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Echoes of the Past
Nov. 19, 2003
columns by Helen Selee

100 Years Ago - 1903

Prof. Stevenson left for his old home in Fullerton on last Saturday morning. We are sorry he was unable to manage the school, but it seems it got the best of him and his second wind and grip failed to come and he had to let loose. He seemed like a decent young man and it seems bad to have such a termination of affairs.

When the Journal went to press last week it was supposed that Miss Glover had been secured as principal of the Gordon school, but later there was a disagreement on salary and she did not take the position. Prof. Henry Rauback was visiting in town and not having a permanent position, his services were procured.

Prof. Rauback is the seventh person that had been engaged for the Gordon school since the board first solicited for professors. Seven is the Biblical number and it ought to stick. It may be that he is the seventh son of a seventh daughter and, according to the art of fortune telling, this is a very important omen.

Claude Brewer has quit his job at The Snap and Roy Beckwith has taken the vacancy made by Claude.

Theo. Allen, once of this place, was married in Chadron last week to Mrs. Minnie Potter.

D.W. Moffatt returned last Friday morning from an extended trip to Wyoming, having driven by wagon about 400 miles. He says that when he left there was about four inches of snow, with all kinds of prospects for more. Stand up for Sheridan county.

This has been such a prosperous season in Sheridan county that even the hens have become so independent that they will not lay eggs for twenty cents a dozen.

Don't fail to see the Corbett and Jeffries late fight at the Opera House. It shows each and every detail from the introduction to the knock-out, true to life in every movement, as taken at the ring side iuckwheat flour and maple syrup at The Fair.

Why not buy Pillsbury's Best flour at Jordan's?

I am now handling the celebrated brands of Harvard flour, made of first-class winter wheat, this flour guaranteed. --C.C. Parker.

A surprise birthday party was given on Henry Rye, Sr., on Friday evening of last week.

Mrs. Robert McNemar has been quite sick for several days, but was improving at last accounts. Robert McNemar returned the first of last week from his trip selling horses.

Last week Freeman Mills bought out the interest of W.W. Parsons in The Fair store. Mr. Mills is a mighty good business manager and rustler and we consider a great acquisition to The Fair. We are not informed as to the intentions of Mr. Parsons, but we will be glad to hear that he will stay among us in some line of business.

On Thursday, J.C. Jordan got a whiff up his nostril that H.G. Lyon had gone to the depot to send out an order to Montgomery, Roebuck & Co. for a steel range. Mr. J., in a double-quick hurry, had one of his best steel ranges dumped into the delivery wagon and he struck for the depot with it at a three-minute gait. He gave a sign of distress and inveighled Mr. L. out to the wagon and after a short discussion of merit and prices, the range was sold F.O.B.

See the illustrated songs of Little Boy Blue, Down on the Farm , In the Village by the Sea, At the Banquet of Misery Hail, and There's a Mother Awaiting You at Home Sweet Home as sung by Eva LeRoy at the Gordon Opera House, Monday night, Nov. 23.

A masquerade ball will be given Thanksgiving night in the interest of the baseball team.

R. Case, F. Fitch and Ira Johnson were added to the Journal family this week.

Geo. Jones numbered himself among the true and the brave by becoming a subscriber this week.

J.M. Barto is in the sheep business again. He unloaded 3,000 fine wethers at this place Wednesday, which he expects to feed until about next May. He says they are the nicest sheep that have been in these parts for some time, and came from Wyoming.

Mrs. Clara Sullivan returned from Omaha the latter part of last week.

I have the best gasoline lamps ever sold in Gordon. Prices from $2.50 up.--E.A.Waterman, The West Side Jeweler.

As soon as the editor gets time he intends to take a Gatlin gun and go out to capture a few country correspondents.

Mrs. Crowder and daughter returned to Gordon Sunday morning from Indiana, where they have been visiting for several weeks.

Charley King returned home Tuesday morning. He has been running the engine for the merry-go-round that was here some time ago. It went in to quarters for the winter in a building at Crawford.

Monday morning a part of the school was dismissed because the fire was not sufficient to keep the children warm. If this occurs now, what can we expect when, metaphorically speaking, the register is 200 or 300 below zero.

GOLD IN HENS
On Wednesday of last week, while dressing some chickens, Mrs. George Beamer cut open the gizzard of a hen and found in it a gold nugget. Mr. Beamer brought the same to town and had it tested and it proved to be the real article. Just where the hen dug her gold is not certain, but George says he always believed there is gold in the hills and that now he knows it. It is no wonder eggs are so high when the hens are using gold nuggets in their gizzards to help grind their grub with.

