carry on the work Of the rural fire truck which
serves them out Of Missouri Valley. In that area, farmers must
furnish their own fire fighting equipment rather than depend
upon free service from town.
The Tekamah Lions Club is sponsoring a movie, the proceeds
of which will go to purchase Christmas baskets for the less FORUM
ate folks in the Tekamah area. "The Private War of Major Ben
son" is the title of the show.
At Minden some farmers have reported catching a mountain
goat-the first seen in that area for many years. The animal
was herded into a corral by the use of a pickup truck. The goat
stands 8 feet high and has horns which measure 81 inches from
tip to tip.
"Now" says the Minden Courier, "The men are wondering
what they are going to do with it"