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TEN YEARS AGOAPRIL 29, 2010

McPherson CountyClerk, Judy, M. Dailey re-minds anyone who has re-cently moved toMcPherson County andwishes to vote in the May11 Primary, that they willhave until 6:00 p.m. onMonday, May 3, to regis-ter to vote.

Two poems, “CruelKindness” by AngieThompson and “Support-ing Our Troops” by KateeDaly were featured in theMcPherson County News.

The 2010 McPhersonCounty High SchoolProm, themed “StarlightParadise,” was high-lighted in pictures takenby Deb Britton.

A card shower was beingheld for the 99th birthdayof Olive Neal on May 9,2010.

TWENTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 27, 2000

The seventh and eighthgrade students at SchoolDistrict No. 4 in Tryon,finished their Nebraskahistory by making a quilt.Their teacher, Mrs. DianeConnick, helped thempick the part of historythey wanted representedby picking out 23 pic-tures, and they alsopainted 40 “N’s” for Ne-braska. Judy Connellsewed the 63 blocks to-gether and they were tiedtogether for Rural FieldDay. The students wereGeorge Licking, BeauLicking, Nate McNutt,Jenny Albrecht, EmilyKrull, Troy Connick, JoshWaits, Michael Connick,Shaylee Powers, AmandaAlbrecht, Stacy Neal andMegan Morgan.

Honors for Rural FieldDay were won by the fol-lowing elementary stu-dents: top K-4 Girl -Brittany Ward; Top K-4Boy - Ben Cochran; Top 5-8 Girl - Sharon Christo-pher and Top 5-8 Boy -Ryan Mumm.

The MCHS Girlscoached by JenniferMoore, scored 52 pointsand placed fourth at theWallace Track Meet.

THIRTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 26, 1990

The McPherson CountyCentennial basketballteam gave a more experi-enced KNOP-TV team arun for their money hereSaturday night in a bene-fit basketball game at theMCHS gym. The finalscore was KNOP - 89;McPherson County - 79.Coach Rick Hamilton wasthe top scorer for theTryon team with 23points, and Uly Carliniscored 26 for KNOP-TV.

Lela Pyzer went to Kear-ney Saturday with TinaHam and Judy Neal.While there, they visitedwith Harold and MaxineNeal at the hospital,where Harold was a pa-tient.

FORTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 24, 1980

School District No. 4teachers and pupilstoured North Platte April

19th as a Field Day Trip.Places visited were the Ex-periment Station, FishHatchery, Leo’s Flowers,Police Station, Fire Sta-tion, Look-Out Tower atthe Hump, T.V. Stationand Radio Station. Driv-ers for the tour were Donand Daisy Musser, JerryNeal, Charlene Connell,Helen Trumbull, Jo Longand Lorna Dobbins.

Rev. and Mrs. RalphChamberlain will be atthe Hall Church north ofRinggold the evening ofMay 4th. A potluck supperwill be held at 6:30 p.m.and a service at 8:00 p.m.Everyone is welcome.

Nineteen MCHS stu-dents will be going to Mc-Cook April 24th to takepart in 11 musical events.Soloists are: MarshaBullington, vocal; HannahDoyle, vocal and baritonehorn; Trent Neal, Trom-bone; Layne Pyzer, tuba;and Deb Waits, clarinetsolo. Others will be ingroup events. The springconcert at Tryon will beApril 29th at the HighSchool Auditorium. JeanHora and her music stu-dents invite you to sharethe evening with them.

FIFTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 23, 1970

S.W. Warren, age 93, ofTryon, died Monday in aNorth Platte nursinghome. Mr. Warren wasvery active in organizingthe McPherson CountyHigh School, was a formerMcPherson County Com-missioner, was secretaryand treasurer of the Fed-eral Lank Bank at Tryonfor a number of years,and served on the Boardof Directors of the NorthPlatte Production CreditAssn. for 25 years.

Ladies Night was ob-served by the Hi-LineConference Thursday atthe Elks Club in NorthPlatte. Those attendingfrom the local high schoolwere Mr. and Mrs.Spencer Anderson, Mr.and Mrs. Vernon Knapp,Mr. and Mrs. Ted Daigger,and Mr. Morton Hansen.

Mr. and Mrs. Stan Pettitof Kearney, are the par-ents of a baby boy bornApril 10, 1970. He hasbeen named Scott Don-ald.

SIXTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 28, 1960

The Tryon WSCS Ladiesmet April 13, 1960 withNancy Norvell in chargeof devotions. Election ofofficers as follows: RoseKahoe, President; AlaBullington, Vice Presi-dent; Nancy Norvell, sec-retary; and Ora Winters,treasurer. Each memberis asked to furnish threearticles for the bake salewhich will be held atSixth Street Market inNorth Platte May 5.

Individual pictures ofthe first graduating classof the McPherson CountyHigh School in 1921 werefeatured on the front pageof the Graphic. They wereLeo Cash, Nettie Winters,Matilda Doyle, Viola

Graphic FilesFrom The Tryon Graphic Archives

Quote: “Surround your-self with people whomake you hungry for life,touch your heart andnourish your soul.”

