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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1977
Page
8
Vern Danielson admires the fireplace he finished at Harold Warp Pioneer Village in Minden. Built around 1830, the stonework uses mica schist from the original White House in Washington DC. The White House, first built in 1792, burned in 1814, rebuilt 1818, stood 133 years, rebuilt again in 1951.
Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer will open its outdoor exhibits this Monday under executive director Jack Learned. Summer hours are 9 to 7 weekdays and 1 to 7 Sundays at the museum south of Grand Island. The Railroad Town of the 1880s features a steam train with rides at 1:30, 3:00 and 4:30 p.m. weekdays, 11:30, 1:00, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, and Sunday non-scheduled runs 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. The town has 36 buildings including a bank, general store, and hotel, with period furnishings and the cottage where Henry Fonda was born. Craftsmen will demonstrate blacksmithing, pottery, wood carving and more, plus foods like jerky and corn cob jelly.
A reader asks if Johnny Carson plans to leave the Tonight Show as hints of a future retirement surface. The column notes no official announcement, Carson may ease up in a year, and a formal statement may come soon.
Schuyler American Legion Post 47 will hold Memorial Day ceremonies Monday at 10 a.m. at the east gate of Schuyler Cemetery with George C. Novotny as MC and Pastor Robert Pierce delivering invocation and benediction. The Rev. John P. Downey will give the address, the Schuyler High School band will perform, and Paul Eller will speak at the grave of the unknown soldier. Decorations by Sons of Union Veterans and Gold Star Mothers, with Wayne Wolfe giving a prayer, firing volleys, taps, and echo. Coffee and rolls will follow at the VFW Hall. the Chamber of Commerce office will close in observance.
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