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The Lone Tree Reporter
On the Backroads
It's going to be gobbledygook
and mish-mash this week. Every-
thing you read here this week has
been stolen from somebody else. I
don't really know why, but I don't
have an original thought as I'm
sitting at the computer on Sunday
night. So, here goes.
The first couple of items were
sent to me years ago by June Lenz
Everett. I can not give credit to
anybody because the pages she
sent (many of them) are copied
from a book and there was no
notation about what the book
Was. I recall using some of these
things years ago when I first got
this envelope and then put them
someplace where I'd be sure to
know where to find them and
then promptly forgot. So, I have to
present them to you with no cred-
its being given for who compiled
these things.
The first is titled "Why do we
call it Rhode Island when it isn't
one?"
There are two possible reasons,
and historians can't tell for sure
which is correct. When explor-
By Ron Rife
The Lone Tree
Reporter
er Giovanni da Verrazano was
mapping the east coast of North
America in 1524, he noted in his
diary that the coastline of Nar-
ragansett Bay was approximately
as long as that of the Greek Island
of Rhodes. Subsequent explorers
took it to mean that the area was
in fact, an island, and the thus
called it Rhode Islaad.
It's an attractive theory, but so
is this one: that Dutch explorer
Adriaen Block (for whom Block
Island is named) named the area
"Red Island" because of the color
of the soft. In Dutch, that's Roodt
Eylandt, which became the name
we use today.
The next one asks: Why is "The
Life of Riley" so terrific?
The life of Riley is a life of easy
days and carefree nights. It's an
odd expression because the real
Mr. Riley was anything but lazy.
"Riley" was poet James Whitcomb
Riley, who wrote poems like The
Old Swimmin' Hole, which glori-
fied the fast-fading innocence of
the 19th century and comforted
those who had already missed it.
But it wasn't just the subject
matter of his poems that inspired
the expression. It was the fact
that Riley's writings made him
rich, the wealthiest American au-
thor of his day. To "live the life of
Riley" wasn't only to be barefoot
and fancy free. It was also to be as
well-heeled as the man who wrote
about such things!
Next I'm going to share with
you part of a list that was recently
sent to me by my cousin in East
Moline. For these I can give credit
to the source. Once again, The
Washington Post has published
the winning submissions to its
yearly neologism contest in which
the readers are asked to supply al-
ternative meanings for common
words. I'm going to share some of
the winners with you this week.
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon
whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), ap-
palled at how much weight you've
gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all
hope of ever having a flat stom-
ach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an
explanation while drunk.
There are sixteen of these alto-
gether so I'll have some more to
share in the weeks ahead. There
are also 15 word changes I'm
going to make you suffer through,
through which I'm going to make
you suffer. (We must have correct
grammar, don't you know.)
Now it's time for the Thought
For The Week. It is:
"When you stop to think, don't
forget to start again."
It seems that many people do
forget to start again or they never
think at all and just go ahead and
shoot off their mouths.
The winter sports season is in
full swing. The Lone Tree boy's
basketball team is doing well. The
girls have been up and down. The
wrestlers have been competing in
some big tournaments and won a
:dual meet last week and also lost
one.
On the Iowa side the wrestling
team is cruising along. They
picked up the pace against Iowa
:State and Northern Iowa from
:what I saw against Illinois a cou-
:ple of weeks ago. They'll be in
'training for these two weeks and
'then go to the Midlands at North-
Western at the end of December.
The men's basketball team
might be better to just be ignored.
The women have come through
,some tough games and have a
:winning record coming into this
week. There is no action for the
Hawkeye teams this week, except
:in the classroom taking finals.
I noticed in the Sunday paper
Splinters from the Bench
point spread against Arizona
State very easily
By Ron Rife
The Lone Tree
Reporter
Since the first bowl games will
be played Saturday I suppose I had
better get started on my picks for
the bowl season, For some reason
the bowls where Northwestern, Il-
linois and Penn State are playing
were not listed in the odds list.
Of the seven Big Ten teams listed
only two, Purdue and Michigan,
were favored.
There ,will be three games Sat-
urday Temple is a 6 1/2 point fa-
vorite over Wyoming in the New
Mexico Bowl and I'll go with the
odds-makers on this one. In the Fa-
:that the odds makers have coneocytmusPotato Bowl Utah Ste is a.2
:up with the point spreads for the 1/2 point favorite over Ohio fr0
:b0wl games. Iowa joins Arizona- the Mid-America Conference, but
I'm going against the odds-makers
here and rely on Frank Solich to
get the Bobcats a win. The other
Saturday game is the New Orleans
Bowl and San Diego State is a five
point favorite. I'll go along with
the odds-makers on this one.
