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y Vivian Hansen • vivivi224@yahoo.com<br />

Hit & Miss<br />

Thursday, April 25, 2013 • The <strong>Pioneer</strong> <strong>Review</strong> • Page 4<br />

or betty@pioneer-review.com<br />

elderly Meals<br />

thursday, april 25: Pizza<br />

Day – Assorted Pizzas, Tossed<br />

Salad, Garlic Bread, Rosy Pears.<br />

friday, april 26: Dilled<br />

Salmon, Baby Bakers, Garden Veggies,<br />

Roll, Fruit.<br />

Monday, april 29: Djon Ham,<br />

Mashed Potatoes, Gravy,<br />

Caribbean Veggies, Garlic Cheddar<br />

Biscuit, Apricot Halves.<br />

tuesday, april 30: Wisconsin<br />

Cheese Soup, Pigs In A Blanket,<br />

Tossed Salad, Peach Polka Dot Gelatin.<br />

***<br />

Saturday, April 13, at Somerset<br />

Court, Addie Rorvig had company<br />

at breakfast, her grandson, Noah<br />

Lorensen of Rapid City.<br />

We had individual peach yogurt<br />

for breakfast. Thanks, very special.<br />

And we had cinnamon rolls, so I<br />

had to have half a cup of coffee!<br />

Mildred Young was out with her<br />

daughter, Carol Nielson and they<br />

went to meet Joyce Wheeler for<br />

lunch. Joyce had missed Mildred’s<br />

birthday party at Somerset Court a<br />

couple weeks ago, on account of<br />

driving conditions.<br />

My daughter, Carol Vogan, Colorado<br />

Springs, emailed that the<br />

tumbleweeds, brought in by the<br />

terrific winds, are so bulky that<br />

they need a special crusher. I believe<br />

my son, David Hansen, Ft.<br />

Pierre, could make such an implement.<br />

Are these tumbleweeds the<br />

thistles that make expensive thistle<br />

seed that people buy for their<br />

bird feeders?<br />

Carol is also moving her chives to<br />

make room for a rock area, and she<br />

said she is sending money to the<br />

Somerset Court beauty shop to get<br />

my hair fixed! Thank you, Carol.<br />

The April 11, 2013, Philip <strong>Pioneer</strong><br />

<strong>Review</strong> arrived on Saturday<br />

and I read it pretty much cover to<br />

cover. I found a word that I had<br />

never heard of, vernalization. And<br />

I guessed that it must mean that<br />

the seed, wheat in this case, needs<br />

a certain amount of time in the<br />

ground in cold enough conditions to<br />

sprout properly. Faithful google<br />

told me that was about right.<br />

Sunday, April 14, Stella Hicks<br />

stopped by and said that she likes<br />

to play cards. She likes the game of<br />

“George” and “3-13.” I told her to<br />

come on over and show us how.<br />

Elmae Helfenstein said she would<br />

like to do crosswords, so I said we<br />

should take the Monday Rapid City<br />

Journal crossword and do it together.<br />

(Way to go Vivian. You are<br />

a good friend. – Betty)<br />

Stella Hicks had a visit from her<br />

daughter, Linda Phipps, who came<br />

along to church. Irene McKnight<br />

has a bad cough and did not come<br />

to church. She has a vaporizer and<br />

finds some relief with that. We<br />

hope she will soon be feeling better.<br />

My son, Wayne, phoned at one<br />

p.m. and said that he had caught<br />

two fine fish, (now I forgot if they<br />

were bass or trout) and he would<br />

try to phone M.R. Hansen and Barbie<br />

and ask them over for supper<br />

and they could bring me along. If<br />

they aren’t around, he would come<br />

over to Somerset Court for supper<br />

and bring along my income tax<br />

which he had kindly done for me,<br />

so I can sign and write a check.<br />

Thank you, Wayne.<br />

My daughter, Carol Vogan, Colorado<br />

Springs, is still under the influence<br />

of piles of thistles. She had<br />

written a Limerick about them:<br />

There was a tumbling weed, Who<br />

said, “I must scatter my seed!” So<br />

he tumbled around, All over the<br />

ground, And now there are many<br />

indeed!<br />

Monday, April 15, 2013, at Somerset<br />

Court, we had the movie, “Little<br />

Women.” The activity directors<br />

took several residents in the bus to<br />

the dollar store. I had asked I had<br />

asked Sandi to bring me some<br />

flower pots so I could start a bunch<br />

of airplane plants for the May<br />

fundraiser for the Special<br />

Olympics. She brought me some<br />

potting soil as well. Thank you,<br />

Shawn and Sandi.<br />

Irene McKnight had company at<br />

lunch Monday, her son, Stan. Good<br />

to see you, Stan. Pat Staley also<br />

had company Monday, her sister,<br />

Kathryn Dennis, and her niece,<br />

