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The Culbertson Progress from Culbertson, Nebraska • 2

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W'" k- 'A I I MMWrttMWlll a --fl 1 'V- THE CULBERTSON PROGRESS BEVERLY NEWS Queen Hotshepsut Mr and Mrs Ralph Sheppard of Ufrt McCook and Mrs-Mary Jackson and WAS UI16 Oi WONG TL A SMITH ft SON Publiibera The Culbertson Bank A Culbertson Institution Since 1886 Subscription Prices: $2 par year or $125 for 6 months in Hitchcock Bod "Willow and Hayes counties Nebraska fiid per year or $1 JO for 6 months elsewhere CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 75000 A CL EISENHART President SIMON Cashier EISENHART Vico Pna EISENHART Asat Cashier Entered as second elass mail on June 24 1920 at the postofflcs in Culbertson Neb under tha Act of March 8 1889 Bates for display advertisinf quoted upon request All reading notices axe charged for at 10 per line All copy for display advertisements must be in our office by 6 pjn Tuesday to insure their publication in paper Want ads accepted until 9 am on Thursday NATION Al IDITOtlAl Brilliant Womens -I-- Susan Anthony the Treat feminist and rights advocate was an Alice-ait-by-the-fira compered to Queen Hatehepsuf who reigned over Egypt more teen three-thousand years ago For almost SO yean while she ruled Egypt unofficially Hatshep-mt plotted and Intrigued against the mala member of her-family until fha nice ceded in getting the people to name her She immediately afterward la-aued a royal commend that she be addressed not as but an and always aa She was a vigorous brilliant and strong-minded woman who came forth on state occasions clad in the garments of a man She wore the abort kilt aad sandals and tho great war-helmet of the Pharaohs and even attached to her chin the Pharaoh's long falsa beard Statues and paintings found in tha ruins of the magnificent temple that aha bed ordered to be built near Thebea show bar in this strango attire Thutmoeo IH whom aha had deposed did not get to rule Egypt again until too day Hatehepeut died Mias Anthony who dedicated her Ufa to the cause of righto during the 19th century wee of somewhat more conservative a tore when it came to both personal pronouns and personal attire probably bocauaa of her Quaker background As a result primarily of her efforts an estimated 48 million American women will have the right to vote in the coining presidential flection But only about half that number la expected to take advantage-of the hard-won privilege BELL ROGERS (CLYDE BELL aad SAM ROGERS) FOX LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION ANY TIME ANY PLACE Local and Long-Distance Hauling PHONE 4631 CULBERTSON NEB Along Memory Lane son dam on the Republican river would be located nearer to Trenton than to Culbertson were declared as one had made any commitment as to just where the dam wtnild he located as jretV i-- Mias Chon telle Laurens McFarlahq daughter of Mrs Merle Me Faria ne of Long Beach Calif and Klrwu Eisenhart son-of Mrs Eisenhart of Culbertson were united in marriage Aug 20 1947 at Long Beach Calif t- St Lutheran- church in Culbertson was the scene of the wedding of Miss Rose Beck daughter of Mr and Mra Fred Beck and William Wittwer son of Mr and Mrs Fred Wittwer on Sept 14 1947 TEN YEARS AGO Rev Olan Terrell son of Mr and Mrs Wm Terrell of Culbertson and Miss Helen Jordan of Denver were united in marriage at Sidney Neb oit Aug 22 1942 The couple made their first home in Denver where the groom was a student at the Iliff School of Technology at that time John Spahn 74- a farm resident north of Culbertson from 1899 to 1924 died at Brush Colo on Aug 29 1942 Hitchcock county citizens gave the Axis powers a hard swat by Investing 3430370 in war bonds during August of 1942 1 The county quota for that month was oversubscribed by 60 per cent Alex Koch a resident of the Culbertson community for 87 years died at his home here on Sept 8 1942 He was survived by his widow Katharine two sons Ben and Clarence and two daughters Mrs Marie Lenhart and Mrs Edna Braun Sept 28 1942 was the date set for starting the harvest' of one of the beet crops of sugar beets aver raised in this territory It was predicted that the average yield would be around 16 tons per acre The price of $8 to $9 a ton including government payments was the highest in many years Mr and Mrs