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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.
Eugene Emanuel - January 09, 2013
Eugene J. Emanuel, 92 years of North Bend, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at the Parkview Home in Dodge. A funeral Mass was Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at St. Charles Catholic Church in North Bend. Father Don Cleary officiated. Burial was at St. Mary’s Ridgeley Catholic Cemetery near Scribner. Memorials may be given to St. Charles Catholic Church and St. Mary’s Ridgeley Cemetery.He is survived by six sons, Wayne and wife, Maria Emanuel of Beemer, Joseph and wife, Bonita Emanuel of Hartington, Eugene and wife, Kim Emanuel of Monticello, Minn., Kevin and wife, Kate Emanuel of Osceola, Iowa, Chad and wife, Cheryl Emanuel of Waukee, Iowa and Roch and wife, Diane Emanuel of North Bend; 5 daughters, Elizabeth and husband, Tony Wiese and Sandra and husband, Leo Blaha all of Dodge, Dorothy and husband, Leo Showers of Lincoln, Mary and husband, Dean Von Seggern of Scribner, and Denise and husband, Glen Temple of Ottumwa, Iowa; sister-in-law, Mildred Emanuel of North Bend; brother-in-law, Dwain Molle of West Point; 30 grandchildren; 55 great-grandchildren; and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
Moser Memorial Chapel, 1040 N. Main, North Bend, was in charge of arrangements.
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