THE STAPLETON ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2017 Page 6

TEN YEARS AGOAPRIL 12, 2007

Amanda Morgan andBen Cochran have beenchosen as the delegates tothe Cornhusker Girl’s andBoy’s State by AmericanLegion Post 189 and theirAuxiliary.

Taylor Lovitt and DaveChristopher both placedat the Mid Plains Commu-nity Inter High Day.

Taylor Rae Lovitt wasthis week’s senior spot-light.

TWENTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 17, 1997

Arbor Day will be ob-served on the CourthouseLawn on April 30. TheMcPherson CountySchool students would beparticipating.

Jay D. Powers is thisweek’s Senior Spotlight.

Deaths: Ted ForrestClapper, April 4.

FORTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 14, 1977

An Easter program atthe Tryon WesleyanChurch was enjoyed bythose in attendance.Those preforming wereAnna Pinkerton, MarvinGove, Melvin and AudreyBrown, Dale and DorothyBersley, the Karl Kempfamily, and the ChurchChoir.

The soddy was almostfull Sunday when a good-sized crowd gathered forEaster Services and vis-ited with Rev. and Mrs.Ralph Chamberlain of Pe-quot, Minnesota. TheChamberlains were mo-bile ministers throughout

all western Nebraska.FIFTY YEARS AGO

APRIL 13, 1967Dervin Barner, 15, old-

est son of Mr. and Mrs.Denny Barner of Staple-ton, had the misfortuneof breaking his left armwhile riding his bicycleSunday.

Funeral services wereheld April 13 for Mrs. Ger-ald (Connie Rae) Tucker,age 23, who was fatally in-jured in a hay sled acci-dent at her ranch home30 miles northwest ofTryon.

The 1967 Senior class ofMcPherson County HighSchool presented theirclass play, “HolidayHouse,” last Friday andSaturday in the school au-ditorium. Seniors wereDan Nicholson, VickiKinsman, Darwin Mun-son, Jackie Trumbull, WyBellew, Shara McNutt,Leslie Anway and RickBlack.

SEVENTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 10, 1947

Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Har-vey have moved intoTryon and are living inthe Parsonage until theyget their house built.

Ruby Mann Wayman,the daughter of the lateLewis Mann of Tryon, wasunited in marriage toAdolph Sanson of BuffaloGap, South Dakota at aninformal wedding cere-mony performed PalmSunday.

Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeKahoe celebrated their25th wedding anniver-

sary on Easter Sunday.EIGHTY YEARS AGO

APRIL 15, 1937Beulah Dutrow, daugh-

ter of Mr. and Mrs. E.M.Dutrow, and a sophomorein the McPherson CountyHigh School, won thirdplace rating in the Extem-poraneous Division at theDistrict Declamatory con-test held at Gibbon lastFriday.

Mr. and Mrs. HershelMoore are the proud par-ents of a baby boy born tothem at Tryon aboutnoon Tuesday, April 13.

During the storm Sun-day evening lightningstruck the windmilltower at the Whittakerfarm. The charge fol-lowed a radio aerial intothe house and damaged aradio set. Members of thefamily were frightenedbut uninjured.

NINETY YEARS AGOAPRIL 13, 1927

The play to be given bythe Ladies’ Aid Saturdaynight is sure to be ahumdinger.

Ed James recentlyrented the Allen houseand has moved his familyto town. Mr. James in-tended to farm this sea-son but was unable tofind a place not alreadyrented.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Yankinare moving to their newhome at Lilac.

Mr. and Mrs. GlenCarter are the proud par-ents of a baby boy bornApril 8.

Monday, April 17 - Ham-burger patty with gravy,mashed potatoes and car-rots.

Tuesday, April 18 -Sloppy Joe, baked beansand French fries.

Wednesday, April 19 -Pork chops, baked pota-toes and peas.

Thursday, April 20 -Swiss steak, mashed pota-toes and green beans

Friday, April 21 - Grilledham and cheese sandwichwith chicken noodlesoup.

Aunt Bea’sSenior MealsLunch Menu

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Happenings(Continued from page 3)

Notable Quotes

One day while it was storming,I watched the clouds a’roiling

And thought how they resembled life.Some things are so appealing

Even though they send us reelingThey’re not worth the pain and strife.

Then the rainbow appearsAnd all life seems clear

For a precious moment there is quiet.In the west, lightening flashed,

Our tranquil thoughts are dashedAs life once more become a riot.

Stormy times or not, turn to God.Seek His discerning nod

As your travel through the weather of this life.He will guide you on your way,

Be with you day by dayAs you journey mid fair weather or in strife.