The game on December 20 is the
Beef O'Brady's Bowl, where Flor-
ida International is a four point
favorite over Marshall. I think rll
break formation on this one, toc,
and go with Marshall's Thunder-
ing Herd. On December 21 in the
Poinsettia Bowl and 10 1/2 point
favorite TCU should get the job
done against Louisiana Tech. On
December 22 is the MAACO Bowl
and Boise State should cover the
State as the biggest underdogs
Of all. Oklahoma is favored by 14
!points. Boise State is a 14 point
favorite against the Sun Devils.
:Maybe the Hawks should try to do
:like the team in an old joke I heard
,years ago. A team was a 21 point
:underdog going into a game and
:they refused to take the field until
::the 21 points had been put on the
scoreboard.
": There is one thing that might
:help Iowa, if the news is true. Sup-
:pedly there are five Oklahoma
starters who are injured and will
miss the game. I'm just going to
wait and see how many of them
suddenly get cured of their inju-
ries and take the field to bedevil
bowl, but I'm going with RGIII and
the Baylor Bears to swamp Wash-
Thursday,
Senior Dining
December 19 - December 23
Monday, December 19: Herb Chicken Breast, Mashed
Gravy, Beets, Peaches in Jello: CARDS
December 20: ilil
Tuesday, CarreOm p e a;h La 1 ii i
Swish Steak, Mashed Potatoes
Green Beans,
Strawberry/Banana Jello
Wednesday, December 21:
Cabbage &
Thursday,
rots, Citrus Jello Salad: DOMINOES
Friday, December 23: Crispy Chicken, Mashed Potatoes & :Tc0
Corn, Ambrosia Salad: HOLIDAY MUSIC a t/'= -
All meals are served with whole wheat bread, margarine h
milk unless noted. For reservations call 629-5144. et
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On December 24 we have South-
ern Mississippi, a 6 1/2 point fa-
vorite tangling with Nevada in the
Hawaii Bowl. It should be South-
ern all the way They've looked
good when I've seen them on TV.
On December 26 it's the Indepen-
dance Bowl where Missouri is
a 4 1/2 point favorite over North
Carolina. I'm going with Mizzou
on this one..
There are two games on the
27th. Purdue is a 2 1/2 point fa-
vorite against Western Michigan
in the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl
and I think the Boilermakers will
prevail. Also on that day is the
Balk Bowl where North Carolina
State is a 2 1/2 point favorite over
Louisville. I think Louisville has
looked better in TV appearances'
so I'm going with them.
There are two games on the
28th.There is the Military Bowl
ington in the Alamo Bowl.
On December 30th the pace be-
gins to really ramp up. There are
four games. There were no odds
for the Armed Forces Bowl be-
tween Tulsa and BYU. I'm looking
for Cougars to turn the Golden
Hurricane into a gentle breeze.
In the Pinstripe Bowl Rutgers
is a two point favorite over Iowa
State, but I think Coach Rhoads
will have the Cyclones ready to
go. After all, Rutgers doesn't play
in a conference, it's in the Big East
Pussycat League.
There are no odds for the Music
City Bowl between a pair of 6-6
teams, Wake Forest and Missis-
sippi State. I'll go with Missis-
sippi Sate because its 6-6 record
was against some competition in
the Southeast Conference where-
as Wake Forest plays in the ACC.
The last game that day is Iowa's
Uh oh, men!
No more time °uti00i
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the gift that wins the gamel Hikel
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the Hawks win, but I don't think it
will happen.
Well, I'm halfway through the
pile of bowl games. Hopefully,
rll have the strength to get this
project finished next week. The
Hawks might have one thing going
for them. One other time Iowa ap-
peared in the same bowl two years
in a row. In 1986 they went to the
Holiday Bowl and came back from
a 35-21 deficit to kick a field goal
in the last second and win, 39-38.
The next year they were back in
the same bowl and, I think, used a
blocked punt returned for a touch-
down to nose out Wyoming, 20-19.
So, while I'm not going to bet on
Iowa I am certainly not going to
bet the other way.
Sunday Services:
9:30 a.m. - Worship Service
10:30 a.m. - Sunday School
Nichols United
Methodist Church
315 Main, Nichols
Phone: 723-4585
Pastor Don Hodson
Sunday Services:
9:45 a.m. - Family Worship Service
with Children's Sermon
Our parish Cluster
ts. Man/_ & Joseph
Lone Tree: 216 W. Jayns St.
