November 30 is my Daughter's Birthday

Today is my daughter, Sandy's, birthday. I want to tell you about her. She was, of course, beautiful from the very first day and has remained so ever since. She was also busy from the first, with all kinds of projects and interests. She began playing the piano early, but I wouldn't LET her take piano lessons until she begged me!! I never had to remind her to practice and she is now an accomplished pianist.

Some of the things she did while growing up were figure skating, equestrian riding and modeling. While in college, she worked as a model, then went to flight attendant training with PanAm Airlines. She flew all over the world with them, going to Russia and East Germany several times. She was in East Germany when the "Wall" was coming down and in Russia had citizens come up to her trying to buy her blue jeans. He favorite place to go was Rio de Janeiro. She lived in New York City for about 5 years and was able to attend Broadway shows, The David Letterman Show and other interesting things. She visited all the interesting sights there and in Washington D.C and surrounding areas. The day of the first Trade Center bombing, she was working in a building only 2 blocks away and had no way to get home that day because all the subway stations were closed down. Getting a Taxi was almost impossible. That day just happened to be her last day of work at that company and she had all her "personal things" in a box and while she was trying to get home. In the next few days, she packed her belongings into a U-haul truck and drove by herself across the country to Lincoln, Nebraska. When she crossed the Nebraska state line, she says "I stopped that truck and got out and kissed the ground!!" You can take the girl out of Nebraska, but can't take Nebraska out of the Girl!!!

A few years ago Sandy and her husband Matt took a little boy into their home who had been badly burned when his mother's boyfriend poured boiling water on him. He was taken to the burn center in Lincoln, where Sandy went to visit him every day while he was recovering. He was not expected to make it, but I believe that Sandy's tireless efforts and love and the year spent in her home saved that little boy's life. He was later adopted by a couple here in Lincoln and is thriving and happy.

Every year, she runs in the Lincoln Marathon and is diligent about training all year round. She is very involved in her church and plays the piano for the group she studies with every Tuesday. She has a kind and wonderful husband and two beautiful children and is a great wife and mother.

I could not be a prouder mother. I am amazed at how well I did in raising her!!!

District 42 School

District 42 was organized in 1910 and believe school was still held there until 1955. Alice Myer came to teach there in 1926. She was the first Myer to come to Haigler. She married Carry Will (he was on the school board). My grandparents, James and Bertha Myer moved from Franklin, NE to the Will farm in 1930. Their younger children all attended District 42, including my mother Opal Myer, sisters Grace and Velma, and brother Gerald. Their teacher that year was their older sister, Evelyn Myer, (my aunt). The story is told of a terrible snowstorm that winter and they all had to spend the night in the school. ....The school itself might still be a part of what is now known as the Bush property?
--LaNeta (Collicott) Carlock

Thanks from Gene Pennell

I want to thank everyone who wrote about district 42. It was all so interesting and brought back lots of memories. Some of which I have forgotten. I want to thank Dallas Adams, his sister Joann Webster and some of the articles from Don Bush and the others.

The school house was just as I remembered. On the west side of the school was the barn where the teachers that rode their horses put them. On a bad day we all got to play in it, which was fun. On the north east was a garage for the cars.

Thanks again to you for all the work that you did on the article about district 42.

-- Gene Pennell

Happy Birthday - Rodney Hoover

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Deer Pair in the Moonlight

Here are our pets. They paw off the snow and eat the apricot leaves that have fallen.
--Ray & Floy Ruggles

The Haigler News - November 20, 1931

While I was visiting Haigler last spring, Don and Virginia Harford gave me a stack of old copies of The Haigler News. Every once in awhile I get them off the shelf where I have them "waiting to be copied" and look at them.

Yesterday, I decided to type up the community news items and spent several hours on just one paper, but from time to time during the next few months, I will try to add more of these very interesting news items.

The Haigler News, Haigler, Nebraska, November 20, 1931

Laura Pearl Wall injured

Just received word that Laura Pearl Wall fell and broke her hip and was transported to the hospital in Greeley to have it pinned.

Thanks Calvin for letting us know. We will include Laura Pearl in our prayers for a quick recovery.

Letters and Cards can be sent to:
Laura Pearl Wall
North Colorado Medical Center
1801 16th Street
Room 476
Greeley, CO 80631

Snow in the Moonlight

We had more snow last night. I looked out of our bedroom window this morning to see the full moon setting and had to snap a picture although it actually does not do justice to the scene. A little later there was a mama deer and her fawn under the apricot tree outside of our bedroom window. I snapped a picture of them, too. It was 1 degree before sunup but it warmed up to the 30's when the sun came up - a beautiful day.
-- Floy Ruggles