NordheimNews
GOD first....Heavenly Father, when people are lonely and down on themselves, they worry and feel unloved and abandoned. They waste their waking hours on things they can do nothing about. So much is lost when these times are wasted this way. Help those who are in need of peace of mind and heart. Help us to do and say the right things to inspire those who falter, to use prayer to give them the courage to go forward instead of sitting idol. We ask in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Remember in your prayers those who are suffering, grieving, ill, or are in harms' way.
Also remember to pray for rain.
Humor Time: Two golfers were approaching the green when they happened to see two women coming up behind them. One said, 'Here comes my wife with some old witch she must have found in the club house. The other man said, 'Mine too!'
The weather turned out to be great last Sunday on the 4th of April as the 39th Annual Easter Egg Hunt was put on by the Friends of Nordheim. There were 3,076 eggs scattered all over the Garden Club Grounds for a total of 100 children who enjoyed the egg hunt. The Garden Club also had a great success with the plant sale, brown bag raffle and bake sale with hamburgers, hot dogs, and cold drinks along with desserts. Sunday night and Monday morning, some people gaged .4 inch of rain.
The City of Nordheim has some great news for the property owners here in town as the city is having a Limb and Yard Debris Curbside Pickup on Monday, May 5th. Limbs and yard debris must be out by 6 a.m. and collection will continue through the week. Crews will make only one pick up at each home. More details will be in the next week’s newspaper. The city will not allow concrete, construction or demolition material, hazard waste, roofing material, soil and rocks, nor liquids. On the final day, Bulk Garbage Collection Day is on May 9th, from 8 a.m. to noon only. There will be two dumpsters and a trash truck available at City Hall.
Humor Time: A traveling salesman's car broke down. It was too late to call for assistance from a garage, so he walked over to a nearby farmhouse where to his surprise he encountered a farmer's lovely daughter. Hearing his plight, the farmer’s daughter offered him a night's lodging. The traveler accepted and was shown to a pleasant bedroom.
Later, as he lay thinking of the maiden, there was a knock on the door and the voice of the farmer's daughter asking if he was still awake. The traveler said, 'I'm still up, Come in.' Wearing the briefest of nighties, the farmer’s daughter entered and asked, 'Are you lonely?' The traveler said, 'I sure am.' She said, 'Do you think your bed is big enough for two?' He said, 'I was just thinking to myself how much better and such a waste it would be if there were only one in this bed. It will be my pleasure to share it.' The farmers' daughter said, 'I'm glad, too, because there is another traveler who needs a room.'
It has been such a pleasure to see Spring finally get here. As I look around and see all the trees sprouting leaves, crops that were planted that are springing up, and the moods of people improving. You'd think some people would stop complaining about their aches and pains. Not at Kaffee Klatch. In fact, it all started out okay until (not mentioning her name) came in and complained about a big family by the name of 'Ritis.' She said that in the family, there were a lot of boys. Some were good. Some were bad. But the one that was most bad was the one who was named Arthur. She said that Arthur Ritis was the worst of all. In fact, this week was hell for her as she couldn't get around because the pain she experienced and called her daughter to take her to the hospital in Victoria. After being x-rayed on her knee, hips, and most of every joint in her body, she was told that all the pains she was experiencing was because of arthritis. She did get one pill to take each day for the rest of her life. Myrtle complained that her I-phone callers always call and want to sell her all kinds of insurance. After giving some of her information and coming to asking her age, they always hang up. While she is only 95 years young, she thought it unfair. At least, they could tell her who they are and talk about the weather.
There has been a report by two people who have seen the Ghost of Nordheim in the dark of night in the early morning. One commented that it might be the ghost of Jake Steiger who went to his bakery early every baking day to fire up his brick oven in the back of the store. At daybreak, he would go back home and eat breakfast, milk his cow for milk and cream and stake her out along the streets near his home and then return to his bakery and bake his goods. If you believe in ghosts, it could be him. His bakery was a very popular store and people came from out of town to buy some of his delicious baked goods. I've often driven down Broadway Street early in the mornings while it was still dark going to my exercise in Cuero at the Recreation Center. All I ever see is stray cats and dogs.
See you next week.
