THE STAPLETON ENTERPRISE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2017 Page 6

Monday, December 11 -Hamburger gravy withrice and peas.

Tuesday, December 12 -Chicken drummies,mashed potatoes andcorn.

Wednesday, December13 - Hot beef sandwich,

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mashed potatoes andgreen beans.

Thursday, December 14 -Barbecue riblet sandwich,baked beans and Frenchfries.

Friday, December 15 -Tater crust cod, Au Gratinpotatoes and beets.

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Over The Hills By J.R. Trumbull

Quote: “Good peopledon’t become legends.They just do what’sright.” Unknown

Two positive thoughts tobegin your day -

1. Happiness is always achoice, but it comes fromwithin. You cannot find itoutside yourself.

2. God never puts adream in your heart thatmatches your budget.He's not checking yourbank account. He's check-ing your faith

The biggest lies are theones we tell ourselves.

1. I can’t. Yes you can.And you know it.

2. I’m too tired. Fromdoing what? Looking atyour phone or computerall day?

3. I need it. No. Youprobably don’t.

4. I don’t have time.Yes you do. You’re justchoosing to spend it onsomething else.

5. That’s just the way Iam. And I’m way tooscared to try to better my-self.

6. I’ll start tomorrow.And tomorrow you’ll findanother excuse.

7. They don’t under-stand. Yeah, they proba-bly do. You just don’t likewhat they said.

These are all lies thatI’ve told myself. Some Icontinue to make. But aslong as we have breath,we can get better. And weget better by the truthand by faith.

Locks are never manu-factured without a key ora combination. God

TEN YEARS AGODECEMBER 6, 2007

County Treasurer, Sha-reen Munson, was educat-ing the Government classon the basics of real estateand motor vehicle taxes.Students participatingwere Jordan Lovitt, MattDaly, Chris Burch, TashaMiller, Amy Waits, TyrelFischer, Tui Bogo Borow-icz, Amanda Morgan, BenCochran, Jalyn Starr, JakeSowders, Duell Arensdorf,Meka Melvin, PetarPavlovic, Nicole Fiecht-ner, and Kate Seifer.

Wilma and Chart Nichol-son received their 50-yearmembership pins fromPastor Lynda Parson atthe Tryon UnitedMethodist Church serv-ices on November 18. Re-ceiving Bibles were WillStickney, Maggie Waits,and Allysa Waits.

At the recent Paxtonfamily Thanksgiving din-ner, Fay Connell had theprivilege of having twosets of five generations inattendance. Pictured withFay were Sam Connell,holding his great-grand-son, Ethan Weems andDan Connell holding hisgreat-grandson, PaxtonBierman. Also picturedwere Kathy Connell, Brid-get Weems, Deb Hall andLeron Bierman.

The One-Act cast fromMCHS received the toprating of "Superior" at dis-tricts held November 26at Sandhills High Schoolat Dunning. The six stu-dents in the cast were Jor-dan Lovitt, Jake Sowders,Tasha Miller, Duell Arens-dorf, Kate Seifer andTyrel Fischer.

TWENTY YEARS AGODECEMBER 4, 1997

The Ken Schmidt familyof Flower Mound, Texas,were making plans tospend Thanksgiving withtheir parents, when theywere injured in a car acci-dent just two blocks fromtheir home.

The quote in J.R. Trum-bull's "Over the Hills" thatweek was "Blessed arethose who give withoutremembering and receivewithout forgetting."

"The Mouse's Tale"would be presented bythe children of the Ring-gold Free MethodistChurch.

Todd Schroder and TimSchmidt were the loneseniors on Tryon's varsitybasketball team that sea-son. There were three sen-ior girls, Darla Arensdorf,Tara Connell, and ToniKemp, playing on the 12member team.

THIRTY YEARS AGODECEMBER 10, 1987

Fifty-six people gatheredat the Tryon Lodge Hall,December 5, for the an-nual Christmas dinnerand program given by theTryon Rebekahs for thesenior citizens in Tryon.

An announcement wasmade by Alice Lutes that aCPR refresher class wouldbe held at the courthouseDecember 14. Instructorswould be Larry and HelenTrumbull.