Edgar Driscoll of Culbertson received notice that their son Everett a chief petty officer in the navy had been killed in action near Midway island in August of 1942 Everettwas 33 years of age and bad served in the navy for 13 years His widow and two children lived in Boa-ton Mass A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Joe Yost on Sept 14 1942 Culbertson men having orders to report to an army induction center on gation and in an amount not less than Sept 23 1942 were Arvene Lenhart two hundred fifty (260) dollars NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Department of Roads and Irrigation in the State Capitol at Lincoln Nebraska on October 9 1962 until 10:00 am and at that time publicly opened -and read for SAND GRAVEL FOR SURFACING on the HAYES CENTER PALISADE and PALISADE SOUTH Patrols Nos 61009 and 61069 State RoedA The approximate quantity is: 2570 Cu Yds 8and Gravel Surface Codrse Material The attention of bidders is directed to the Special Provisions covering sub-letting or assigning the contract Compliance by the contractor with the standards as to hours of labor prescribed by the Labor Standards Act of 1938" approved June 25 1938 (Public No 718 75th Congress) will be required in the performance of the work under this contract Tho minimum wage paid to all skilled labor employed on this eon-tract shall be one dollar and five cento ($105) per hour except that a minimum wage of one dollar end twenty-five cento (L25) per hour shall ba paid to: Crane Operators Dragline Opera tori Power Shovel Operators Tho minimum wage paid to ell intermediate labor employed on this contract shall be ninety -five (95) cento per hoar The minimum wage paid to ell unskilled labor employed on this contract shall be seventy-five (75) cento per hour Plans end specifications for tha work may be seen end information cured at tho office of tho County Clerk at Hayes Center Nebraska at tho offico of tho County Clerk at Trenton Nebraska at tho office of tho Division Engineer of the Department of Roads and Irrigation at McCook Nebraska or at the office of the Department of Roads and Irrigation at Lincoln Nebraska The successful bidder will' bo required to furnish bond in an amount equal to 100 of his contract As an evidence of good faith in submitting proposal for this work tho bidder must file with hie proposal a certified check made payable to the Department of Roads and Irri- Art Edgett of Logan Kan wen Sunday dinner guesta of Mr and Mrs Bill Weber Afternoon eallen were Hank Smith of Grand Island Neb end Mr and Mrs Guy Roberto and sons of McCook Mr and Mn Non Lankford wore Wednesday evening eallen in the Weber home Mr end Mrs Thome Graham Mias Bertha Mansfield and Mrs Harold Glow of Lincoln were week end guests of Mr and Mrs Carl Gobi Sr Mr and Mrs Graham departed Sunday but Mansfield and Mn- Glow msinod to visit this week with relatives and friends in tha Culbertson community -Mr and Mrs Carl Gobi Sr Mias Bertha Mansfield and Mr Harold Gohl called on Mr and Mrs William Gobi and sons Sunday to help Rithford Gohl celebrate his first birthday Mr and Mrs Carl Gohl Jr and children were Saturday evening viaiton in tha Carl (Mil Sr home Mias Lila Johnson is spending this week in Cambridge where she is visiting her uncle end aunt Mr and Mrs Otto Harsch Mn Anna Baser end daughter Irene attended the wedding of Mias Rosetta Miller and Jock Abbuhl Inst Sunday in Culbertson Mrs Owen Niekola and daughters wars dinner guests of Mr end Mrs A Yonker of Maywood Neb Mr and Mrs Joe Johnson were Sunday evening guests in the Boyd High homo Mr end Mrs Harvey Bauer and children were Sunday afternoon visitors of Mrs McFadden in Stratton Neb Mr and Mrs Lawrence Roussellc were guests at a party held in ob-rervance of tho 26th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mn Bob Roussello Shorty Roggensec and Otto Harsch of Cambridge were Saturday dinner guests of Mr and Mr Joe Johnson A 7 weiner roast wae held at the District 21 school on Tuesday evening New PTA officers were elected for the coming year Those elected were: President Mrs Jake Fries vice president Carl Schaefer eecretary Eunice Bauer treasurer Mrs Carl Gohl Meetings will be held tha fint Monday of every month throughout tho school term The next meeting will be held on Oct 6 with Boyd High and Helm Schaefer on the entertainment committee Everyone