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Franke
(Births ~ 04/09/02)
TOPEKA, Kan. -- Heath and Katie Franke of Topeka, Kan. announce the birth of a son, Jonathan Elijah born Wednesday (April 3, 2002). He weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces. Grandparents are Tom and Kay Franke of Herndon and Marvin and Marge Prebble of Valley Falls, Kan...
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Dining experience was, well, different
(Column ~ 04/09/02)
This space is not normally used to critique local eating establishments. Dining is subject to a wide variety of personal tastes. It wouldn't be proper to use the editorial pages to complement or criticize a local business. But the dining experience at the Eagles Club Sunday evening was so unusual; we had to make an exception to the rule...
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Historical Society, Museum valuble part of community
(Column ~ 04/09/02)
Those of us who lived through the majority of the last century take a lot for granted. The "Dirty Thirties," the Republican River Flood, even the show tunes we enjoyed on the radio -- and early television. Looking around the room at Saturday's annual meeting of the High Plains Historical Society, as well as the presentation of the winner of the George W. Norris Foundation essay contest, we became aware of the immense value of the memories and experience represented...
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The comfort passed among people
(Column ~ 04/09/02)
It wasn't a large service. The people who came were mostly relatives and close friends. In the small church at the edge of town, the family took up fully half the pews. Many had traveled a far distance to be together. On the sidewalk in front of the church, there were hugs and exclamations of greeting among those who hadn't seen one another for many months, perhaps even years...
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Rosella Harm
(Obituary ~ 04/09/02)
ELWOOD -- Rosella Harm, 87, died Monday (April 8, 2002) at the Elwood Care Center. She was born Sept. 21, 1914, at Crofton to William and Freida (Filter) Schinkel. As a child, she lived in Brazil Mills before moving to Norfolk. On Dec. 18, 1932, she married William Harm. They lived on a farm southwest of Elwood. In 1969, they moved from the Salem community southwest of Elwood into Elwood...
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Ronald Eugene Wach
(Obituary ~ 04/09/02)
Ronald Eugene Wach was born on July 10, 1938, to Harold and Anna Mae (Graves) Wach at the rural home near Hamlet. He departed this life on April 4, 2002, in McCook, Neb., at the age of 63. He was preceded in death by his parents. He attended a rural grade school north of Hamlet and graduated from Wauneta High School in 1956. On June 5, 1960, he married Jean Maris at Hamlet Union Church in Hamlet, NE. To this union were born two sons, Loran and Jared...
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