J.R. Trumbull5 August 2009

Quote: “Life’s tragedy iswe get old too soon andwise too late.” ~ BenjaminFranklin

37. Your children getonly one childhood. Makeit memorable.

38. Read the Psalms.They cover every humanemotion.

39. Get outside everyday. Miracles are waitingeverywhere.

40. If we all threw ourproblems in a pile andsaw everyone else's, we'dgrab ours back.

41. Don't audit life.Show up and make themost of it now.

42. Get rid of anythingthat isn't useful, beautifulor joyful.

43. All that truly mattersin the end is that youloved.

44. Envy is a waste oftime. You already have allyou need.

45. The best is yet tocome.

46. No matter how youfeel, get up, dress up andshow up.

47. Take a deep breath.It calms the mind.

48. If you don't ask, youdon't get.

49. Yield.50. Life isn't tied with a

bow, but it's still a gift.And a few more

thoughts tacked on:51. A person can break

your heart and damageyour pride but never, evergive them power to breakyour spirit.

52. Happiness comes alot easier when you stopcomplaining about yourproblems and start beinggrateful for the problemsyou don’t have.

53. To let go doesn’tmean you stop caring. Itmeans you can’t do it forsomeone else.

54. To let go doesn’tmean to cut yourself off…it means you realize youcan’t control someoneelse.

STORMY WEATHER

Over The Hills

By J.R. Trumbull

55. Maybe life isn’tabout avoiding bruises.Maybe it is about collect-ing the scars to prove thatwe showed up for it.

56. You sometimes haveto close doors and leavethem closed because theylead to nowhere.

57. Be defined by yourthoughts, your heart, andyour ideas…not by the

negativity or judgment ofothers.

58. When you can’t con-trol what’s happening,challenge yourself to con-trol the way you respondto what’s happening.That’s where your poweris.

“Coincidence is God’sway of remaining anony-mous.” ~ Albert Einstein

New ArrivalsSam Pearson

and Jennifer Mc-Mullen of Linden,Alabama are theproud parents ofa son. LeviMatthew Pearsonwas born at 11:30p.m. on Sunday,April 2, 2017. Heweighed 6 lbs. 5oz. and measured19” long.

Jacque Trum-bull of Stapletonis the proudGrammy of thenewest memberof the family.

Dean Elliott also visit. Kat Boyer’s visitors in-

cluded Doug and LindaBoyer, Ron Boyer andMike Kvanvig and family.

Thurman Licking hadseveral visitors over theweekend.

Tom Prentice and MartyBoyer enjoy visiting fre-quently with Toni Dutton,Robert and Bonnie Pren-tice, Leroy and Gina Pren-tice.

Virginia Wright’s visi-tors included Cindy Pear-man and Miss Koko andJohn Wright.

Minnie Mary Hamiltonenjoys visiting with CindyPearman. Mark and TylerTeahon were here to visit

one day last week.Lennard and Crystal

Swisher enjoy visitingwith Dean Elliott and alsoenjoy frequent phonecalls with Francis andJodi Swisher.

Kenny Phipps’s visitorsincluded Barb McCully,Marilyn Meredith, Jessicaand Makenna Biltoft andJim Johnston.

Other visitors this weekinclude John and TerriParsons and the Forseenfamily.

Please don’t forget tosign our guestbook whenyou visit.

We would like to invitethe community to our an-nual Easter Egg Hunt onFriday, April 14th at 2:00p.m. Children ages 0-6 are

Benefit dinner for Tom &Rose Licking planned

A benefit spaghetti dinner for Rose and Tom Licking is being planned Saturday,April 15, from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the Hooker County Fairgrounds.

Tom and Rose were involved in a ranching accident with one of their bulls andboth are currently on the mend. Rose remains at Good Samaritan Rehabilitationin Kearney and is hoping to return home very soon. Tom is up and about and tend-ing to the ranching and making frequent trips back and forth to Kearney to bewith Rose.

The benefit is being sponsored by Chuckwagon 'n Jug of Mullen, and the MullenLion’s Club.

Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy a good meal and support Rose andTom Licking.

welcome to come up andhunt for eggs, play somegames and visit with theresidents! Can’t wait tosee you!

Until next week…

There is this differencebetween the grief ofyouth and that of old age:youth's burden is light-ened by as much of it asanother shares; old agemay give and give, but thesorrow remains the same.

O. HENRY, "The Countand the Wedding Guest"

Old age is the most un-expected of all the thingsthat can happen to a man.

LEON TROTSKY,Diary in Exile