Located in Table Rock, the office of Blue Rivers Area Agency on Aging serving Pawnee County welcomes everyone who would like a home cooked meal. The centers’ cook is Sput Turnbull and anyone who has enjoyed a meal at the center is bound to return. Sputs’granddaughter, Madison Plager, left, volunteers at the center. Paul Nimmich and Ed DeJonge, both of Pawnee City, are put to work on KP duty peeling potatoes.
The Senior Center at 402 Luzerne Street is in a historic building in the Table Rock Public Square Historic District, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is in a complex built by the Lincoln Hotel Company in 1916 for a reported cost of $10,000 to $50,000.
Food has been available on the premises from the beginning. In 1916, you could get a T-bone steak for 75 cents or a porter ho…