is welcome Tho Beverly Project dub met at the home of Mn Lawrence RouaaeUa on Thursday of last week Ten member! were present at the meeting The next meeting win be with Mrs Clarence Bergesoa at Wacfter'G Grocery FIVE YEARS AGO Imperial defeated Culbertson by a score of 10 to 5 in the baseball game at Imperial Sept 7 1947 as a result of timely bitting and the bunching of Culbertson errors at critical points in the contest Reuben Wacker sold his IGA store to Denly Thompson The Wacker food store had been operated by a member of the Wacker family for about half a century In a survey of the 1947 wheat crop in an area comprising seven southwest Nebraska and two northwest Kansas counties Hitchcock county stood third in the list on total production and also ranked third beet on the average yield per acre The Culbertson baseball team tallied six runs in the first five innings in a game with Palisade while holding their opponents hitless and runless and then lost the contest to their opponents by a score of 12 to 8 The much heavier and more experienced Coaad high school football team had things very much its own way in defeating the Culbertson Bears by a 26 to 0 score in the first game Local relatives were notified of the death of Chris Kern a former pro- minent resident of this community at Kings burg Calif on Sept 14 1947 at the age of about 70 years Miss Margaret Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs William Hall of Boone Iowa and Bernard Sanael a former' Culbertson boy were marriM on Sept 16 1947 at Boone Iowa Rumors that the proposed Culbert- BUCCANEER DOG FOOD l-Found Cans STOP SIGN The passenger train had topped at one of those crossovers where an interlocking tower stood The conductor courteously answered aa many questions about tha delay aa ha could but they finally got too better of his patience conductor tha cams yet another query explained toe conductor slowly leverman in toe tower has red hair end keeps ticking his head out tha window and we get the engineer to pass the towerl" BR1MFULL CUT GREEN BEANS Fancy Long Cuts No 2 Cana i 29c 20c BR1MFULL WHOLE APRICOTS Syrup Pack No 2 (ten BR1MFULL SHOESTRING POTATOES Inrga No Can The Progress Printery handles orders for rubber stamps of all kinds Prompt service and reasonable prices aaanied Frogs am able to sing under water because they normally sing with their mouths and nostrils closed The right is reserved to waive all technicalities and reject any or nil bids DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND IRRIGATION Aitken State Engineer Coolidge Division Engineer Leroy Bixlor County dork Hayes County A Gordon County Clerk Hitchcock County (Sept 18-26 Oct 2) Pete Herman and Bob Wacker FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The marriage of Miss Louise Herman daughter of Mr end Mrs Conrad Herman Sr to Glenn 8chaffer took place on Sept 14 1987 hi tho Luther-an church him Another wedding on Sept 14 was that -of Mias Frances Voreeh and Clarence Jankovite who exchanged vows in the Catholic church at Trenton A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Herman Borns of tho Fairview neighborhood on Sept 14 1937 Births reported here for tho week Herrmann Funeral Home 607 MAIN McCOOK NEBRASKA Jv w- js -a k'1 5- H' '3 S'--1 VS' -aS Vj AMBULANCE SERVICE Phono ll-W BEAUTY SPECIALS! Quality oa Permanents Complete for only Save Yonr Coupons Again! FREE COUPONS will again be given with every worth of merchandise purchased in our store beginning this Friday Sept 19 At a date to be announced later the following prizes will be awarded to those persons holding coupons which bear the lucky numbers: ELECTRIC FOOD MIXER AUTOMATIC WAFFLE IRON TABLE LAMP This offer is the same as those sponsored by our store oh previous occasions The coupons are given ABSOLUTELY FREE with every" $1 purchase made at Wacker Grocery The more you buy the greater are your chances to win one of the above listed prizes The time is limited so start saving the FREE coupons NOW! BEVERLY EXTENSION CLUB The Beverly Extension club met at were daughter to Mr end Mn Bill I the home of Mrs Lawrence Roussello Weber on Sept 17 1937 and son I on Sept 11 with 10 members answer-te Mr and Mrs Floyd Hell the follow-1 ing roll call by telling a Joke After ing day I the business meeting a belated lesson About 125 persons attended a di- waa given A lesion