Stories from Monday, October 15, 2001

I graduated from McCook Junior College in 1962 and haven't lived in McCook since, although I come back twice a year or so. I don't remember how McCook lost the junior college. When I was growing up in McCook, North Platte had nothing beyond high school...

Change the name back to McCook Community College. It was good enough for 74 years why not another 74?

Back in 1973 and 1974 -- when McCook was building a new hospital -- there was a debate about what the medical facility should be called. Should it be "Southwest General" or should it be "Community Hospital"? While Southwest General was a fancier title, Community Hospital was selected as the name...

Following the Cornhusker's trip to the Rose Bowl, Jan. 1, 1941, the football program at the University of Nebraska entered the bleakest period in the school's 110-year history. Between the Rose Bowl game and the arrival of Bob Devaney, in 1962, the team had a winning record only three times -- In 1950 (6-2), Bobby Reynolds ran roughshod through the conference. ...

Susan (Henneberger) Glad ATWOOD -- Susan (Henneberger) Glad, 59, of Atwood, died Friday (Oct. 12, 2001) at St. Catherine's Hospital in Garden City, Kan. She was born Sept. 8, 1942, at Atwood to Dr. Charles E. and Frances (Eaden) Henneberger. She was a graduate of Atwood High School and the University of Kansas...

James 'Jim' J. Rutt James "Jim" J. Rutt, 52, died Saturday (Oct. 13, 2001) at his home in McCook. He was born Jan. 7, 1949, at St. Catherine's Hospital in McCook, to Dick and Lee Rutt. He grew up and attended school in McCook, graduating from McCook High School in 1967. ...

Mary J. Keller TRENTON -- Mary J. Keller, 84, of Trenton, died Friday (Oct. 12, 2001) at Community Hospital of McCook. She was born March 10, 1917, in Hitchcock County to Joseph Charley and Elizabeth Jane (Pierce) Cole. She grew up in Hitchcock County, graduating from Dyke Country School southwest of Culbertson...