PAGE 2—August 25.- 1949.
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Summer Is Passing
The gseseg, Summer 5 V£S
That fact is obvious. Sugg - Qne may not think
be seen on everv hand bv « ^ ^ extent on the change which
much about it— ma% no r ^ .g true nevertheless.
is taking Place imposS1ble lQ say just how rapid- j
It would be difficult change is occurring on any
ly the Summer is passing J p‘rlicular hour or moment; but
particular day or nigh or “ “ ■ living in a different
natural environment than we
even yesterday. to notice the various signs of
It is interesting and wJjtlen all over the face of Nature
the changing masons. Thy ceaseless change, whether we
and are convincing evidence ot me
observe them or not.
Perhaps Ih. moat conspicuous indic.iion ol lha passing
Summer is the bng»<IndTlUtlo .honor lhan
?h7, weTe aVew dey. ago and .hey a.e g.mng shor.er ... .he
time.
The reader can readily recall the time when the bright morn
ing sun came streaming into the window at what he or she imag
ined sleepily was an unearthly hour and the sun continued to shine
until .1 late-hour in the evening, but not any more. Th s month the
days are definitely shorter and the rising sun does not disturb the
sleepy individual nearly as much as it did earlier in the sea
Daylight hours are also curtailed at the end of the da> and the
neighborhood no longer resounds with the merry shouts ant
laughter of children at play until far into the evening.
We wonder whether or not Frontier readers have noticed it,
but the birds are another infallible sign of the passing Summer.
Only a short time ago—in May and June, especially—the birds were
bursting their little throats with song, they began to chirp at da> -
light and, all through the long day, they sang continuously in the
trees; but not any more. At the present time, you don’t hear them
at all in the early morning hours and only the rather plaintive
note of an occasional bird is heard throughout the day. And the
robins! Do you recall how numerous they were earlier in Hie
Reason as they hopped about the yard looking for worms? Well,
the robins are gone—disappeared—and they may be already wing
ing their way South looking for a comfortable place to spend the
Winter.
There are many other evidences of the rapidly passing Sum
mer.
The harvest fields with their stacks of hay and fields of rip
ening corn, the fading flowers, the dried up vegetable gardens,
the fruit trees bending under the weight of a luscious crop, the
dry, sultry days which always occur in August and numerous
other signs.
Harvest activities have been in full swing for weeks, the
ranch and farm are tremendously busy places and the newspapers
and radios comment on the crop forecasts from day-to-day while
it is a topic of conversation wherever people gather. Obviously,
the progress of the season is also indicated by the various sports
and social events of the day.
These paragraphs in regard to the passing of the Summer
suggest the thought that the regularity with which the seasons
come and go. like the movement of the planets in their orbits,
is something which can be absolutely depended on and reckoned
with for the simple reason that it is controlled by unchangeable
natural law.
That is one thing which is changeless in a constantly changing
and chaotic world and it seems to give one a feeling of security just
to reflect on it. Countless things are uncertain, unreliable and un
predictable, but of this we may be certain: the seasons will con
tinue to come and go in their appointed order as long as time en
dures. Summer will follow Spring, Fall will follow Summer, Win
ter will follow Fall and, then, another Spring will be ushered in
with bright sunshine, the song of birds and the fragrance ol
I flowers.
In conclusion, we might also suggest that the Summer of 1949
now hastening to its close, has been and is a notable one on ac
count of the various local events which have already taken placi
or are being planned for the near future, such as the Diamonc
Jubilee edition, the hospital campaign and many others whicl
might be mentioned.
What kind of a Winter will follow the Summer of 1949? Th<
Frontier declines to predict.
Whether it is the heat or the humidity, the weather has beei
decidedly uncomfortable around here on some recent days.
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• The birds have stopped singing lately and all you hear nov
is a occasional plaintive note.
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And now the pessimists are predicting an invasion of grass
hoppers next Spring.
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Bountiful crops will help to feed a hungry world.
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Prairieland Talk —
Diamond Jubilee Celebration Blows Up;
Is This Generation of Less Sterner Stuff?
By ROMAINE SAUNDERS
LINCOLN—So the Diamond
Jubilee blowout has blown up.
Other towns struggling for
survival have gone through
with the exhibitions of show- 1
manship, while this is the first |
time O’Neill has admitted that
it is licked. Shades of a de
parted generation! Brennan,
Millard, McCafferty, Charley
nan, t>Kirv- j
i n g, Biglin,
Mack, Bir- |
ingham, Sch- ;
ram, Barnett, j
Gallag her:
and the oth- j
er boosters' |
never said
quit when a
public func
tion was un
dertaken.
