Community Social Notes From Grand Prairie District
Tuesday through Sunday gatherings weave Grand Prairie life with many visits, dinners and birthdays. Neighbors include the Jorgensens, Weltons, Johnsons, Treamins, Hokom, Welton, Gade, Irwins, Hart and Plancks sharing hospitality, outings and a 23rd wedding anniversary celebration marked by a large attendance. Local sports include a freshman initiation at Sunol high and a Sunday baseball gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mons Johnson
Sidney
John Hokom
Oliver and
Wilson
Ray Tremain
Lee Johnson
Leslie Johnson
J. H. Bicknell
Joan
Julia
Alva Hart
Forrest
Harold Tremain
Sunol High School
Charles Smith
Evelyn
Albert Johnson
W. O. Johnson
T. G. Waddell
Fieléen
Opal Lotspeich
Dan Rupert
Doris
J. C. Jorgensen
Alfred
Anna
Merle Pearson
Lester
Clarence Roberts
Duane Schaffer
J. H. Gell
Charles Welton
Erma
Mae
Hazel Bales
Lodge Pole
Ray Rexroth
Vincent Cortney
Fielden Waddell
Erma Welton
Cecil Tremain
Lowell Hokom
Henry Hargens
Bunker Hill Social Roundup From Clara Beyer Notes
Mrs Beyer and daughter Clara and Mrs Iva Beyer spent Wednesday at the Earl Bayne home near Broadwater. Calls by Rohde and Snyder families, ball game at Potter, Sunday dinners with McManes near Sidney, and frequent visits around the area. Bunker Hill team played Antelope Sunday, with Dalton festival looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Beyer
Fred Beyer
Clara
Iva Beyer
Earl Bayne
Broadwater
George Rohde
Snyder
Pete Beyer
Hilbert Borcher
Ross Bales
Potter
James
Albert
Vern McManes
Sidney
Henry Schmidt
Lucile
Ben Gross
Ray Frame
Frani Beyer
Bunker Hill
Dalton
A Beyar and
Sterling
Men Help with Butchering at Frerichs Home
Son and Fred Windsheimer spent Monday afternoon at the Albert Frerichs home, where the men assisted with some butchering tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Planck
Forrest Planck
J. Pool
Ray Tremain
Robert Irwin
Roy Runion
Leslie Johnson
Ted
Lee Johnson
Will Gade
George Hinrichs
Weyerts
Fred Windshemmer
Albert Frerichs
Albert Johnson
Charles Smith
Oscar Olson
W O. Johnson
August Gade
Elmer Gade
Alva Hart
Sund
Walter Frerichs
Son
Fred Windsheimer
Albert Frerichs Home
Frame Grove to Alliance Sunday Visit Family News
Frame Grove plans a Sunday trip to Alliance to visit daughters Helen Beyer and Edna Frame. The week includes multiple social calls, dinners, and visits among local families such as the Beyers, Schmidt, Moser, Juedes, Vrana, Dwyer, Sunderman, and Peters, with gatherings at various homes near Sidney and Bridgeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frame Grove
Alliance
Helen Beyer
Edna Frame
Ed Limbeck
Fred Beyer
Henry Schmidt
Bridgeport
Pete Moser
Hilbert Borcher
Glen Bales
Clara
Iva Beyer
William Juedes
Luc
Carl Schmid
Lucile
Arnold Sunderman
Sidney
Sidney Draw By Cecelia Kurz Rey Henderson painted his car last week
Sidney Draw item notes visits to the Kurz and Fretz homes over the weekend. Several residents including Mrs Eli Henderson and Mrs Winfield Kretz are mentioned in illness and family gathering contexts with small travel notes and social calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia Kurz
Rey Henderson
Ronald
Colleen Coll
Frank Kurz
Christina
Augusta
Clem Kretz
Lenora
Vivian Mitchell
Fred Fretz
Eli Henderson
Fred Kretz
Cheyenne
Winfield Kretz
Short
John Schwenberg
C. A. Mohatt
C. S. Chambers
Local Families Poised Between Visits and Home Activities
Relatives and neighbors gathered Sunday as Helen Chambers and Alfred Koester visited Otto Kurz Sr. families of Mohatt and Kurz shared meals at Schulenburg and Mohatt homes. Roy Henderson and others stopped by Henderson and Kurz households. John Schulenburg reshingled his garage as school desks arrived for setup by George Hockerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Chambers
Alfred Koester
Otto Kurz, Sr
H Ven Aelstyn
John Kurz
Jack Atkins
Clarence Chambers
Claude
Frank Kurz
John Schulenburg
Mrs. Green
Eli Henderson
Scool
George Hockerson
Grand Jury Indictment Explained as True Bill
The grand jury returns a true bill when it charges a person with an illegal act after reviewing presented evidence. An indictment results from the jury's finding that a crime has been committed by a named individual.
Longest Tunnels Across Regions and Ages
The Simplon tunnel through the Alps is 64 971 feet long and opened in 1905 with a thin tunnel added in 1921. In the United States the Cascade tunnel in Washington state measures 7.79 miles and was dedicated by President Sloover on January 12, 1629.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simplon
Alps Mountains
Cascade
Great Northern Railway
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Sloover
Early American Railroad Timeline Revival and Completion
The Cincinnati to St Louis railroad first chartered in 1832 saw no build start. In 1848 surveys began November 1. The first section opened Cincinnati to Cochran on April 2, 1854 and the line completed in 1857 under the Ohio and Mississippi railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Carter
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Cochran
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grand Prairie
Anna Jorgensen
Nels Johnson
A. G. Weaver
Dan Buert
Denver
Sam Irwin
James Irwin
Dorothy
Marjorie Lou
Clarice Mae
Drew Nelson
William Rohde
Chris
Vernon McManes
Ralph Mitchell
OshEosh
Rupert
Jesse Yest
Alfred Jorgensen
Ethel
Dorothy Irwin
Epworth League
M. E
John Engel
Gurley
George Storenberg
Anna Storenberg
Frank Beyer
Andred Beyer
Dreadwater
Paul Meyer
Mr. Sachs
Irene and
Kenneth
Bloomfield
Fete Beyer
John Borcher
Ilene Moser
Joe Beyer
Bernard
Ray
Pacific
Union Pacific Stages
Sidney Chicago
Salt Lake
Los Angeles
SIDN
Union Pacific
Feil
Grand Jury
Helen
The
Liberty State Bank
Sidney, Nebraska
Coats
Paris
Yle
Nty
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