Friday, May 24, 2013
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Where there’s smoke...
First truck was good investment
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
Fantastic finish
Where there’s smoke...
Beemer’s Volunteer Fire Department made use of a perfect day Sunday for a practice burn. Firemen set an hold house on fire at the farm place of the late Marcella Belling, located on County Road 15, about 3.5 miles from Beemer. Basic fire practice, including entering a burning house, was conducted during the controlled burn.
First truck was good investment
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Seventy-seven years ago Eddie Doescher took a chance and sold the only vehicle he owned and bought a truck. It marked the beginning of Doescher Transfer Company, located in Beemer.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Doescher’s family acknowledges that his initial investment proved to be a good one.
Cemetery directories completed for Memorial Day
By Bev Wieler West Point News Reporter /
Lance Parsons searched for several years to find where his father was buried. He had lost contact with him through the years and knew he had died.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
At about the same time as he was searching, Lance was also doing work on a directory for Mount Hope Cemetery in West Point.
Fantastic finish
It wasn’t by chance, but rather hard work and dedication that Bluejay senior Emily Petz evolved into a star sprinter.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
It was also her love for the sport that allowed Petz to place a giant exclamation mark on her Central Catholic track career with four medals in four events at the 2013 state track and field meet held this past weekend at Omaha Burke.
Vincent Hassler - June 29, 2011
Vincent Joseph Hassler, beloved husband of Bernice of Calgary, Alberta, passed away suddenly, but peacefully on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at the age of 89 years, doing what he enjoyed most, tending to his garden.Survivors include his wife, Bernice; and his 10 children and spouses, Mary and Larry Hoops of Calgary, Bob and Janet Hassler of Houston, Texas, Jim and Violet Hassler of Statesville, N.C., Bonnie and Al Franzluebbers of West Point, Jan and Martin Collins of Calgary, Peggy and Wayne Cassidy of Calgary, George and Heather Hassler of Okotoks, Alberta, Barbara and Glenn Smyth of Calgary, Marla and Rick Van Gelder of Calgary and Laura and Todd Massie of Calgary; 30 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sisters, Lois Baumert of Omaha and Rose Ann and Tom Jones of Ventura, Calif., and his extended Hassler and Stalp families
A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church on Wednesday, June 29, 2011, with graveside services at Holy Family Cemetery Eden Brook Memorial Gardens.
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