Cash Parker cannot work us on the sausage deal any more. He has what is called Brookfield Farm Sausage put up in boxes, the box, the paper and the sausage weighing a pound and selling for 20 cents. We do not know what the Brookfield means. It did not come from the farm as Armour's made it, but it did look like sausage. After frying the so-called pound, it looked like a small hand full of rat tails. No, we don t want any more rat tails in disguise.

Q. Thatcher, a brother-in-law of Farmer Joy, arrived here Monday from California and, so we are informed, soon takes charge of the pool hall.

75 Years Ago - 1928

Eight members of the High School Glee club ---Ruejune Brooks, Esther Clark, Gwendolyn Purdy, Pauline Paul, Gordon Hull, Verlin Hutton, Fay Stouffer and James Watson--represented our high school in a Northwestern Nebraska high school chorus which sang at the teachers convention at Chadron on Friday evening. The sixty members in the chorus representing Bayard, Alliance, Chadron and Gordon, were trained by their local instructors and held one rehearsal together in Chadron Friday morning.

Plans were made for all the high schools in this section to compete for a trophy in football, basketball and track, when the Northwestern Nebraska Athletic Association was organized at Chadron on November 2nd. All the high schools from Valentine to Harrison and Hemingford will be included in the association. The following officers were elected by the new association: John Mercer, principal of Gordon High School, president; E.M. Samuelson, Rushville, vice-president; and Coach R.R. Noyes from Chadron, secretary-treasurer.

Jules Sandoz Passes Away. Jules A. Sandoz, well-known horticulturist and owner of western Nebraska's famous fruit farm, passed away at 10 a.m. Tuesday, (Nov. 13) at St. Joseph's hospital in Alliance, after a lingering illness of nearly a year. Those surviving of his immediate family are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Marie Macumber, teacher in the Lincoln schools; Flora and Caroline, at home; three sons, Jules A. Jr., James and Fred, all residing here; a brother, P. Sandoz, living near Hay Springs. Jules Sandoz was born April 21, 1858 at Fontoines Neuchatel, Switzerland. Several years after arriving at young manhood he served the country of his birth in the capacity of mail clerk in the government railway service. He arrived in America in May 1881, settled first at Verdigre, Nebr. His first visit to this section of the state was in the fall of that same year, although he lived in Knox county for three years. Shortly after permanently locating here he met with an accident while sinking a well, that made him a cripple for life. The accident, however, put him in touch with Dr. Walter Reed, then post surgeon at Fort Robinson, who later exalted his profession to the greatest human heights by giving his life in conquering the germs of yellow fever.

Mr. Sandoz formed the friendship of all tribes of Indians in those early days. Many are the missions of peace and wise and helpful counsel that marked his years of association with them.

Mr. and Mrs. William Cearns announce the birth of a son, November 3rd.

Aaron Grover, nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grover, was killed Tuesday morning about eleven o clock when the horse on which he was riding, stepped into a hole and fell upon him. The horse's neck was broken in the fall and he fell upon the boy, crushing him. The accident occurred at the father's home twenty miles southwest of Gordon. The boy was gone longer than the mother thought he should be and upon searching for him, she found him dead. Mr. Grover was in town and was notified as soon as possible. It is a sad loss in this family and their many friends and neighbors sympathize with them deeply in the tragically death of their son. Aaron Carl Grover was born in Gordon, February 28, 1919, and departed this life on November 13, 1928. Funeral services were conducted from the Church of God on Wednesday afternoon. Burial was in the Gordon cemetery.

George Reynolds, former railway employee on the Black Hills division and well known automobile salesman in the Chadron region, died at 10:30 last Friday night from injuries received when the automobile driven by Frank Krotz, of White Clay, crashed into the rear of Mr. Reynold's automobile near the Alpha school, three miles east of Chadron. At the time of the collision, Mr. Reynolds had stopped at the edge of the highway to change a tire, and when the impact of the two cars occurred he was standing behind the car removing the spare tire from the tire carrier. He died three hours later in the hospital at Chadron.

50 Years Ago - 1953

Joan Burress, Gordon high school senior, was crowned 1953 Nebraska Wheat Queen at ceremonies held Wednesday evening in Chadron.

Dean William Harris, 15, of Gordon, was among 19 4-H'ers in Nebraska named as champion of the state in their club projects and activities. Dean, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Harris, has completed 10 projects in soil and water conservation with a net income of $2,272.

Walter Schmidt, Gordon, was one of 27 Nebraska 4-H club members named as winners of a coveted trip to the national club congress at Chicago. Walter was named for his farm and home electric project in which he completed 48 projects in nine years with a net income of $4,632.95. Walter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schmidt of Gordon.

