Mill'and community highlights and notable events
A year back notes mill community life with purchases and reenlistment. Willis Wood bought North Main property from Meek Ray Lair re enlisted in army at Spec 4. Bruns bought Thrif-Tee Market. Dale Carter won Dr. Lee C. Sutherland Scholarship. A son born to Frank and family. May rainfall recorded 2.11 inches. Cummings car burned. Kathy Rice earned degrees from Mt Saint Scholastica. Junior Senior banquet theme Three Coins in a Fountain. Mark Fender master of ceremonies. Kindergarten enrollment 39. Riverton seniors: David Mers president Gary Stephens VP Kathy Gude secretary Ray Hodde treasurer. Sandra Hays valedictorian Rosalie Frazee salutatorian. Wm Eden to hosts jazz concert. New city well being dug near south Main. Dr Neal S. Goman to be Commencement speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Wood
North Main
John Meek Ray Lair
Harry Bruns
Seneca
Bob Johnson
Dale Carter
Lee C. Sutherland
Frank Mattice
Charles Cummings
Kathy Rice
Mt. Saint Scholastica College
Atchison, Kans
Mark Fender
David Mers
Gary Stephens
Kathy Gude
Ray Hodde
Sandra Hays
Rosalie Frazee
Riverton
Wm. Eden
South Main Street
Neal S. Goman
20 Years Ago Athletic Coach Named at Wayne West
Kenneth Jones was newly elected athletic coach for the local school. Wayne West would arrive as grade school principal in Hamburg. Seniors tied for high honors included Joan Nies, while James Athen earned a medal and certificate for all around student. Several graduates and staff received awards and life events were noted across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Jones
Wayne West
Sidney
Hamburg
Joan Nies
James Athen
Wayne Rice
Cecil Marsh
North Main Street
Lester Hite
Edwin Getschers
Harley Walker
Fremont County Farm Bureau
Richard Spiegel
Cleo Sue Rogers
Country Tub Thumping BY JOHN FIELD
Phase one of our Australian adventure moves toward a Jan. 15 departure from Omaha to Los Angeles. Eight months to plan with three to four travelers, lots of coordinating, and potential travel agency woes. A rough draft shows ten weeks across New Zealand, Fiji, American Samoa, Tahiti, and Australia with possible fishing weeks and optional side trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Los Angeles
Maxine
Australia
New Zealand
North Island
South Island
Sydney
Fijis
American Samoa
Tahiti
South Pacific
Independence
Journey through Australia and beyond spans thirty years
A detailed travel plan traces a long Australian and Pacific itinerary from Sydney to Melbourne Adelaide Darwin Townsville and New Guinea with side trips to Ayers Rock Melville Island and Green Island. The writer notes shrinking timelines from ten weeks to two and chronicles extensive preparations including loans passports tickets and visas while recalling past life events and family milestones. The letter to the editor from the Senior Class of 1972 thanks supporters and laments lack of coverage for their activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Melbourne
Adelaide
Barbaracs
Murray River
Alice Springs
Ayres Rock
Darwin
Melville Island
Gulf of Carpenteria
Townsville
Green Island
Great Barrier Reef
New Guinea
Lae
Markham River
Air Force
Cairns
Coral Sea
Brisbane
Sherwood Tops Sioux Steel Top 10 Dealer Award
Sherwood Lumber Company owner Lowell Sherwood of Percival and Tabor plus the SMG Lumber Co in Randolph received the Sioux Steel Top 10 Dealer Award at a grain drying and storage seminar in Sioux Falls South Dakota. Accompanying him were Del mar Winth of Tabor and Jay L Webster of Randolph. The seminar drew Sioux dealers nationwide for talks on crop drying grain storage and financing methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Sherwood
Sherwood Lumber Company
Percival and Tabor
SMG Lumber Company
Randolph
Sioux Steel
Sioux Falls
Also Mentioned on This Page
John of
Reoiter
Main Street
Fremont
Reporter
Republican
Dianna Brown
Wade Lair
Richard Harbin
Dean Aistrope
Bertha Finnell
Wert
Bud
E. J. Hess
Richard
Velma Zuck
W. H. Rageth
Woodbine
Marjorie Irene Zuck
Orvis Smith
Luke T. Zuck
Clarice MacMillan
B. Y.P.A
Sedalia
Court of Honor
Vern Anderson
Chas
Barnes
J. Dougan
Ed Dulin
Frank
William Fitzmaurice
Earl Geyer
Elmer Greenwood
Dec
Oliver Hays
Francis Kendall
Richard Larson
Jack Miller
Sidney Phillips
Arthur Spitzier
John Story
Keith Syl Duane
Orville Wilkinson
Tom Howard
Hubert White
Baflor
Carl Beasley
Robert Blades
Fred Larson
Lyall Reed
Max Reed
Charles Warnstaff
Max Dougan
John Field
Ren Halliday
Cliff Good Farm
Irene Walker Ellen Rice
Alda Martin
Henry Noble
Glenwood
Nebraska City
Panavision
Technicolor
Warner Bros., A
Kinney Company
Nd Ae
Nebraska City, Nebr
Sun
Gary
Macho Callahan
Fred Hill
Iowa
Max Carroll Blackburn
Fremont County
Thurman
Lowell D. Surface
Atchison-Holt
É Electric Cooperative Reck Pert
Willie Phillips
Charles King
Todd
Rock Port
Don Aspe
Donna Donaldson
Mary Lou Zanker
Geyer
Sherwood
Don
Holly
Wayne Phillips
Wesley
Griswold
Robert Phillips
James
Leslie
Don Phillips
Fort Sill
Okla
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