THE STAPLETON ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017 Page 6

TEN YEARS AGOAPRIL 12, 2007

The 2007 MCHS Promwas held recently. Seniorclass members picturedwere: Whitney Trumbull,Bret Daly, Margo McNutt,Alek Janecek, Talia Miller,Dave Christopher,Natasha Carr, Matt Fiecht-ner, Taylor Lovitt, KaseyDailey and Anna Licking.

Deaths: Melvin Dike-man, age 90, died April 8,2007.

The Rural Field Day washeld April 16 with stu-dents in Kindergartenthrough sixth grade par-ticipating.

TWENTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 24, 1997

Susan Fox and RichLinegar from the Wild-wood Tree Farm ofGothenburg and SusanStickney and Jack Cottonfrom the McPhersonCounty Tree Boardplanted some new trees atthe Miller Park in Tryonfor Arbor Day.

A North Platte man, JonW. Wilhite, age 36, waskilled in an accident lateTuesday night, April 15,when the southbound ve-hicle he was driving wentoff a curve at the foot ofRussell Hill on Highway97 in Tryon.

Sarah Jayne Schultheissis in the Senior Spotlightthis week.

THIRTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 23, 1987

Cindy Dobbins, daugh-ter of Ron and Lorna Dob-bins of Tryon, was one of18 University of Nebraskaat Lincoln members whoattended the National Col-legiate 4-H Conference atOhio State University.

A large crowd attendedthe sale of the householdgoods and real estate ofLeo Cash in Tryon, Satur-day.

Mike Waits and BettyDaigger were in the Sen-ior Spotlight this week.

FORTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 21, 1977

Janelle Snyder, daughterof Mr. and Mrs. JamesSnyder of Sutherland, hasbeen chosen as the GirlsState Delegate by theAmerican Legion Auxil-iary of Tryon. Named al-ternate was TeanaBullington.

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hig-gins of Halsey, were an-nouncing the engagementof their daughter, MelanieDiane to Charles EmoryDaly, son of Mrs. EvelynDaly and the late EmoryDaly. A June wedding isbeing planned.

McPherson County HighSchool took second in itsdivision April 15 at theScholastic Contest atChadron State College.Winners from Tryon wereScott Brouwer and RexKemp.

FIFTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 20, 1967

Tom Kemp and LloydConnell put down a wellfor Don Neal on Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. FreddieSeifer and Dean attendedthe senior class play inSutherland Fridayevening. Their daughterConnie is a member ofthe senior class there.

The Mart Mather’s, TaftHaddy’s and Tom Ellis’sattended the 40th wed-ding anniversary of Mr.and Mrs. Rufus Shepherdin Sutherland Sunday.

SIXTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 25,1957

A trip to Colorado begin-ning Saturday and endingon Tuesday has beenscheduled for the seniorclass. They plan to see theice capades during thetrip. Those who plan totake cars are Harold Neal,Andrew Carroll and Mrs.Nellie Miller.

Mr. Andrew Carroll,teacher and coach atTryon, received a bad cuton his right hand Mondayfrom a broken windowglass which boke while hewas attempting to close awindow of the highschool building.

Rev. B.D. Hunn camehome Monday and leftagain Tuesday morningfor his evangelistic work.

Mr. and Mrs. JohnnyPower and Mr. and Mrs.Vernon Jameson weresponsors for the highschool roller skatingparty at North PlatteTuesday night.

SEVENTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 24, 1947

On April 20, 1947, MissEvelyn Thompson, daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. OrvilleThompson of Flats, andMr. Robert Shimmin, sonof R.A. Shimmin of Tron,were united in marriageat Center Valley Churchnear Flats.

Miss Evelyn Carrell andTed Correll of Tryon, re-ceived diplomas from theUniversity of NebraskaSchool of Agriculture atCurtis, on April 24. MissJoan Mathers of Flats alsoreceived a diploma.

Don Abel of Lena, un-derwent a major opera-tion in a hospital in NorthPlatte last week. BudPinkerton is carrying theLena mail for Don at pres-ent.

EIGHTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 22, 1937

A dust storm all dayMonday was climaxedthat evening by an Aprilshower that brought atrace of moisture andbrought down tons ofmud which smearedthings up generally.

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wadeand small son expected toleave this week for LoganCounty where they willmake their home. Mr.Wade is employed on thePlatt farm where about600 acres of corn will befarmed this season.

