The Omaha guide., 1955-08-05

The Methodists at Fairbmy are carrying out something unique
and different in the construction OF their new church. The
structure which is being built at this time is the fourth which
Fairbury Methodists have had and the latest building will have
all four cornerstones placed in the new building. The dates
shown on the stones will be 1871, 1886, 1903 and 1855.
There's a gasoline war going on at schuyler-but unless you
have a whopping big tank, it won't pay to drive out there to fill
A cut rate Kansas concern established a station in Schuyler
recently and put the price of gasoline down to 249c and 269c.
The established prices at other stations were 294c and 324c per
gallon.
The regular station owners got together and decided to put
an end to it all and last week announced prices Of 25 &c and % &c
in an effort to discourage customers from trying the lower priced
(and maybe lower quality motor fuel
The Schuyler Sun took the side Of the established station op-
orators since the cutrate concern had done no newspaper adver-
Using anyway. Apparently the Schuyler station men have been
playing it smart, keeping on the good side of their newspaper
by doing a little business with the paper now and then.
wahOo is faced with a problem which could split the town
wide open.
An industrial firm, whose presence is not too desirable from
the standpoint of those who must live close to it, wants to expand.
The Blue Star Foods Co, which is a poultry buying and pro-
cessing concern, is located just at the edge of the business dis
trct and close to a number of residences.
The firm wants to erect a metal storage shed. Residents OBJ
ject to any further expansion claiming that the odor arising from
the poultry buying, slaughtering and egg breaking operations is
Objectionable.
The Chamber of Commerce wants the Blue Star company to
be given permission to expand. The City Council is faced with
irate residents who demand, under the coming laws, that further
expansion be denied.
And the company says that if they can't expand, they will
close down entirely and move all of their operations to Atlantic,
Now, considering the fact that the Councilmen work almost
for Free, how would you like to work out a settlement on a
problem like that?
The Cedar County News at Harrington pointed out graphically
a contention which The Enterprise has voiced many times.
Keep the highway going through the business district or the
businesses will move to the highways.
The News carried six columns of pictures on its front page
last week showing business which had erected new buildings and
moved to the edge Of town where the highway is located. An
automobile sales firm, an implement firm and a trucking terminal
are the latest ones to move to the highway locations.
The Bedrock Oil Co. of Omaha has announced plans to drill
to granite on the Bernard Havekost farm two miles southeast of
Hooper. Work is to start at once, according to the Hooper SEN
tinel.
to the James Marshall farm near Arlington to make another test.
The Crete Board of Education is considering condemnation
proceedings to procure additional playground space near the Crete
two blocks long and will provide not only playground space but
room for an athletic field as well, according to the Crete News.
Stock car races at Osceola have been having a hard time this
year and a descision to discontinue them has been made by the
County Fair Board. Only four cars were in the most recent race
there and these brought but a handful of followers.
This is in sharp contrast to the more than 5000 fans who at
tended the races at Arlington last Thursday evening and the near
ly loo cars which are entered in the races there.
The Lyons Mnror7Sun revealed last week that a new lighting
system is to be installed in the Lyons City Park. Work of erect
ing new poles there had already started and the Sun showed a
picture of the work in progress. The lights are being concentra-
ted IN the areas which have heretofore been darkest in the park
The Progress of Power in David City between 1888 and 1855
is being celebrated with an open house on August 9Th. Residents
OF the city are being invited to go through the electric plant 10
see the equipment used and to learn more about David Citv,S
power requirements. The BannerPress extended the invitation
for the light plant.