Above: A grown-up little Dick McCourtney, shared by Marilyn Keim. He retired from the insurance business.
Above: Bill Alderman who died in 1969 at the age of 64. He was the school custodian from 1935 to 1937. Photo shared by Bonnie Bowen Venhaus.
Above: A grown-up little Billy Hastings, from his obituary. He retired from Chevrolet dealership.
Above: Will’s nephew Art Alderman had played marbles a few times. Asked to pose, he chose to play. That white blur closest to the camera was Art’s shooter crashing another marble out of the ring. If he was playing for “keepsies,” he could get to keep that other marble.
It’s the Story Don’t you just love a good story? Better yet, one set in Pawnee County. Sharla Sitzman of Table Rock collects stories from yesteryear and yesterday.
Seven years ago, a lad of 82 visited Table Rock, the late Dick McCourtney of Beatrice. Dick was the oldest grandson of legendary Table Rockers Charlie O. and Lula McCourtney. He had wonderful Table Rock stories. Here is one. It is about what happened when his family moved into Table Rock when he was younger than he was when he told the story. He discovered, then, that things were to be a li...
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