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Beaver City is kicking off the Christmas season with their Christmas on the Bricks Monday, November 29 from 5 - 8 pm. The event will feature food vendors, local vendors, caroling and hay rack rides, hot dogs and hot chocolate, free pictures with Santa, and Mrs. Claus' Holiday Light tours.

There are several Christmas events in Oxford in the coming weeks. The Christmas Tour of Homes will be Sunday, December 5 featuring 4 homes and the Oxford United Methodist Church. Tickets are available at Village Mercantile.

At one time the village of Carter sat half way between Orleans and Oxford, Nebraska on highway 136. Immigrants frequently unloaded their longings at Carter, and then traveled to their homestead in wagons from there. In the summer of 1905, the farmers of the area organized to build a grain elevator at Carter. In 1906 a large crowd gathered for the opening of "the Carter Post Office. In the same year the Carter Telephone Company was formed which operated until 1914. In 1907 the growth in Carter continued with a blacksmith shop, and a hardware shore known as Chandler's "Square Deal Store." Their motto was "Honest Measure--The Best The Market Affords.". The first school was held in the home of the teacher, Mrs. Julia Crockford in 1874. Students sat on log benches. Later a sod schoolhouse was build in 1880. In 1881 at log building was erected and used for both school and church. In 1910 a two-room school house was built in Carter. As far as churches go, in 1894 the Sunday School was reorganized and named "School Creek Union Sunday School" with classes in Swedish and English. The Carter Sunday School was discontinued in 1963. District 35 board bought the church bell and placed it on the Carter School house. The Carter School was closed as school districts were consolidated, and later the school building was moved to the John Fletcher Christian College near Axtell, Nebraska. I had the privilege of teaching at the college and Christian Academy, and it was privilege to teach classes in the old Carter School house.

Cambridge Unit 199 of the American Legion Auxiliary met in regular session on November 11 at the Community Building after serving a Veterans Day luncheon to 24 members of the American Legion, the Legion Auxiliary and Spouses. Seven members were present for the meeting. After Presentation of the Colors, Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance and Preamble, the meeting was called to order by President Marlene Witte at 1:00 p.m. The secretary read the minutes of the October meeting. Jo Lewis made a motion to approve the minutes; Sue Witte seconded; the motion passed.

CAMBRIDGE - While planning began last spring, the new Veterans Memorial at McKinley Park in Cambridge began to take shape earlier this month. When Dean Witte joined the Cambridge American Legion Post 199, he said there was some money left from a memorial gift.

BEAVER CITY - The Beaver City Council held an emergency meeting Monday night to approve a bid for the demolition of the old Masonic Temple, now known as the Remarkable Store, in downtown Beaver City. Over a year ago, the roof of the building, which sits on the east side of the square in downtown Beaver City, began to slide off.

SOUTHERN VALLEY - The Cambridge High School One Act team claimed first place at the RPAC East competition Saturday. The Trojans’ Grace Brown received Outstanding Actress honors..

100 Years Ago November 17, 1921 Every war since 1860 was represented in the Armistice celebration parade put on in Oxford. The electric lights have been extended to the home farthest north and Kenneshaw’s now have lights.

25 Years Ago November 14, 1996 The 1996 milo and corn harvest is drawing to a close and may have been one of the better harvests in our area for several years. Most elevators in the area have had to find room for all the extra grain they›ve taken in.