Is this gen
erauon, na
Romaine tives and re
Saunders cent arrivals,
made of less sterner stuff? Is
this generation content now
to linger in the lap of luxury,
lacking the spirit to arouse
themselves and devote one
day to the memory of that lit
tle band that planted the tab
ernacles of their sod palaces
on virgin prairieland 75 years
ago and laid the foundation
of the community that has be
come the heritage of the likes
of us?
• • •
I owe much to prairieland.
It brought to me life’s thrill
ing emotions of facing single
handed the problems of sur
vival at a time when men re
lied upon individual effort or
perished. And out of that came
full fruitage commensurate
with toil and understanding.
1 It was there nature opened
her picture albumn and said
to me, pause and look. Ft was
I there the fragrance and color
of the grasslands spread be
fore me a panorama of loveli
ness; the green of earth and
the blue above, the glare of
day and the gold and purple
of sunset.
It was there I met the wild
lings trotting through the
I grass or bounding over a sand
j hill, heard the flutter of wings
when the covey took to flight
[ and marveled at the golden
, eagle floating in the heavens,
“stately and still as a ship at
sea.” It was there I taimed
ittle wild horses, learned to
?ast a lasso and brand the
/earlings.
It was there the winds
swept in fury and thunders
shook the earth. It was
there the fireside beckoned
when blizzards swept across
the land.
It was there I found friends, ;
and life's greater treasure, a !
cultured maiden who ventur
ed forth with me on a bright
day in April in the long ago
to tread the pathway stretch
ing on into the years and
build a home, whose memory
is cherished fragrant as the
full bloom of roses. It was
there I learned to assemble
type, put commas in the right
place, see the gleaming white
sheets through the press to
come out with a work of art
impressed upon them or bear
ing the news of the commun
ity in stately columns. It was
there this habit of Prairieland
Talk was formed and maybe
I should be going back there
to lay it lown at the grass
roots.
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An old-timer in the business
of laying floors tells of being
on a government job where
two young gents were suppos
ed to supervise the work. They
didn’t know a flooring board
from a bridge plank, did noth
ing but walk around, look
wise and on occasions say to
the men at work that the
book says so-and-so. Floors are
not laid with books but with
saw, hammer and nails, and
the know how that comes of
experience.
* * •
Many Lincoln streets have
become a jungle of tall weeds
and the city is said to be so
hard up for cash the streets
commissioner can not put men
to work cutting the growth
crowding over sidewalks. May
be the financial stringency is
one reason for exacting from
one public utility that is just
about indispensable to the
communiity an annual take of
30-thousand-dollars franchise.
That’s one way of scalping the
ultimate consumer.__
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The young couple presented
! themselves at the marriage
license desk accompanied by
an older man who said to the
clerk they were after a marri
age license. They sat down
and waited. Whether to throw
up a smoke screen, calm his
nerves or yield to the perpet
ual clamor that assails the
smoker the prospective bride
groom lighted a fag, blew
clouds of smoke and awaited
results.
IT’S FUN
TO SHOP AT
@jrneiL Oak
Don’t Forget i
Nancy Ann /'
. Bread /
YEP! Our customers tell us it’s better than a 3-ring circus to browse
around our displays of good things to eat There’s inspiration for new
ideas in every day meals, and it’s FUN to try uew products when they
carry COUNCIL OAK'S guarantee of satisfaction.
The Texan has resigned
his job of warden of the Ne
braska penitentiary. gone
back to the Lone Star state
and made some cracks at us
in his unlamented departure.
It is the recommendation of
this department that Nebr
askans be selected to man
age Nebraska institutions.
• • •
The Scotts Bluff national
monument is said to have
some “priceless art treasures.’*
Priceless can mean either a
million or not worth a red
cent. But Nebraskans will
take pride in thinking they
have something out there at
Goring.
• • •
Girls in overalls are quite
fetching. Just How would the
young men appear togged out
in skirts.
(Continued on page 7)
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In the gold foil paikage, 1 lb. pt>g. ...
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MORNING LIGHT
While Grated. TUNA FISH 44a
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PEARS
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PLUMS
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GRAPES
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Bunch -v— 15c
SWEET POTATOES
2 Lbs._- --, 25c
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PICNICS 43c
PORK LOIN;
ROASTS AND CHOPS
Center End Cuts Q7l!
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P Young Mutton Sale §
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