Ash Grove Weather And Local Doings Report
Severe weather hit Ash Grove last week while Andrew Nelson hosted Thanksgiving gatherings. Joseph Johnson returned from Oregon as local youth groups met at his home on Friday. Boys traveled to Kimball to see Potter and Kimball play basketball. Earl Dye fractured his car incident near the Ash Grove school. Myrtle Taylor visited Sunol, Andrew Nelson sold land to an eastern buyer, and MKerd Wickhorst was out again. Charles Stanton and family visited relatives last week as prosperity remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Johnson
Oregon
Upworth League
Kimball
Potter
Earl Dye
Ash Grove
Joe Johnnson
Myrtle Taylor
Sunol
Andrew Nelson
November School Honor Roll and Community Visits
Dist 138 rolls honor students Joseph Rihn Jesse Ralph Blanche Bewley Otto Meyer for November. Verna Waterman visits Prairie View ranch aunt and cousin. Rihn returns to school after Thanksgiving illness. Verna Waterman Alvah Birdwell Esther Bewley visit school Friday. Verna Waterman Nellie Waterman and Alvah Birdwell host F. X. Rihn's home Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Rihn
Jesse
Ralph
Blanche Bewley
Otto Meyer
Verna Waterman
Prairie View Ranch
Alvah Birdwell
Esther Bewley
Dist
Nellie Waterman
F. X. Rihn
Pleasant View People Report Social and Business Activity
Chas. Stanton and Henry Courtright operate a sod business building a barn for Courtright. Families and neighbors gathered for Thanksgiving visiting Will Gustafs, Mrs. Davison, and others. Local farming activity includes hog butchering by Elgin Heimer with his father. Snow has melted and days are sunny with little public activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Stanton
Henry Courtright
Mr. Courtright
Will Goding
Alden Kimball
Will
James Davison
Dalton
Evans Stines
Will Gustafs
Potter Notes on Thanksgiving Events and Local Happenings
Thanksgiving in Potter featured church services and multiple social gatherings at Thornburg Hall and with Mrs. Graham. Local families welcomed visitors, sales of Thornburg stores paused, and the Commercial Club showed enthusiasm for town growth. Dances, plays, and dances were planned with community groups including the Lutheran and M E churches. A grandchild blessed Thornburgs as families welcomed travel and local visitors.
Dickens Centenary Poem Reflections Read at Christmas
The verse links Dickens centenary on February 7 with a Christmas reading. It recalls Micawber, Little Nell, Pickwick, Carton, and the Cheerybles as symbols of lament, mirth, sacrifice, and kindness, weaving scenes from Dickens’s world into seasonal reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Micawber
Nell
David
Pickwick
Carton
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Mrs. Stanton
Mrs. Brothers
North Divide
Pleasant View
Chas. Kinnersley
Geo
George Davis
Herdon
Geo. Kinnersley
Geo. Hicks
Prof
Leonard
Spitzbark
Arthur Branscom
Ravena
M.E. Church
Mrs. Gross
J. A.graham
Ethel McHeney
Pine Bluffs
J. Graham
B. F. Thornburg
R. Gunderson
Ladies’ Aid of the
M. E. Church
Wm. McAdams
Mr. Godphin
the Cedars
Iowa
Earl McDonald
R. McDonald
Sidney
Thos. Thornburg
Mrs. Branscom
Thornburg
Eastern
Nebraska
E. Thornburg
D. H. Shultz
Mr. Peterson
the Lumber Co
Robi. Gunderson
Dan Flynn
Aid of
The
Lutheran Church
Prof. Leonard’s
Robert Gunderson
H. W. Struble
Reddington
Thornburg Hall
Ed Thornburg
Uncle Sam
Cuba Crutchfield
Grandpa Thornburg
Grant Brady
Mr. Salisbury
Sioux City
Oliver Grubb
Florida
Kimball Boys
School House
Newport
Fred Lafferty
Lutheran Guild
Struble
Anna Adams
Treas
Spitzlash
Hansen
Ludden
Lincoln
Lutheran
Brown
Lafferty
Ntire
the Bennett Co
Omaha, Neb
Pienee
Planee
Mt Ence’ Peionte
Harney Sts., Omaha, Neb
Dickens
Tapley Halls
Welkin
Deadlock House
Dorrit
Scrooge
Sidney Lumber CO
U. P
Rock Springs
Wanna
Sidney Mercantile Co
OUR
American Bank
NEBR
A. Pease & Sons
Sidney, Nebraska
Cavite
Schlitz Beer
Tobin Biock
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