Weekender highlights craft revival with two hobbyists
Art Johnston builds and repairs spinning wheels, replacing the spindle with a belt driven setup. Bill Ihm crafts old muzzle loading rifles from scratch while working as a chemist in Omaha. The piece links traditional skills to American culture and history, noting spinning's ancient roots and the hunter’s lure of muzzle loaders.
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Art Johnston
Bill Ihm
America
Thm
Omaha
Fraternity Friends Boat Mishap Ends In Unlikely Fish Tale
Four Alpha Gamma Rho men and spouses gather at Nehawka cabin near Brady on Jeffrey Canyon Lake. A tangled fishing line leads to a rescue by Beins Hansmire and Crosier. six pound carp ends in Beavis' kitchen sink as a running joke about who cheated.
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Vance Balfours
Nehawka
Jeffrey Canyon Lake
Brady
Rae
Millie Beins
York
Floyd
Ruth Hansmire
Fairbury
Don
Eleanor Crosier
Lincoln
Alpha Gamma Rho
Rae Beins
Balfours
Hansmires
Beins
Crosiers
Hansmire
Beiis
Millie
Spinning Wheel Returns as Hobby in Lincoln Home
On the cover a common night in early American homes the spinning wheel is making a comeback as a hobby. Mrs. B. L. Green of Lincoln enjoys the fun of spinning.
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Harold Dobson
Greenwood
Cedar Hill United Methodist
B. L. Green
Lincoln
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