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Newspaper

Steele City Press

Location

Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1923

Page

4

Meeting to Elect Cemetery Officers and Plan Memorial Day

A meeting will be held in the opera house next Monday evening May 14 to elect officers for the cemetery association and arrange observances for Memorial Day. Also notes about a nearly new Kimball piano for sale and local obituaries and school board updates from Steele City and surrounding areas. Several teachers’ contracts have been signed with two positions still open, plus residents seek missing terms for next year.

Opera House Cemetery Association E. O. Cassell Vernon C. Cox Blee Hill Elsie Babcock Steele City Richard

Two Men Pin Under Car In Beatrice Area Crash

Mr. and Mrs. 8. B. Hurst and Mr. and Mrs. Rolly Dill and Mrs. D. Melvin of Fairbury were in a Buick four miles west of Beatrice when the car caught fire after a tower. Dill suffered four fractured ribs and Hurst severe wrist cuts. both men were pinned under the burning vehicle. Women and children escaped unharmed. passersby freed the men. Dil ls were former Steele City residents.

8. B. Hurst Rolly Dill D. Melvin Fairbury Beatrice Dill Hurst Mrs. Dill Steele City

First Moving Picture Shown in Hollenberg Electric Theatre

Report from Hollenberg details a first moving picture at the Electric theatre last Friday night. Local residents Mr. and Mrs Wm Else and Mr. and Mrs Jaggers of Simia Colorado visited Loval Else’s last week. Mr. Jargers plans to locate in Limon Junction Colorado. A May 8 freeze was observed last night.

Andrews Arlee Petsch Lulu Electric Theatre Hollenberg Wm. Else Jaggers Simia Colorado Loval Else’s Jargers Limon Junction Neilie Megonigie Fern Townsend

Rural Life Notes From Rocky Hollow Town

Farmers plant corn this week while Orville Belding recovers at home. H H Wiebe and family visited in Jansen. Russell Troxel names twin girls Lola and Lila. Endicott Sunday School Convention drew many locals. Lydia Belding becomes a dishwasher at Ideal Cafe in Fairbury. Frank Fentiman moved cattle and livestock from Liberty to his pasture. Asche family of Washington Kansas visited Tom Goen. Will Jones Sr George Schmidt and families hosted at Will Jones Jr residence. Eva Breazeale helped with Will Jones Jr then returned home.

Orville Belding H. H. Wiebe Jansen Russell Troxei Lola Lila Endicott Lydia Belding Ideal Cafe Fairbury Frank Fentiman Liberty Will Jones Sr George Schmidt Will Jones Jr

Interscholastic Contests Delayed. Banquet Honors Juniors

Rain postponed the county Interscholastic Contest with Steele City absent as contestants dropped out. May 4 saw the Junior Senior Banquet at the C. C. Andrews home, with Senior colors, speeches on Building and Structure, toast master Wallace Palmer, and a Junior mother prepared feast. Commencement address planned for May 18 by Dean B. E. McProud. Funds totaling 136.31 deposited to Water Equipment Fund. 15.96 from grade school program. Spelling certificates awarded to Marvin Drake and Laura Phelps. Grade songs The Dandelion and The Daisy noted. History class studies prewar Europe. Algebra on logarithms. bird trip observations. penmanship progress pins issued to Sherman Goldsberry.

C. C. Andrews Wallace Palmer Knauer Grace Deems LaRhee Greenwood Farmers State Bank

Cemetery Association Receipts 1922 23 Steele City Neb

Report lists money received by the Cemetery Association of Steele City Nebraska from May 1 1922 to May 1 1923. Items include various donors with small sums and a balance on hand shown as 984.96 dollars. Also contains unrelated horticultural note and Uncle Eben quote from Washington Evening Star.

Cemetery Association of Steele City Neb Duvall G.A. Hawley Sweetee Eva C. Hamsey Carl McDonald Eben Uncle Eben Washington Evening Star

Estate of Anna J Roelis Will Probated in Court

In the matter of the estate of Anna J Roelis deceased August Roelis petitions to prove and record the instrument filed May 4 1923 as the last will and testament and for probate and approval of said will.

Touiroen Gonane Anna J. Roelis August Roelis Anne J. Rosifer

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