Grays Married 62 \ ears—
Family History Parellels Town’s
By MRS. N. |>. H'KKS, SK.
Special Oorespondeot
PAGE Mr and Mrs John
Gray noted the 62d anniversary
their marriage Monday, March
10. No celebation was planned
and they passed the day quietly
at the home of their son, Robert,
with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snyder
of Inman as guests.
Weal on March 10, 1896. at the
home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Gray, John I Gray
and Essie Ward exchanged mar
riage vows in the presence of
immediate relatives. Rev. Bart
ley Blain, affectionately known as
"Grandpa" Blain, officiated.
Essie Ward made her home with
‘‘Grandpa’’ and "Grandma
Blain in the house east of the
cemetery, now a part of the
Heiss farm.
Many changes are noted by
the Grays since that time. John
recalls that their Tirst well oper
ated in an “over-hand manner.
They thought they enjoyed the
latest years later when that one
was replaced by a lx>red well
Mr. Gray had three tall buckets
welded together with a valve in
the bottom for the water to fill in
and a horse was hitched to the
rota- that brought the pail to the
surface. With it the horse trough
was filled and the needs of the
house taken care of. In time a
windmill replaced this and now,
of course, most homes, whether
town or country, have some form
of plumbing taking water both
into ami out of the house and in
many cases some of the bams as
well.
File* Claim In 81
John's father, hearing of a new
territory of land opening up in
this section of Nebraska, came
and took a timber claim in itCn,
dug an open well and returned to
Polk county. Two years later he
returned wth his family*
Their first project was tnc
building of a two-room soddy a
ritzy dwelling that featured plas
tered walls and rough board
fkxirs Sod for the house was turned
eel by n big strong pair of oxen,
the property of Johns
father, Hanson Hunter. His uncle,
George Hunter, also assisted in
the construction and the fam >
lived with the Hunters while it
was iu the preparation Bta8e;
Soddies were warm m winter
and cool in summer and ’^e,
neer families had grea .
the utilization of whatever mater
ial was at hand. Transportation
their livestock on what was call
od free range. Kids we r
mostly responsible for ^eping
track of their stock and for mur
return home at milking time.
Berries Abundant
There was an abundance o |
game Fishing was good "ul such
fnlit as elder and buffalo her
S sand and choke cherries
. j errnr>OS ffTCW ftlong tho
»C”m*TrK*. w-«*™«”
%£,Tmo.her brought .*£
TaUiU to come and day "rveral
isrJHsrs. ffi-gi
Loo. nod «»gJ'w^*wuE
first teacher. CracKS
REPORT of condition of
Chambers State Bank
of chambers, Nebraska
,,t the close of
Charter No. li .,rH
business on March 4,
assets
Cash, balances w ■
other banks, includ
ing reserve balances,
SELrt collection
United States Govern
ment obligations, di
rect and guaran- I
Lo'mis and discounts
(including 1477.64 ^ 75
overdrafts * ,
Bank premises owned
$100, furniture and 2Q0
fixtures $luo_
*823.760.54
Total Assets
UABIUnKS
Demand deposits o f
individuals, partner
ships and corpora- gsg M4 28
tions . ,.
Time deposits of mdi
viduals. paitner
ships. and corpora- ^ 8500t
tions
Deposits o f United
States Government
(including post a 5 295 00
savings! ~~~r
Deposits of States ami
political subdiv - &5 gl5 95
total DEPOSITS
$751,305.23 _
Total Liabilities _ $751,306.22
CAPITAL MXJOim
Capital* 26 000.00
Surplus 21 455.31
Undivided profits ’_
Total Capital 7S.455.S1
Accounts
Total IJabUltes and
(lanital Accounts
♦This bank's capital consists of.
Common stock with to- ^00000
tai par value of $25 000 w
memoranda
Assets pledged or as
signed to secure li
abilities and tor
other purposes
(including notes and
bills rediscounted
and securities sold
SUST"* " > ’5.000.0J
certify that the above state
ment iTtrue to the best ot my
imrMvledcre and belief.
Knowienj, ralph ADAMS
CORRECT Attest: G. 1L Adairm,
S Z. Adams, Lloyd Gleed, Di
rectors. _ _
Tin* John Grays . . . four
generations on family timber
claim.
endangering the slate pencils. The
first school furniture was made by
those who built the school.
Five of the “boys” who attend
ed school in the old soddy teamed
up and set out the evergreen
trees surrounding the Page ceme
terj
There has been a four-genera
tion succession of Grays on the
old timber claim Robert, John,
Robert and Veldon. Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Gray occupy the old home
site while John and his wife live
on the town side of the farfn.
John spent but four years in
the farming game and then re
linquished his place to his broth
er, Robert, who built a home
close to the homestead and farm
ed until his death in 1934. His
son. Duane, took a short turn at
it until Robert took it over.
Becomes Merchant
John became an associate in
the Hunter & Gray firm, a gen
eral merchandise store in Page,
and that became a three genera
tion business terminating in 1942
whn Willard Gray sold out to
Shelhamer’s of O’Neill.
John retired from active work
in 1940 and kept cows, chickens
and a few hogs until just recently
when a fracas with a cow made
it hard for him to chore.
John was born at Genoa, Wise.,
December 18, 1872, and came
with his parents to Polk county
in 1875, traveling by prairie
schooner.
Mrs. Gray is active in WSCS,
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The Grays ... on their wed
ding day—March 10. 1896.
and has maintained membership
in the Just-a-Mere club.
The history of the Gray family
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closely follows the frontier life
of the community. One of the
cherished possessions is the con
tract entered into by Robert Gray
with the United States land office
at Washington, D C.
The Grays are the parents of
three children: I>aughter— Mrs
j Jack Soukup of Lafayette. Calif.;
: sons Willard of Lodi, Calif., and
I Robert of Page.
A A A A M 4
O Neill High Honor
Roll Is Announced
The honor roll for the fourth
six weeks at O’Neill high is as
follows:
Seniors — Wayne Reynold son.
AABBB; Jane Petersen, AAAA;
Faye Murray, AAABB; Marion
a a dm a a dm. dm dm ^a m
Moseman, AABAA; Michael IJd
dy, ARAA; Gale Holcomb, BB
AA; Lynda Haynes, BAAB.
Juniors — Veldon Tomlinson
AABB; Betty Rodman, AAAA,
Merle Pease, AAAA- Konnie Kur
tz. AAAA; Elaine Krugman.
ABABA; Gerald Kaczor, AAAA,
George Fuller, AABAA; Veld a
Ernst, AAAAB; Joan Booth,
A A AAA. _
Sophomores — Nancy W r a y
AARA; Barbara Wayman, AURA
Joyce Summers, AABA; PauU
Reed, AAAA; Barbara Miller
AARAR: Janet Krugman, AAA
AA; Connie Johnson, ARAA
Richard Ernst, RRAAA.
Freshmen: Marion Rosenkrans
AAHA; John Kurtz, AAAA;
Gary Jeffrey, AAHA; John Har
der. AAHA; Bill Fricke, UAAA
Mi's Joe Binder . at Atklnauc
and Mr. and Mrs George ShaM
and Jim of Stuart were Friday
guests of Mr. and Mrs Herman
J mixing