Involved and exacting duties of Gordon High School band drum majorette fell this year on the capable shoulders of Donna Armstrong. With a flawless sense of timing and rhythm, the brown-haired, blue-eyed senior led the musicians through intricate figures and patterns during halftime floor shows. Donna is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Armstrong of the Pleasant Hill community.

Mr. and Mrs. Merle Metcalf are the parents of a daughter, Judy Lynn, born Nov. 8, 1953.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gealy are the parents of a son born Nov. 10, 1953.

The Golden Rule 4-H club held its election at their reorganization meeting held Nov. 6 at the Hugh Allison home. Officers elected for the new club year were: Sharon Berndt, president; Alex Allison, vice-president; Marilyn Eckerle, secretary; Carol Berndt and Janell Eckerle, news reporters; Emerson Eckerle, leader, and Mrs. Hugh Allison, asst. leader.

WITH OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE

*Larry Holst AKAA, Quonset Point, R.I.
*Cpl. Henry J. Otte, APO, New York, N.Y.
*A/2C Ronald Hamilton, Lake Charles, La.
*Pvt. Jerry Jackson, Walter Reed Medical Army Section, Washington, D.C.
*Pvt. Norman Hamilton, Camp Chaffee, Ark.
*James W. Rusk, FN, San Diego, Calif.
*Cpl. James E. Gran, APO, San Francisco, Calif.
* Pfc. James R. Hickman, Leadville, Colo.

The wedding of Janet Brundage and James Hickman was solemnized Saturday, Oct. 24 at Chadron. Attendants were Miss Betty Royal and Robert Hickman.

Donaldeen Vinton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Vinton of Gordon, has been named the 1953 recipient of a scholastic award for home economics students at St. Mary-of-the-Woods college, near Terre Haute, Ind.

Lila L. Vollintine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Vollintine, Gordon, has donned the trim blue uniform and silver wings of a United Air Lines stewardess. After an intensive five-week course at the company's stewardess training school, Cheyenne, Wyo., she now serves aboard mainliners flying in and out of Washington.

Heading the sophomore girls club, Capa-Pom-O-Roses at the University of Nebraska's agriculture college will be Martha Schmidt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schmidt. Ann Metzger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Metzger, will be one of the social leaders.

Miss Merry Elizabeth Tilton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Tilton of Gordon, was married to Jerry Edwin , son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Harner of Merriman, on Nov. 8 at Our Savior's Lutheran church.

25 Years Ago - 1978

The city council prefaced its session Tuesday evening, Nov. 9, by honoring Lyn Hilliker, who is retiring after a long record of city employment. Hilliker served as a police officer for many years, and more recently as cemetery superintendent. Mayor Jane Morgan presented him a watch as a token of the city's apprecia-tion for years of dedicated service, and suggested that he now consider joining the auxiliary police force.

Tom Brewer of Gordon received the American Farmer degree from J.Ken Johnson, national president of the Future Farmers of America at the 1978 FFA convention held in Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 7-10. The American Farmer Degree is the highest degree of membership in the FFA.

In other news, Pvt. Thomas R. Brewer was presented a leadership award at the National Guard 1978 non-commissioned officers school held at Camp Guernsey, Wyo.

Debra Sasse, 21 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Sasse of Gordon, is among 16 University of Nebraska-Lincoln college of agriculture students to receive $700 Samuel and Martha McKelvie scholarships. Debra is a senior majoring in ag economics and an honorary member of Alpha Zeta as well as being the recipient of one other UNL scholarship and has been on the university honor roll the last three years. She plans to go on to law school or get a master's degree in ag economics after graduation.

Oscar A. Nelson was presented a 50-year Masonic Lodge membership pin in a special ceremony which took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Metzger in Gordon on Wednesday evening. Nelson originally initiated into the order May 8, 1928, and was released to the degree of master mason Sept. 11, 1928. Nelson has been seriously ill and hospitalized at Gordon for some time and was unable to attend a regular lodge meeting to accept the honor sooner.

Ron Galloway is home in Merriman for two weeks leave from the service. He has been stationed in South Carolina and is being transferred to Alaska. Also home for the weekend were Shirley and Tom Galloway from Sioux City.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bishop are the parents of a seven pound 8½ ounce son born on Nov. 12. He has been named Steven James. Grandma and Grandpa Young are entertaining little Danny Bishop while his mother is in the hospital.

At the South Dakota Indian Education association conference held in Sioux Falls, Maurice Twiss of Batesland was selected as the Outstanding Indian Education of the Year by his fellow educators. For the past three years Maurice has held the position of federal programs coordinator for the Shannon county school system. Work experience for him includes nine years of teaching, one year as a counselor and three years at University of South Dakota center satellite program training Indian students in guidance and counseling.

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