Sue Stickney fromMcPherson County waschosen to receive the JohnSautter Memorial Awardfor 1987. The award in-cluded a recognition cer-tificate, an engravedplaque and $100.00, andwould be presented bythe Sautter family at theUpper Loup NRD Christ-mas supper on Dec. 14.

A house warming partyand Christmas soup sup-per was held December 3at the home of Orvilleand Dessie Bellew, whorecently moved intoTryon from their placesouth of town.

Over 40 people attendedthe program held at theWesleyan Church inTryon, Sunday evening,

December 6.FORTY YEARS AGODECEMBER 8, 1977

Tryon coasted to a 72-42basketball win overOconto. Coach Perry saidthe team played tough de-fense and did not let themget started. Leading scor-ers for Tryon were AlanMiller, 26 points and ninerebounds, and RickTrumbull, 14 points. RexKemp pulled down six re-bounds.

Nona Moore had ex-tended a thank you to theMcPherson County FarmBureau for naming her"Woman of the Year."

Mrs. Dorothy Kramer re-ceived her 20 year pin asa 4-H leader at the annual4-H Leader's Banquet andExtension Board meetingin Tryon.

John Kramer, Tryon,and Dan Witthuhn, Sta-pleton, were elected to theextension board to re-place retiring membersDale Pettit, Tryon, andJerry Johnson, Stapleton.

Mr. and Mrs. HerschelMoore returned from a10-day trip to Californiawhere they visited friendsat Littlerock and attendeda class reunion at River-side. They also visitedUniversal Studio in Holly-wood.

FIFTY YEARS AGODECEMBER 7, 1967

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cor-rell returned from a 9-daytrip to Kansas, Oklahoma,and Missouri. Frank at-tended his first class re-union in 44 years inPineville, Missouri.

The Harmony Home-makers Club met withTheresa Trembly andMrs. Daisy Rundback.Mrs. Forrest Kugler hadcharge of the lesson.

The MCHS basketballteam opened their seasonwith a loss to Farnam anda win over Brewster. Lead-ing scorers in the Farnamgame were Gary Correll,39 points; Allen Kinsman,14; Randy Munson, sixand Rocky Nicholson,four.

Mrs. Jean Hora would di-rect the Christmas Can-tata on December 20 inthe high school audito-rium. The public was in-vited to "The Heaven'sDeclare."

Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Cor-rell and family movedonto the Parson place Sat-urday.

County SuperintendentHelen Waits was attend-ing a superintendent'sconvention in Lincoln.

SIXTY YEARS AGODECEMBER 5, 1957

Mrs. Darlene Waits ofTryon had been elected torepresent the McPhersonCounty Teachers Associa-tion Education Associa-tion at the Nebraska StateEducation Association'sannual Delegate Assemblyin Lincoln.

A new grocery, hard-ware and general mer-chandise store wouldsoon open at Ringgoldunder the management ofMr. and Mrs. L.H. Babband John. The summerhad been spent remodel-ing the previous storebuilding.

Wayne Pyzer, son of Mr.and Mrs. Harry Pyzer ofLakeport, California, hadbeen selected as the foot-ball player of the week atClear Lake High School.

George Kahoe, a localrancher, was quite seri-ously injured when thehorse he was riding felland then rolled over him.

Deaths: Clara HelenMelius Cash died Novem-ber 29 at North Platte.

SEVENTY YEARS AGODECEMBER 4, 1947

Those on the honor rollfor the second six weekswere Lois Daly, all A's;Willda McNutt, Alfred

Miller, Phyllis Pettit, allA's and B's; and Lila Pyzerand Eunice Miller, all B's.Those on the attendancehonor roll were PaulineFrench, Loren Pyzer,Alma Winters, ArthurFrench, Karl Hunn, MaryLou Rundback, LeRoyDaly, Lois Daly, Wilda Mc-Nutt, Phyllis Pettit, DonDaly, Burrel French, andJoan Haney.

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Haaseand daughter had movedto the Dora Wisner ranchon the Platte bottom.Elvin Saul helped themmove.

