We greeted for 10:30 Church this morning and learned that this group was playing Polka music for the Beaver Crossing, NE American Legion Potato Bake. It was a most enjoyable outing on a beautiful 60 degree, sunshiny day. The group played many of the old Czech tunes that my Dad played on his accordion, and they sang on many of them. The young man is the son of the fellow to the right end and it was entertaining just to see how much he seemed to enjoy playing. It's also heartening to see young people continuing to "carry the torch" of their forebearers who brought this style of music with them from Europe many years ago. We drove much of the 22 miles to get to Beaver Crossing on "country gravel roads". It took us past farms where I worked many years ago as I started my Career with the Soil Conservation Service here in Nebraska. The countryside has changed considerably during those years as small operations have given way to much larger farms. There is very little livestock on the farms but concentrated in large feedlots. We saw one Osage Orange row of trees along a property line and the few fences we saw were temporary, one wire electric. We drove the last couple miles on the Highway past the Walmart Store as we came into Seward. There is a close comparison between what has happened to our small town businesses and what has happened to our family farms.
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