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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.
Gerald E. Schutt - October 10, 2012
Funeral services for Gerald E. Schutt, age 81, were held Oct. 3, 2012, at Japanese Christian Church, San Diego, CA. Interment was at the sea.Schutt was born in Wisner on Nov. 25, 1931 to Lester and Evelyn Schutt. He retired from the United States Navy after serving for 23 years and was employed at the U. S. Post Office for 21 years.
Gerald died Sept. 28, 2012.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Joyce, Chula Vista, CA; two nephews and a niece.
Memorials can be sent to the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society, P. O. Box 131470, San Diego, CA 92107 or to Joyce at 501 Anita St. 120, Chula Vista, CA 91911.
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