Irish Eyes by Kathleen Norris excerpt
In this dialogue rich with family memory Sheila and Ken compare their mothers, noting devotion and care. Sheila admires a mother who prays for her children and keeps them close, while Ken recalls his own mother and reflects on the limits of his backstreet life and the dream of a five thousand dollar stake to start anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila
Angela
Regilus
Ken
Cap
Joe Carscadden
Joe
Peter
Tiller’s Beach
Yeller
Renn
Sig
Monk
Worcester
Florida
Boston
Sidney
Nebraska
Racket figure contemplates escape amid farmhouse turmoil
Sheila and Ken linger in a snowbound farmhouse while Peter, a volatile associate, asserts his control over a gang. Talks reveal power, loyalty, and danger as plans to quit the racket surface and a buried farmstead anchors their uneasy vigil.
Panhandle Names New Recreation Center Leader
Richard Chappell Carroll of McCook will lead the Panhandle recreation centers at Chappell, replacing Ruth Rehtex Jones. He has taught in local schools and will oversee Kimball and Chappell centers, urging cooperation for a successful summer program. Also reported are a gasoline fire injuring Mrs. George Jackson and a Dix lightning strike destroying John Zaur’s barn, plus a wool theft attempt near Dalton and a child narrowly escaping injury in Kimball. A dairy improvement association was formed in Alliance to promote higher quality cattle, with Norman Newberry as chair and a board including ELV Black and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappell
Richard
Jackson
Dix
Tae. S
IRC
Chaid
Dalton
Sherif
A. M
Webb
The
Bridgeport
News-Blade
Live
Wire
Alliance
Fremont
Dice Kathe
4 R of Commerce
Junior Free of Commerce
Kiwanis
Rotary ' All
Norman ‘Newberry
Elv. Black
Hans
Jageers
Boyd
Bailey
Gregory
Paul Marts
Lodge Pole notes travel and obits in Lodgepole area
Mrs. Robert Laugh and two children visit Alamosa kin while many locals join Memorial services in Pine Bluffs and Cheyenne. Travels include Hastings, Gresham, Lincoln, and a funeral for Mrs. Omar Kingly in Scheyenne. Albert Schmidt mourns, funeral Monday. Lloyd Sine returns from Illinois trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Laugh
Alamosa
Colo
J. K. Dykman
G. W. Sine
William Munson
Pine Bluffs
Wyoming
Lines
Wesley Kelly
Kimball Dam
E. C. Wolfe
E. T. Davis
Chappell
J. C. Miller
Rex
Gresham
Lincoln
C. A. Arnison
L. E. Ludiatt
Jimmy
Fred Lehmkuhl
Cheyenne
Lydiatt
L. C. Spindler
Ernest Whitefoot
John ‘Moyer
Omar Kingly
Scheyenne
Billy Minshall
Chillicothe
Missouri Business College
G. E. Minshall
Doris
Emil Englert
Sundl
Don Miller
Iowa
C. H. Johnson
Barbara
Will
Mr. Johnson
M. E
Joe Bailey
D. W. ‘Bailey
Billie McCrea
Oshkosh
G. Ww
Sidney
Ollie Hudson
Eugene
Gilbert
Dorothy
Sine
Tinois
Peetz Community News Roundup and Pre nuptial Showers
Lucyle Hungerford reports social notes from Peetz with families visiting, travel plans, and upcoming June weddings. Pre nuptial showers drew about 80 women for Fauline Thomsoon and Hazel Linde, while others prepared for summer plans, travel to Des Moines and Salem Oregon, and visits from relatives across Nebraska and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ayle
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Peetz
I. O. O. F. Hall
Fauline Thomsoon
Tuesaday Hazel Linde
Denzel Anderson
Bernard Thompson
C. P. Thompson
Pauline
Marcella Frazier
Des Moines
Iowa
Frank Smith
Omaha
Ed: Brown
Stewart Brown
Defiance
Ohio
Tom “Burns
Jacob
Elena
Clyde “Harrod
George D. Brown
Logan
Ed Brown
W. J. ‘Frenzel
Holdrege
Nebraska
George Hungerford
Mr. Frenzel
Kearney
Local Social Notes From Antelope Area
Antelope residents, including J W Bertramsen and family, welcome home patient from Taylor hospital after several days. Weekend guests include Mr and Mrs Leon Blakely of Denver and Mr and Mrs Fred Morris of Sterling. Numerous Sunday dinners and Monday visits mark a period of community hospitality in the area with neighbors and relatives gathering at the Nelson, Olson, Whitney, and Bertramsen homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svend Olson
Ade Olson
George
Cecil Rice
J. M. Nelson
Sidney
J.W. Bertramsen
Danny Nelson
Ed Nelson
Guy. Terman
Gus Riesburg
J. W. Bertramsen
C. P. Herboldsheimer
J. E. Morrow
Taylor Hospital
Leon Blakely
Denver
Fred Morris
Sterling
Allan Nelson
Leo. Olson
Jens
Dewey Larson
Mads Larson
Howard ‘Madden
Kathryn ‘Peterson
Sidney S Hitting Too Powerful Win 13 to 7
Sidney slugged 14 hits led by Durnell and Darby as they defeated Broadwater Sun day 13 to 7. Durnell homered with the bases loaded in the sixth inning and Jelinek added three hits. Kell, a Creighton University hurler, left the game in the seventh as Merchants bats stayed hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Broadwater
Durnell
Darby
Merchants
Kell
Creighton University
Jelinek
H Ei Darby
Christ
Thomas Ist
Ammerman
Lopbe If
Jacobson
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Kathleen Norris
Joel
Astoria
FSA
Ogallala
Keith County
Farm Security Administration
John Schmidt
Faxton
Schmidt
Detlef
W. E. Countryman
Scottsbluff
Melvin
E. Bartow
Ethel Wilson
Wrights Gap
North Platte Valley
Bartow
WPA
Methodist Hospital
Arid
Irs
Hannah
Jack
North
Platte
Divide
Nelsop
Ron
Shimdtard
McNertney
Jenson
John
Zaur
Bam
Kimball
Norma
Lee
Ernest Barrett
Ota
Lodge
Pole
George Sine
Lucyle Hungerford
Antelope
Winela
Merbeldabel
Ie Kh
California
Calso
America
Ene Gil
Olan
St. Court
Avesy
National Advertiser
Withoue
Supreme Court of American Busines
Club St. Louis
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