Stories from Friday, November 26, 2004

The call went out and one by one, we came. We gathered, adults now, but only just, parents ourselves of small children. We were aware, in the back of our minds, that this call could come at any time, but we shrank back from the thought like shadow from sunlight...

May 22, 1915-Nov. 23, 2004 Wilford George Hardwick was born May 22, 1915, in Dundy County. He was the fourth child of Thomas and Myrtle Hardwick. He died peacefully in his sleep on Nov. 23, 2004, in Bethany, Okla., at the age of 89. He joined the Army Air Force (which later became the United States Air Force) in September of 1941. ...

May 21, 1913-Nov. 24, 2004 Beaulah Lorraine Weber, 91, died Wednesday (Nov. 24, 2004) at McCook Community Hospital in McCook. She was born May 21, 1913, to Arthur Allarick and Rachel Armillie (Cary) Edgett in Bird City. The family moved to McCook, where she grew up and attended school...

Sept. 27, 1917-Nov. 24, 2004 SELDEN -- Bertha M. Bruggeman, 87, died Wednesday (Nov. 24, 2004) at her home in Selden. She was born Sept. 27, 1917, to Tony and Margaret (Wolf) Bruggeman in rural Selden. She attended Cresco County schools and graduated from Selden Rural High School in 1935. She attended Marymount College in Salina...

Mike and Kathie Schroeder of Hutchinson, Kan., announce the birth of a son, Gabriel John, born Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. He weighed 8 pounds, 14.75 ounces and was 21 inches long. He has a brother, Dominic, 1. Grandparents are Mike and Diane Sis of Atwood, and Dan and Janet Schroeder of Colby, Kan. Great-grandparents are John and Virginia Burk of Atwood...

The bald eagle, the Star Spangled Banner, the rose. And now, thanks to Nebraska's National Arbor Day Foundation and McCook native, Sen. Ben Nelson -- the oak tree will join those icons as officially recognized national symbols. A member of the Beech family, the oak is a type of deciduous tree -- one that sheds all of its leaves during one season -- and bears the scientific name Quercus or Lithocarpus...

May 19, 1913-Nov. 22, 2004 TUCSON, Ariz. -- Lucille R. (Ball) McBee, 91, died Monday (Nov. 22, 2004) in Tucson, Ariz. She was born May 19, 1913, in Danbury to Thomas and Alma (Hayes) Ball. She attended school in Danbury. She married Ora Franklin McBee Oct. 10, 1936. The couple farmed north of Culbertson. They moved to McCook in 1985. She moved to Arizona in 1994...