on trict young rally in tha local M1 defense was given by Mrs Mathodiet church Willard Joy 0f Schneider and Mrs Harry Hein who Culbertson waa elected vies president The next meeting will of tha district organisation -daj affair with a covered dish luncheon at noon in the Bcrgeson home Election of officers will ba held at this meeting News Reporter THIRTY YEARS AGO 3-50 CURL Crams Cold Wavet complete 85 aad $750 Ne Appaietment Needed McCook Beauty Shop Over Penney Store McCook McCook to Have Largest All-Accordion Band Hal Mollisou nationally recognized Aecordion Bend Director an- ounces his plana for organising an Accordion Band at an early data Mr Molliaon comes to McCook well recommended having had one of the prise winning Aecordion Bands winning fint prise dver New York and Chicago Mr Molliton believes that people in small communities lack the advantage of fint class instruction on the Piano Accordion- Ha es--cporiaUy snequragaa adults nt nay aga without any prerious musical experience It is an excellent opportunity for tho adults to learn to play and enjoy Band fellowship A plan la to be offered whereby there will be no eharge for instruments as well as three trial lessona Watch this newspaper for further announcement and date of tho first meeting Nearby towns an invited to enroll HAL MOLL1SON Director 16c CORN KIX CEREAL -Urgs-Bax WITH5 BUBBLE GUMS RED WHITE GOLDEN CORN Whola Kernel No 803 Cm McCook Drive-In Theatre 'McCOOK NEBRASKA KUNER'S RED KIDNEY BEANS Nol 800 Cans 19 3'-40 l7c A 10-pound ion waa born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Varney on Sept 10 1922 Tbe old city water pump had to be kept going night and day during a prolonged dry spell A new well was being dug and upon its completion a new pump waa to be installed and lha village water mains extended The wedding ceremony for Miss Ann Poflmann and Mel Lunbery waa per-formA by the county judge In Trenton I'" on Sept 7 1922 On Sept 19 1922 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Hadley and Mr and Mrs Ernest Rhoades became the parents of a son Delegations of citizens from Cul-liertloa Trenton McCook and sbeeral other nearby towns assembled here on the county fairground and effected temporary prgnniption of the Memorial" associn-jtion That body waa to get behind the movement for erecting a monument on tha site of tho historic Indian battle which took place between Culbertson and Trenton and to arrange for I celebration in August of 1923 the 50th anniversary of the battle I An interesting feature of the 1922 Hitchcock county fair was the street parade Prizes for the best floats went to tha local Clapp store the American I Legion and its Auxiliary and to Henry Eleven's store The Progress editor declared that tha fair had teen grand success and tha biggest and best in BRIMFULL CATSUP 14-Ounea Bottla -'(tors' Friday aad -Sept Ronald Reagan Rhonda Fleming in LAST Gens Tierney and Ray Milliind in TO MY HEART Per SEC US FOR Lettuce Toliay Grapes Cabbage 5c Saaday aad Sept 21-22 Fred MaeMurray Eleanor Parker for Christy Rod Cameron and Audrey Long in SCOUT" In Cineeolor TIE SBOOTI GOLDEN MttLOW SKEW I Millions sing out for Fal-taff because this mooth golden mellow brew goes perfectly with good food So aak for Faktaff today Bing out for Falsteff Tii sudsy SepC 21-24 Ruth Roman and Richard Todd in Strike Twice plus Simone Simon Dennis in Purina Feeds Salt Creosoted Posts Coal Chick Feed Shorts and Bran Also Hftve Plymouth Green-Top Twine McCook Equity Exchange PtfONE 7171 CULBERTSON BEEF ROAST Per Found 63c PICKLE AND PIMENTO LOAF Per Pqund CULBERTSON EXTENSION CLUB Nine membera and four guests were I present St the meeting ef the Culbert-1 son Extension club held Tuesday afternoon in the home of Mrs Hill The business session was conducted I by the president Mrs John Winder-apan and tha remainder of tho afternoon waa spent socially Tho hostess served a delicious lunch The next meeting is scheduled for Oct 21 in the home of Mr Carrie News Reporter Tharnday Sept $1 Per Car Maureen John Payno in plus Gens Autry and Pat Buttram in AND THE Qfosstp TWO DELIVERIES DAILY 16 AM and 4 PM PHONE 7221 ADMISSION: 66f including tea Kida aider 12 FREE A man may buy tha engagement ring but tome girl is sure to have a Jj finger in it 4 a.

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13,896
Years Available:
1920-1965