Happy Birthday, Lester Adams

Wishing Lester a great day!

Lester was a great friend to my Uncle Lloyd Crabtree and this wish comes from my whole family.

-- Sherri Gregory

McCormick-Deering Antique Engine

This old man has gone crazy!! Yes, that's nothing new. HAAA!!!

I'm going to buy a 1-1/2 horse power engine next week. I get mesmerized by the pop, pop, puff, pop, pop, puff, pop, FFFFFF!!! Pop, FFFFF!!!,Pop, Pop, Chug, Chug of those old one lungers that used to be on all the farms years ago. Do you remember them???

With a water pot on top for cooling the engine. There were different sizes in H.P., depending on what it was used for - pumping water, running a coneyer belt, etc. Some were set on skids and others were on rolling wheels for mobility because they were heavy to move by hand.

Has anybody heard of the (about 1914 era) Motor Wheel?? I may be buying a couple of those in the next month or so. I'd appreciate any information I can get on these old antiques. They are just so cool. Forget the calculus, logrithms, and let me play with old time history exponentials of the wheels. That is what I call FUN!!!

Nostalgia Lane

-- by Dallas Adams

Blog Note

Just in case anyone is wondering why there has been fewer posts this week, it is because this editor has been working (at my job - not at home) longer hours than usual for a week or two, AND trying to do something every day or so on my mother's "book". Hopefully, things will slow down next week.

I certainly enjoy and appreciate the notes I get from readers, which I am always happy to post, so keep them coming. Other Haiglerites really do want to know about YOUR life and what you are doing.

-- Editor

February 2 - Groundhog's Day

Good Morning to you.

Just wanted to share our temp reading with you. This morning at 5:00 the temp at our house said -17 (that means BELOW). Oh my gosh, I never will get out of my PJ's today. I know some of you have forgotten what those temps feel like, and so had we. We actually had to stick our nose out just to remember. One thing about it--Cold is Cold. Have a great day and think about us in the cold country. Ah, the wind chill was 29 below, almost forgot to tell you that.

-- Karen Lindell

The Locker Plant

I don’t know what year the plant was built, but it sure was cold in there. Lockers size, I think, were about 2 ft. by 2 ft. with a depth of about 2 ½ ft. I think some larger size lockers were below, but don’t remember for sure. Home freezers came out about 1954, doing away with the need for locker plants.

The Schorzmans were one of the proprietors of the locker plant. A butcher shop was located in the plant and meat was cut and wrapped in white paper and labeled with black or red marking pens and held together with a paper glue sealed sticker. Whacking two packages sounded like smacking bricks together. Length of time in the frozen lockers seemed to be about 3 minute durations. This was a sure way to keep roasts, steaks, chicken, frozen cherries, etc. until time of use. Does anyone remember the temperature inside the plant??? 5 – 10 degrees?

The Schorzman picture of Bob and Doris reminded me of the locker plant in Haigler and how much time changes in just a few years.

-- By Dallas Adams

Happy Birthday to Don Harford

Wishing Don a very happy birthday!

If it weren't for his story about downtown Haigler in the 1920s, this blog may have never been started. It was his story that gave us the idea to make a place on the internet where Haigler stories could be shared.

If you haven't read Don's story, just click HERE to enjoy his description of Haigler when he was young.

Tribute to Laveria Evans

The January 31, 2007, Benkelman Post has a very nice tribute to Laveria (Stute) Evans that tells of a very active life with her husband Murray Evans, a son, 2 daughters, 9 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild.

Laveria was very well known and loved by people from Haigler and the surrounding area.

Haigler Happenings

This week in Haigler Happenings there is news of family members visiting other family members, birthdays, Haigler Post Office News and residents taking trips. One of the things mentioned is that "there are many former residents who have moved away but have left their hearts or at least a part of them here." This is the reason so many of us subscribe to the Benkelman Post; so we can keep up on what's happening at "home" and read about people we know.

Writing a note to Floy, telling where you are, what you are doing, what points of interest are in your area where you take visiting family and guests would be happily added to the Haigler Happenings column. If you are brave, you could send your address and let her publish it so long lost friends could write to you.

Floy is doing a great job writing interesting things in the Haigler Happenings column. Your "Happenings", even though they may not seem so, are interesting to hear about by other Haiglerites. Why not sit down today and write a little note.

It is always interesting to read about Haigler People. Thanks, Floy, for keeping us posted on the local news.

(How to subscribe to the Benkelman Post & News Chronicle - Click here)
(To email a note to Floy, Click here)