NINETY YEARS AGOAPRIL 21, 1927

A total of 69 seventh andeighth grade studentstook examinations inMcPherson County thisspring. Mona Melvin wasthe student coming thelongest distance. The fol-lowing earned the high-est grades: June Stoddard,bookkeeping; MonaMelvin, mental arith-metic; Dorothy Miller,physiology; Helen VanMeter, bookkeeping; Mar-jorie Faulkner, readingand mental arithmetic.

Miss Ella Baker and Mr.Elmer Higle of Rydal,Kansas were united inmarriage April 6 at theBaptist parsonage at Bel-lville, Kansas. The groomis well known and re-spected, having grown upin this community.

Monday, April 24 - Polishsausage, sauerkraut, scal-loped potatoes and greenbeans.

Tuesday, April 25 -Grilled chicken breast,mashed potatoes andcorn.

Wednesday, April 26 -Barbecue sandwich,baked beans and Frenchfries.

Thursday, April 27 - Sal-isbury steak, mashed po-tatoes and peas.

Friday, April 28 - Fishsandwich, Au Gratin pota-toes and beets.

Monday, May 1 - Hamsteak, baked sweet potatoand hominy

Aunt Bea’sSenior MealsLunch Menu

The Devil was ridingDown the trail one day,Checking things overAnd lookin’ for strays.

He spied a young oneJust wandering around.

Thought to himself,“Another stray I have found.”

Lost and uncertain,Strayed from the herd

But in the back of its mindStood the Holy Word!

The Devil’s persuasiveWhen he gets on a roll

And he knows that flatteryCan take a huge toll.

“You’re a fine looking critter,One I’d cherish to own.

Why don’t you come with meTo a wonderful new home?”

The young one looked at himAs caution filled his thoughts,

“I don’t think I’d better,Ma taught me to do as I ought.”

Devil tried to beguile the young oneWith lush green pastures and fun.He painted pretty word pictures

Of all that could be done.

“Just try it a bit,Why there’s nothing else better

To add age and maturityTo a growing young critter.”

As the young thingTurned to walk away,

The Devil seen somethingThat ruined his day.

For there on its sideFor everyone to view

Was the brand of the MasterObscured by muck and goo.

“Ma’s calling me now,”The young one replied.“She’s reminding me

What I learned at her side.”

“So, off with you stranger,Go elsewhere to look

“Cause I’m going homeTo study that Book.”

A seed deeply plantedShould someday emerge.

Make sure that the young onesKnow God’s Holy Word.

J.R. Trumbull9 Feb 2013

Quote: “What this coun-try needs is dirtier finger-nails and cleaner minds.”

- Will Rogers“I admire people who

choose to shine even afterall the storms they’vebeen through.” - Un-known

The devil doesn’t knowwhat to do with peoplewho just won’t give up, sojust keep plugging along.Even if you aren’t makingany visible progress, youaren’t going backwards.The devil would have usget so down on ourselvesthat we would give up,curl up in a ball of regret,and die in a pool of mis-ery.

You are free to choosewhether to travel thewide, easy road that thedevil would lead you on,or you can choose the nar-row, sometimes difficultway, with Jesus by yourside.

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Over The Hills

By J.R. Trumbull

Amy Coffman is the new librar-ian at the Maxine White Public Li-brary in Sutherland. Amy and herhusband, Will, live north of TinCamp, where he ranches. Theyhave three girls, Megan, age 14,Josie, age 12, and Hazel, age 19months.

Amy was elementary librarian atTryon Schools. She also worked atHershey Public Schools as a para-educator. She served as a substi-tute librarian and discovered howmuch she enjoyed being a librar-ian.

Originally from North Platte,Amy attended college at Mid-Plains, Chadron and Kearney,where she studied early educa-tion.

The library in Sutherland hasmany new books, free Wi-Fi, DVDmovies, audio books and more.

Coffman is newlibrarian at Sutherland

Amy Coffman at her post as the newSutherland Librarian.

Let’s go find some eggs!

The Easter Bunny was tricky and even hid eggs in thetrees as Leyton Connell found out.

The McPherson CountyHigh School freshmenclass held their annualEaster Egg Hunt for theTryon area Pre-Kinder-garten through fifthgraders. This is their an-nual community serviceproject, and is overseenby sponsor, Mrs. LisaVasa.

The students hid dozensof eggs in the Tryon Parkand the youngsters hadfun finding the hiddeneggs checking out all ofthe goodies inside.

MCPHERSON COUNTY SCHOOL PHOTOSSome of the egg huntersare pictured above. L-r:Nevaeh White, DevaneeConnell and Asa Starr,count their finds and seewhat goodies were in-cluded inside them.