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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.
Barry Rabe - November 14, 2012
Bary Lee Rabe, 61, of Oakland, passed away Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at his home, three miles south of Oakland.Survivors include his mother, Muriel Rabe of Oakland; brother, Randy (Sharon) Rabe of Greer, S.C.; sister, Carrie (Chapman) Mertes of Witchita, Kan.; daughters, Kelly (Jim) Dortch of Oakland, Leah Rabe and friend, Luke Ruggles of McCook, Jane Rabe and friend, Clayton Nincehelser of Gretna; granddaughters, Karlie and Evie Dortch; many treasured nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
A funeral service was Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oakland. Rev. Steve Hoden and Rev. Mark Eldal officiated. Burial was in the Baptist Cemetery, Uehling.
Pelan Funeral Services was in charge of arrangements.
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