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TEN YEARS AGOJULY 9, 2009

Clara Mable Daly, age 97,of North Platte, passedaway June 30, 2009 at Lin-den Court. Born Decem-ber 14, 1911 to KateFinley and Walter H. Win-ters at their McPhersonCounty home. She was agraduate of McPhersonCounty High School, inTryon, in 1928. She mar-ried Walter G. “Jack” Daly,and they lived on a ranchin McPherson County.She is survived by threechildren, 11 grandchil-dren, 25 great-grandchil-dren, and 9great-great-grandchil-dren. Services were heldJuly 3, 2009 at the TryonMethodist Church.

Hall Church VacationBible School to be held onJuly 20 through July 24from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30a.m. This year the chil-dren will be learning acourse called “From Rain-drops to Rainbows.”Come out to the HallChurch north of Ringgoldto attend.

The Air National Guardflew over many cemeter-ies across Nebraska onMemorial Day. MillerCemetery, in Tryon, wasone of the cemeteries se-lected. Many residentsgathered at the cemetery

to watch the aircraft passover.

TWENTY YEARS AGOJULY 8, 1999

Funeral services forStacey Paul Musser, 32, ofTryon, who died June 27,1999, at Omaha Nebraska,were held at the EclipseChurch northwest ofTryon on Thursday, July1. Stacey was born to Don-ald E. and Daisy LeeMusser in North Platte.He was raised and at-tended school in Tryon.He is survived by his par-ents and 9 siblings.

Alice Lutes of Tryon, re-ceived a badly brokenankle Friday afternoon,July 2, while working at aBible camp at Wellfleet,Nebraska. The last campof the season was overand Alice was packingand carrying things to hercar when the accident oc-curred. She was taken toGreat Plains RegionalMedical Center in NorthPlatte where surgery wasperformed later that sameevening. She was still apatient at the hospital onMonday, July 5.

Eleven 4-H’ers competedin the 1999 Logan-McPherson County Live-stock and Horse JudgingContest. Livestock Judg-ing and Horse Judging forMcPherson County wasJunior, Whitney Trumbullwith a purple, and cloverkid Erin Trumbull.

THIRTY YEARS AGOJULY 13, 1989

Ninety people gatheredfor the Golden Rule Sun-day School reunion, heldJuly 2, 1989 at the Trum-bull Homestead Ranch.

Ernestine Lutes was thefirst Sunday School Su-perintendent and VonPaxton was the last beforeGolden Rule was dis-banded. Both were pres-ent. Following a carry-indinner at 1:00 p.m., a pro-gram which honored Rex.And Mrs. Ralph Chamber-lain from Minnesota, andPearl Miller of Tryon, washeld. The Good NeighborAward was presented toMrs. Miller by Mary Bro-sius, Ak-Sar-Ben Ambassa-dor for this area.

Funeral services forClara L. Power of Tryon,were held Saturday, July8, 1989, at the TryonMethodist Church. TheRex. Don Morton and theRev. Truman Bauer offici-ated. Clara grew up inMcPherson County andgraduated from McPher-son County High Schoolwith the Class of 1927.

A combined birthdayand 4th of July celebra-tion was held at the ChartNicholson and StanleyMunson homes July 4th,with Billy Munson beinghonored on his 15thbirthday.

On Monday of last week,Vernon and Pauline Luteswent to York to meet theirnew great-grandson,Adam, born to Robert andShelli Smart June 26th.

FORTY YEARS AGOJULY 12, 1979

Mr. and Mrs. AlfredMiller, Marsha, Mary andMitzi of North Platte,were hosts for a gathering

Graphic Files

Quote: “If you coulderase all of the mistakesof your past, you wouldprobably erase all the wis-dom of your present.”

UnknownThe 4th of July always

reminds me of freedom.There are many kinds offreedom including free-dom of speech, freedomof worship, freedom tobear arms, and so on.

One thing that I battlecontinuously is “Freedomfrom Clutter”!

It amazes me that I canclear out a space so thatthings don’t look quite ascluttered but I go backlater and all of the STUFFhas expanded to fill thevoid. It’s just not fair!What do you keep? Whatto get rid of? Will I needthat tomorrow if I get ridof it today? Will anyoneelse even use some of thisstuff?

Maybe it has sentimen-tal value to me but does itmean anything to anyoneelse? I do know onething, if I ever have a sale,I want to be elsewhere. Itwould be very hard to seethings that have been apart of my life sell espe-cially if I could tell thatthe person who got itcould really care less.

Life goes on with deci-sions to be made everyday. None of us are get-ting any younger. Evenyou younger folks are get-ting older. Just keep inmind that my age seemedreally old to me when Iwas your age. I like tothink of myself as aunique treasure ratherthan an antique.

Have a Happy and Safe4th of July weekend!

“Don’t be discouragedby what’s not lining up.It’s not over. God is still

Over The HillsJ.R. Trumbull

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Antiques?

That thing on the shelfOr down in the basement,Is it antique or collectible?

Is it or ain’t it?

You used that scaleFor weighing chickens?That precious churn –

For pickles and pickin’s?

Sometime we have no ideaWhat we really treasure,It might be quite valuable

Or it may just be worth pleasure.

It doesn’t really matterAs long as we enjoy itAnd the way it is used

Should be as we see fit.

The stories behind thingsAs they have been handed down

Are the real treasuresWhere memories are found.

A collection is one thing,Pleasant thoughts are another.

I will always treasure the keepsakesFrom family, my Dad and my Mother.

The book value may vary,It may not be a lot

But money’s not true value –Memories can’t be bought!

J.R. Trumbull

2 September 2009

working behind thescenes, things are hap-pening that you cannotsee. Keep thanking Him

that it’s on the way.” Positive Outlooks

for You

Plan NowTo Attend

Priest-WordenAnnual

ReunionThe Priest-Worden Re-

union will be Sunday, July14, 2019, at the RamadaInn in North Platte.Please bring a covereddish for the carry-in din-ner at 1:00 p.m. Paperplates, napkins and silver-ware will be furnished.

There will be worshipmusic and a message at11:30 a.m.

Neal GraduatesFrom KSU

Nearly 3,220 studentscompleted degree re-quirements from KansasState University in spring2019. The graduates arefrom 101 Kansas coun-ties, 48 states and 48countries.

The university awarded2,423 bachelor's degrees,627 master's degrees, 183doctorates — 104 of whichare Doctor of Veterinary

Medicine — and 15 associ-ate degrees. Several stu-dents earned multipledegrees.

Among those receivingdegrees was Derek Neal,of Tryon, with a Bachelorof Science in Agriculture

Derek is the son of Kirkand Barb Neal of Tryonand a graduate of MullenHigh School.

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