McPherson County HighSchool won a very closegame from Baker RuralHigh School in the Tryongym, 24-23. Byron Dalywas high scorer with 15points, Dick Schmidt andSnyder each scored seven,and Ewoldt scored sixwhile Hanna got four,Frey of Stapleton andArthur French eachscored two points.

EIGHTY YEARS AGODECEMBER 2, 1937

Funeral services wereheld November 25 forMrs. Ella Inez Trumbullat the Trumbull homenorth of Ringgold.

Mr. and Mrs. DormanMann were the parents ofa baby girl.

J.J. Hadley, who rangeshis cattle in southeasternMcPherson County,showed the championcarload of Aberdeen-Angus feeder cattle at theinternational livestock ex-position at Chicago.

Sixty-three years ago,John Winterbottom lefthome, and at that time hisbrother, William, was just5. On Friday of last week,William of Brady, stoppedat Vacaville, California, tovisit with his brother,John, the first time thesetwo men met in the last63 years. William was theeditor and publisher ofthe Brady Vindicator, andwas touring the west coastwith his daughter, Mrs.G.H. Rosentrater.

Miss Dollie Lamb, whohad been attending col-lege in Denver, spentThanksgiving vacationwith her parents, Mr. andMrs. Harry Lamb.

NINETY YEARS AGODECEMBER 8, 1927

Artie French was driv-ing a new Chevroletcoach. Walter Stack wasdriving a new Chevrolet.

Dr. Carr of Stapleton wascalled to the Lisle Pyzerhome and he pronouncedthe case Scarlet Tena andthe home was placedunder quarantine.

For many years, therehad been a long drawnout contest for a laid outroad from Sutherland toFlats. McPherson Countyestablished its road fromFlats to its south countyline some years ago, andthe bone of contention, tocomplete the road toSutherland has been inLincoln County. The longdrawn out fight was set-tled Monday when com-missioners granted theroad.

In "The Buffalo" pub-lished for the interests ofthe McPherson CountyHigh School by the 9thgrade English class, it wasreported Miss Poole wasunder quarantine be-cause of being exposed toscarlet fever.

Mable Smolik, a junior,was married on Thanks-giving day to Basil Mc-Mannis.

George M. Andre andfamily were offering 12head of horses, 12 head ofcattle, and 8 head of hogsat a public sale at theirfarm 11 miles west, andtwo miles south of Staple-ton on December 15. Freelunch at noon. Bring yourown cup and spoon.

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never allows problemswithout solutions. Weneed to develop patienceso we can figure out howto handle them.

I am the Way, the Truth,and the Life. No onecomes to the Father ex-cept through the Son. -Jesus of Nazareth

THANK YOU LORDThank You God for this new day,Please be with me all the wayAnd keep me in Your will I pray.

Thank You for the peaceful hills,The singing birds with soothing trills,

The gentle breeze that shows Your will.

We may not see the breeze as it blowsBut we see evidence as it goes

Proof that You too are here below.

We may not see Your presence hereYet know that we should not have fearSince as our Lord You hold us dear.

Thank You God for Your sacrificeThe gift of grace and eternal life

By Father, Son, & Holy Ghost thrice.

Thrice blessed by what we did not earn,Lessons taught to those who learnThat You are the Rock that is firm.

J.R. Trumbull23 Nov 2017

Paxton Family Meets For Thanksgiving

Fifty-seven relatives and friends attended the Paxton Thanksgiving celebrationat the McPherson County High School in Tryon on Thursday, November 23. TheNeal clan hosted the event. There was a lot of good food and visiting taking place.

Pictured above are some of the first cousins, bottom row, l-r: Dan Connell, BarbPatterson, Sam Connell, Shirley Eggers, Terry Neal, Joan Farmer and Jessica War-ren. Top row, l-r: Larry Paxton, Doug Neal, Gayle Neal and Kathleen Fisher.

Come Double Club MeetsNovember 4

Come Double card clubmet November 4, 2017 inthe Commons Area ofMcPherson County HighSchool with 15 membersplaying three tables ofrazzle dazzle.

High scores went to

Doug Schmidt and LindaPaxton and low scoreswent to Terry Neal andMarla Sonnenfelt.

The group met Decem-ber 2 for their Christmascelebration and a potluckwas enjoyed.

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