Attitude to InspirationThe past few weeks have

been interesting. I’m surethat they have been verytrying to some. I just havemyself, the cats, andOscar Corgi to worryabout so I guess I do havesome company. It doestake getting used to notgoing to town when Iwant to, but only when Ineed to. I will survive andso will you so take eachday as it comes.

Faith doesn’t alwaystake you out of the prob-lem, Faith takes youthrough the problem.Faith doesn’t always takeaway the pain, Faith givesyou the ability to handlethe pain. Faith doesn’t al-ways take you out of the

Over The HillsJ.R. Trumbull

SOLITUDE

Being alone with time to thinkCan simply drive some folks to the brink.

When common sense go awryAnd people wonder how to get by?

Read a book or just gaze at the skyThere are plenty of things to make

time go by.Spend time in the Bible, I hope you

have one near.Take time to write a letter to someone dear.

Take a walk, listen to the birdsTheir wonderous voices are more than

words.Look around and see what you may,A short walk will help make your day.

Pray for others as they come to mind,Make a list of what you find

As your mind dwells on other things.Just wait and see what life brings.

Solitude isn’t all that badSo don’t waste it by being sad.Make it positive in every wayAnd live to enjoy another day.

J.R. Trumbull9 April 2020

storm, Faith calms you inthe midst of the storm.Faith doesn’t always takeaway loneliness, Faithhelps you recognize thatwith Jesus, you are neveralone.

Fear does not stopdeath, it stops life. Worry-ing does not take awaythe troubles of tomorrow,

it takes away the peace oftoday. Good words to re-member in times likethese.

“Consider how hard it isto change yourself andyou’ll understand whatlittle chance you have intrying to change others.”

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Dahlin, and Aubrey War-ren. This class attendedtheir first three years ofhigh school in the oldOdd Fellows Hall atTryon.

Several members of theRebekah Lodge at Tryontraveled to Arnold Fridaynight to attend the LodgeHall dedication there.

SEVENTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 27, 1950

A little birthday partywas held Monday after-noon at the home of Mrs.Cynthia Worden for RosieCook. The ones attendingwere Roger Neal, JimmieAllen, Shirley Hunn, JerryBlack and Jeroldine Har-vey.

William L. Nicholas,who taught in the TryonHigh School for five yearsduring the 1920’s and hadbeen President of thePeru, Nebraska StateTeachers College since1946, was shot and killedat his desk at about 11:15a.m. Tuesday. Paul A.Maxwell, head of the De-partment of Educationwas also shot to death athis desk a few minuteslater. Both teachers wereshot by a psychologyteacher at the same col-lege, Barney K. Baker,who had taught at PeruCollege for the past 20years. After Baker shotthe two men, he thenwalked to his home andshot himself with thesame gun.

EIGHTY YEARS AGOAPRIL 25, 1940

The American LegionAuxiliary held their Aprilmeeting Tuesday at thehome of Marie Wright.Old business was takenup and Ruthviola Haneywas chosen as alternate toOdeth Huffman to attendGirl’s State at Camp Kiwa-nis at Milford June 8 to 13.The meeting adjourned tomeet with Wilma May-field, May 22.

The Willing WorkersClub met with Mrs. Au-drey Fisher who served abountiful dinner to 11members and their fami-lies and several visitorswho were present. Theclub will meet with Au-drey McClintock May 16.Those asking to bringcandy are Audrey Fisher,Hattie Reynolds, EthelSmith, Nona Moore andLouelva Priest. (OnettaNeal, Reporter).

Mr. and Mrs. EverettPlatt and boys were Tryonvisitors one day last week.The Platts will move toGandy soon where Mr.Platt will take charge ofthe village’s only store.The Platts left here abouta year ago. Mr. Platt wasemployed at the BenderStore here for about two

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Common mullein (Ver-bascim thapsus) is a weedspecies that's increasingin northeast Nebraska'srangeland, woodland, andpastures. It is a biennialplant that reproducesonly by seeds, but it is aprolific seed producer.The taproot of this speciescan access soil moisturefrom a deeper profile at amuch better rate than fi-brous roots of pasturegrasses, giving it a com-petitive advantage, espe-cially in dry years.

The Lincoln-Logan-McPherson Extension Of-fice was going to have ademonstration project oncontrolling commonmullein, but due to theCOVID 19 virus we areunable to have thisdemonstration projectthis year. Below are some

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• Prevention is the bestand cheapest manage-ment option. Having well-established grasses andforbs on a maintainedpasture or rangeland withproper grazing and rota-tional grazing techniquescan go a long way to pre-vent its establishment.Detecting infestationsearly through scouting,monitoring, and properidentification are keymanagement factorsgiven how quickly it in-fests and spreads.

To manage common

mullein and promoteyour desired plant com-munity create an Inte-grated Pest Managementplan (IPM) combiningmultiple control strate-gies.

• Mechanical Control.Pulling or cultivatingsmall common mulleinplants can be an effectivecontrol method, as long asthe plants are young (be-fore they go to seed). Mow-ing can be effective toreduce seed productionbut must be repeatedthroughout the season.

• Biological Control.Consider using biologicalcontrol insects, such asthe curculionid weevil(Gymnetron tetrum) andthe mullein moth (Cucul-

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