The Omaha guide., 1956-02-24
From Around Nebraska

The merchants at Central City are worrying about a let-down
in the volume of business being done there and the City Council,
fearing that perhaps the parking meters in the town were driving
people elsewhere, have declared a 9oday suspension OF their use.
The business men are also discussing returning to diagonal park
Central City NonPareil noted that there were a number OF va
can't business houses in the town which was laid to the shortage
of business.
Said Mavor E. H Phares of the situation: Central City needs
business. Let's show our friends that we are ready and willing
to 60 to whatever lengths are necessary to make them comfortable
while here and convenient to do their shopping"
The Albion News headined a big highway meeting which is
to take place at BurweIl, Nebraska, March End. Albion has taken
considerable interest in the development of Highway 81 across
the entire state. The route now runs into a dead end near AL
bion and that community is boosting hard to have the highway
opened and continued to Burwell where it would join Highway
No. SO and No. 2.
tanele to Blair, there hasn't been much interest generated locally
In the route. The heightened highway could become quite a
traffic attraction to Blair and the Albion boosters are worthy of
some support, from the east end of the route.
South Sioux City has undergone a series of mysterious fires
In recent weeks and the Dakota County Star suggests that per-
haps an arsonist is at work in the community. Four vacant houses
have burned in the past two months. All four of the homes have
been within a radius of two blocks and all Of the fires occurred at
night The latest fire was similar to the others. cutting the in
terror of the home thoroughly. The blaze was discovered shortly
after midnight
The Pierce Chamber of Commerce was host to four %neighboring
towns last Monday evening. according to the Pierce County Lead
er. The meeting was designed as a social hour at which all Of
the towns discussed their Chamber activities and their mutual
problems. Pierce merchants Joined in the dinner meeting and
round table discussion.
An entertainment labeled promenade of Fashions" was pre-
scented in the Neigh High School auditorium last Monday evening.
The style show was put on by a woman's organization to aid the
Neigh hospital. Lyle DeMoss, well known Omaha Master of Cere-
monies, took charge of the production A tea served in the audi
torium followed the style show.
The Garden County News, printed at Oshkosh, Nebraska, has
reported an allotment of S10250 for the Oshkosh Airport for i'm
provements. The financial aid came from the Federal civil aero
nautics board, the News stated. Plans for use of the money was
not revealed.
Concordia Teachers College at Seward has been preparing a
sound flmstrip setting forth some of the more important things
about the college, for use in promotional work. The Seward
County Independent revealed last week that a copy of the film
is being sert to the American Library in Copenhagen, Denmark
and to the American Embassy, in Oslo, Norway. 1t is planned to
show the folks in Europe some of the things about Concordia.
The City Council at Wahoo has awarded paving contracts for
eos o00 worth of street surfacing, the Wahoo Newspaper reported
last week. The job was bid on by five contractors and went for
more than S. 600 under the estimate Of the chys engineers. Most
If the pavement viii be in the residential area near Luther college.
The nayement will be 6inch concrete.
II seems that every town worries about some other town
taking business away from it. Blair worries about Fremont and