Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1907-08-15
Old Settlers at Galloway
The Bushes Houses all "Sbut Shop,
Everybody Went in for a Good
Time-and Had 1t.


west quarter of Custer county
was held at Galloway yesterday
afternoon. The exercises were
held in the grove planted by N.
M. Morgan twenty-five years ago
and all the business places of the
town were closed during the
afternoon to give all chance to
attend. A large attendance was
present from the surrounding
country.
At o'clock the crowd was
assembled by the Galloway Cornet
Band which gave number of
fine selections followed by an
invocation by Rev. Joseph Buck
LEY. The address of welcome
was delivered by President r. G.
McGrew of the Village Board
of Trustees, who in few we'll
chosen words babe all welcome
and for them to consider the city
theirs for the balance of the day.
DIR. A. L. Mathews responded to
the address of welcome, after
which the Glee club rendered
vocal selection.
! The first address was made by
Geo. B. MAR, who gave de-
scription of MS first visit to
Custer county twenty years ago,
describing Galloway and sur
roundings as he first saw them,
relating some of his experiences
as a newspaper man in the early
days of the town. He touched
briefly on the drouth experience
of twelve years ago and closed
by comparing the conditions then
with those of today, giving
figures 10 show the marvellous
progress made by Custer county
during the past few years.
Mark Schneringer then made
an able address on the educa-
; tional question, with descrip-
!. tion of the first school house
I opened in the vicinity of Gala
! way, taught by him, and com
: pairing it with the splendid
! schools of the present day. L.
H.. Jewett of Broken Bow fol
? lowed, commenting on Mr.
Schneringer's remarks, and while
: casting no reflections on the
present day methods of schoo
teaching, suggested that a return
to the old time methods of teach
| ing some of the branches, par
! ticularly spelling and menta
arithmetic, would bring bette
:, results than some of the method
) in fashion today.
Little Miss Bernice Rusk thel
. appeared dressed up and painte'
q as a pickinninny and gave
= recitation which brought dow
"a the house-or rather the grove
- following which short addresse
> were made by Hall B. Schner
. niger, Ira Mcconnell, Emery E
~ Whaley, Orville H. Maze, A. L
= Mathews and other old timers
~ These exercises were iptersperse
70 with selections by the band an
u by the Glee club.
~ At the conclusion officers fc
a. the ensuing year were elected an
y the meeting adjourned to Civ
w those present an opportunity t
~ visit and renew acquaintanc
- during the remainder of the day
is A number of Broken Bo
~ people were present, anon
30 whom we're: L. Fl. Jewett, Je:
candy, L. E. Cole, Horac
Kennedy, Ira Glaze, w. B. Eas
"a bam, Will H. Penn, wife an
$, Children and possibly others VIII
I'd escaped the notice of the write
ne The beautiful little town {
OF Galloway is full of hustle ar
m activity, new cement block buil'
r. ings are in progress of erectiC
IT'S on almost every business bloc
nd good cement sidewalks and eros
ut ings are replacing the old woode
is ones, handsome residences a
ne being erected on all sides, and a
is up-to-date air pressure wat
he system is being installed. A ne
,ly brick building has just bee
finished for the equipment of II
telephone system and the a
lat paratus is being installed.
lst Among the business buildin,
IRE now in course of construction a
M two large two story cement bloc
ng buildings, the upper portion
ny one to contain a public ha
of something which has long be-
nts badly needed in the town.
to $4,000 brick school house
soon to be commenced and on ;
hands can be seen evidences