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Hazel Moore turned 98 last week.  Her two nieces (Joyce and Carolyn Houser), whom she raised, were here to help her celebrate.  They live in Washington State and California.  They have hired a lady to live-in at Hazel's home to help her out. 

My sister and I were visiting in Howard one weekend and heard that whistle and both looked at each other with the same thought at the same moment--"Didn't they take the train tracks out of this area?"  Then we started laughing so hard and realized that the sound must have come from some "local character", although it gave us a thought for a bit that we were both losing our minds. 

Sorry, Frank, that I repeated some of the information you posted.  I must have been typing at the same time.

KRI

I don't think Hebb's Garage was ever on that corner.  Lou Hebb was the father of Adron Hebb, the latter of whom ran Hebb's Garage at the corner where Lannings' Supply now sits.  Billy Lanning bought the garage from Adron.

Adron started it in partnership with his brother-in-law, Earl Dean, and later bought him out.  I don't know whether the name Dean was ever in the name of the garage.  Lou was not associated in ownership with the garage, but he spent many, many hours there and told many "fishing tales".  The big fish that was mounted in the garage was caught by Lou and set a fishing record in the state of Kansas, I believe.  He was my great-uncle.

At one time, Paul Thompson had a Purina Feed Store in the area that is now the Senior Center.  It was probably in the late 1950s.  The Production Credit managed by Mr. Burghart at that time was in the front of that building, and another office was between that building and the feed store.  I don't remember what the middle business was, but Josephine Eaglin worked there, I recall.

I have found a Howard Alumni List which shows that four of the Andrews sisters graduated from Howard High school  in 1921:  Beulah (Shepherd), Emaline (Leonard), Iva (Jordan), and Bernadine (Redmond-Weyrauch).  I hope this fits into your family history information.

Your grandmother, Mrs. Andrews, lived down the street from us in her later years, and I passed her house daily while walking to school.  Sometimes if she was out on the porch, I would stop and visit with her after school.  Beulah Shepherd used to work for my dad, Cecil Hebb, in the  Smith & Goodwin store, and she and Fred were really special people to us. 

The buildings in the early photo could have been totally rebuilt or remodeled  between  1930 and  the 40s and 50s.  Also there were many big trees that are no longer present that may block the view of some structures. The trim on the building with the pointed roof  makes me feel certain this is the Howard National Bank Building.


The newest post by geister2  is definitely the Howard National Bank Building at the southeast corner of Wabash and Washington.  It is, however, not taken from the water tower. The water tower is visible in the background.  It looks as if it was taken from the opposite corner of the intersection.  This is a beautiful picture of a grand building.  It is in such pitiful  shape now.  Very sad.

I believe that this photo is of the corner of Wabash and Washington in Howard.  My family lived one block west of the intersection starting in the early 1940s, and there was a blacksmith shop between our house and the alley (where the curved roof building is shown) when I was young (50s and 60s).  Mr. Sievers ran it.  The white building across the alley was used for city storage, and the building on the corner was a gas station at that time.  Carl Lauffer ran it at one time.  Then John Markley had his veterinarian business there.  My dad bought the blacksmith property and had the building torn down.  Remnants of the foundation are still there.  Mr. Sievers moved his blacksmith shop across the alley to the white building where Jerry Harrod eventually started his business. It  was cleared out when the Cox Building was constructed. 

I was just reading a nice article in the Winfield Daily Courier about the Grenola Bar & Grill.  Has anyone eaten there?  I'd welcome any opinions.  Undoubtedly the people of Grenola are delighted to have another business and a place to gather.  The new owners (who are NOT Elk County natives)  sound like very interesting people and have even recruited some friends to also move there.

Those "phonics phones" are so neat--I've used them in the classroom, and it is a real confidence booster.  Keeps the classroom quieter too!  These are the days when I miss getting ready for a new group of students.  However,  I don't miss all the extras that teachers are required to be responsible for and all the paperwork and testing and inservice that take so much precious time away from actually teaching the kids.   

Have a great year!!!!  1st grade teachers are a special gift from God!  What an important year for those little people who are so eager to soak up all you have to offer!  Good Luck!

That is a nice memorial to Dale Brenner.

I ordered two of Rudy's books at Christmas time to give to my husband and my brother.  Rudy kindly autographed them both, and they have brought  back so many fond memories of growing up in "Small Town America", especially "Small Town Kansas".  Job well, done, Rudy!!!