Nichols: Short St & Grand Ave.
Hills: 209 Brady Street
Pastor: Father Bill KneemUler
110 W. Elm St.
Ohur:'OL-O0
Wednesday Dec. 14
Council Reports Due
10:00 Care Center
4:30 Deacons
6:30 Prayer
7:00 Youth Group
Thursday Dec. 15
5-7 serving Soup Supper
Sunday Dec. 18
8:45 Sunday School
Confirmation CllSS
10:00 Worship/Communi0,¢l
Joy Offedng rece
11:00 Congregational Meu"
Wednesday Dec. 21
6:30 Prayer
7:00 Session Mtg. ;;
Dec. 23
Friday
Newsletter Adides
about this. Toledo's defense hasn't
looked too salty when I've seen
it on TV and I don't know if the
Rockets can stop the Air Force
triple option. Of course, Toledo
can score points by the bushels so
they will really test the Air Force
so I'll be a chicken and go with the
Rockets in this one. Also on the
28th Texas is a three point favor-
ite over California in the Holiday
Bowl. I agree with that choice.
On the 29th there are two bowls,
also. The Champs Sports Bowl
has Florida State as a three point
favorite over Notre Dame. I'd love
to see the Seminoles win, but I
don't trust the Irish to do the right
thing. Maybe by picking them to
win H1 jinx them. They didn't have
the Hawks. odds for the other December 29th
100 Years
Looking Back
Looking back 100 years to De-
cember 15, 1911.
Fire escapes have been ordered
on the Oxford opera house by the
state inspector.
Mrs. John Browning underwent
an operation at the University
hospital in Iowa City, Monday and
is getting along splendidly accord-
hag to reports.
Chat Jarrard was taken sud-
denly ill last Thursday morning
and after calling Dr. A. H. DeLano,
he-was hurried to the hospital at
Iowa City where an operation was
performed the same day for ap-
pendicitis. The surgeons found
his case to be of the worst type,
but we are glad to report him
:doing nicely at this writing.
Invitations are out announcing
the approaching marriage of Miss
Mildred DeLano to Mr. J. Edwin
Grfffith to take place at the bride's
home here on Christmas night.
J. B. Carter pleaded guilty to as-
sault and battery on the person of
Jos. R. Corbett and was fined $100
and costs. It will be remembered
that Carter was bound over to the
grand jury charged with beating
Joseph Corbett over the head with
a spade or shovel. He was later in-
dicted by the grand jury on the
charge of assault with intent to do
great bodily injurY. The compro-
mise was affected without trial.
75 Years
Looking back 75 years to De-
cember 17, 1936.
Members of Hukill Rebekah
lodge No. 594, elected new officers
for the coming term at the regu-
lar meeting of the lodge Monday
night. The new officers are" Noble
grand - Grace Richey, vice-grand
- Hazel Attig, recording secretary
- Annie Wiese, financial secretary
- Elsie Smid, treasurer - Anna
Eden, trustee for three years.-
Myrtle Edwards.
At the regular stated meeting of
Fernleaf Chapter No. 199 O. E. S.,
held Tuesday evening, the follow-
ing officers were elected for 1937:
Worthy Matron- Florence Adams,
Worthy Patron - H. S. Hamilton,
Associate Matron- Doris Jarrard,
Associate Patron- F. A. Johnston,
Conductress - Mildred CantreU,
Associate Conductress - Lucille
Shellenbarger, Secretary - Estella
Baumer and Treasurer - Harriet
Klein.
'Farmers southwest of town are
taking another step toward get-
ting out of the mud with the grav-
eling of an additional haft-mile
of road east from the corner just
north of Homer Eden's farm, con-
necting up with the crushed rock
road. The work is being done as a
cooperative project by the farmers
themselves.
The community Christmas tree,
erected annually by the Business
Mens' association, was put in
place Saturday afternoon at the
intersection of DeVoe and Jayne
streets and was decorated and
wired Wednesday afternoon by a
committee from the association.
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6 p.m. Lone Tree
Christmas Day:
9 a.m. Lone Tree
New Years Eve:
4 p.m. Lone Tree
Christmas
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Monday Dec. 26 ,,^
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Wednesday Dec. 28
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6:30 Prayer
6:30 Kingdom Kids
Sunday Jan. 1
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Confirmation C Is
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