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Editorial

Flashbacks

December 1961

Merry Christmas

Many Americans have entered this Christmas season weary from another year of unprecedented challenges and increasingly divided communities. Thankfully, the beauty of Christmas comes in its unifying hope for all people.

THE WONDERS OF CHRISTMAS THROUGH A TODDLER’S EYES

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As Christmases go this was a fun one at Hof Batie. Our 22-month-old grandson delighted us all with his toddler-eyed wonder of the whole concept of Christmas.

A Midsummer Christmas Eve:

The Christmas of 1889 in Omaha was memorable chiefly for the record high temperatures recorded there. The Omaha Daily Bee on December 25, under the headline “Mid- Summer Christmas Eve,” reflected the astonishment of local holiday observers who experienced anything but a white Christmas. The Bee said:

Protecting Life

As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments this month for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, attention to the rights of the unborn and laws regulating abortion soared. While there has been no shortage of speculation about the outcome and consequences of the case, there is good reason to believe this could be a landmark case for the pro-life movement.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor:

Lubber, the World’s Largest Horse:

“Lubber, Biggest of Horses, is Dead,” said the Norfolk Press on June 9th, 1927, headlining an obituary for an animal exhibited throughout Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Mississippi, as the largest horse in the world. At 21 hands high and 3,120 pounds in weight, Lubber certainly looked the part. Born in 1921, “Lubber was raised at Red Bird, in Holt County, where men and women grow big, are big and have big vision as well as big live stock and big farms,” said the Press. “His dam was percheron and broncho crossed and his sire was cross bred Belgium (Belgian) and Shire.

REMEMBERING “THE DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY”

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With each passing year the number of surviving World War II veterans dwindles. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs statistics, less than 240,000 of the 16 million Americans who served in WW II are still alive. It is estimated of those roughly 300 will die each day in the coming years.

A Culture Of Life

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It's no secret that I am a strong advocate for pro-life, pro-woman policies. As a member of the Nebraska Legislature, I supported a bill that banned most abortions in Nebraska after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the point at which unborn babies begin to be able to feel pain. Nebraska was the first state in the nation to pass a bill of this kind. And we passed it 44 votes to 5 , with senators from all over the political spectrum - Democrat, RepubUcan, pro-choice, and pro-life - coming together to protect our unborn children.

Flashbacks

December 1961

The annual event at Eustis, the Methodist German Smor-gasbord as usual attracted a huge crowd. Nearly six hundred persons from a 100 mile radius drove to this community to eat a variety of foods strange to the, except for this once a year event.