Marilyn, of Rapid City who came<br />

Please join her loving family in a<br />

Card Shower<br />

to celebrate<br />

Marie Lamm’s<br />

85th Birthday<br />

on April 22,<br />

2013.<br />

Cards may be sent to:<br />

PO Box 186<br />

Philip, SD 57567<br />

and took Pat out for lunch.<br />

Happy birthday to my grandson,<br />

Blaise Hansen, Cheyenne, Wyo. He<br />

recently finished studies which<br />

grant him the title of professional<br />

engineer. He had graduated from<br />

South Dakota School of Mines and<br />

was also in the Army as a ranger.<br />

Most recently, he is working for the<br />

Wyoming Department of Transportation.<br />

An email just came from Betty<br />

Jean LaBeau, Philip. Thank you,<br />

Betty Jean. She said she was glad<br />

we take up quilting when the<br />

weather is confining. No time to be<br />

bored. She said we were blessed<br />

with the recent snow and rain. I<br />

was just going to email Betty Jean<br />

to ask her if she knew any Jarl<br />

family from Philip or Midland. I<br />

was pretty sure I had heard of<br />

Emma Jarl. Anyway, when M.R.<br />

Hansen and I were playing scrabble,<br />

we found in the scrabble book<br />

the word, jarl, meaning a Scandinavian<br />

nobleman.<br />

April 14, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at<br />

the SDSM&T Surbeck Center, a<br />

leadership awards reception and<br />

leadership hall of fame induction<br />

was held. M.R. Hansen attended as<br />

he was receiving recognition as an<br />

outstanding student organization<br />

advisor.<br />

April 15, M.R. Hansen came to<br />

take me to Wayne Hansen’s for<br />

supper. First time I have been out<br />

since February when we went to<br />

Philip.<br />

Somerset Court is displaying a<br />

huge, gorgeous floral arrangement<br />

in the front lobby. The flowers are<br />

from the funeral of Ronald Bailie.<br />

At Somerset Court Tuesday<br />

bingo winners were Doris Wellman,<br />

three times, Mary Lou Peters,<br />

Irene McKnight, Irene Cox,<br />

Betty Downen, and Ina Oerlline.<br />

For snack and chat, following<br />

bingo, the treats were chocolate<br />

brownies, ice water and hot coffee.<br />

Saturday, April 20, 2013, a<br />

brunch will be served to people who<br />

volunteer at Somerset Court. This<br />

includes Amy Voles, personal attendants<br />

and our ministers and<br />

their wives and Women Who Care.<br />

We have a new resident at Somerset<br />

Court, Shirley Hussman.<br />

Shirley is a longtime friend of Connie<br />

Stevens. Dennis Eliason, our<br />

new driver, used to live at Philip<br />

for 12 years, some time ago. His<br />

wife had the variety store in Philip.<br />

April 26-27-28-29:<br />

The Host (PG-13)<br />

Fri: 8:00 p.m.<br />

Sun: 1:30 p.m.<br />

Sat: 8:00 p.m.<br />

Mon: 7:00 p.m.<br />

May 3-4-5-6:<br />

Olympus Has Fallen (R)<br />

May 10-11-12-13:<br />

Snitch (PG-13)<br />

May 17-18-19-20:<br />

Oblivion (PG-13)<br />

<br />

<br />

Dennis said he would be looking in<br />

the <strong>Pioneer</strong> <strong>Review</strong> to see if he still<br />

knew some of the people.<br />

April 19, 2013, I took a trip to Dr.<br />

Eaton’s office and he looked me<br />

over and prescribed amoxicillin<br />

and nose drops for my coughs,<br />

sneezes, runny nose and aches and<br />

pains. We were to start the antibiotic<br />

that night.<br />

The April 18, 2013, Philip <strong>Pioneer</strong><br />

<strong>Review</strong> arrived on Friday. It<br />

had all the main local news. One<br />

item I could relate to was Jessica<br />

Wheeler’s third grade class and<br />

their study of a cow’s eye. The<br />

Philip meat locker donated the<br />

cow’s eye. It is a wonderful lesson<br />

to read print through the lens in a<br />

cow’s eye. When I taught at the<br />

Shoun School over by New Underwood,<br />

my pupils and I took a hike<br />

out in a neighborhood pasture, and<br />

dug out a cow’s eye from a carcass.<br />

We took it to school and studied it<br />

and read print through it.<br />

I liked Mary Eide’s story about<br />

an old neighbor, John Cowen. John<br />

lived a couple of miles north of<br />

Philip and he used to go by with his<br />

team and wagon on his way town.<br />

He would strip the wagon to its<br />

running gears, the better to bring<br />

back posts, boards, wire and fivegallon<br />

cans. He lived in a party underground<br />

home. His sister was always<br />

after him to have a nice<br />

house, so she built him a little concrete<br />

block building. By and by, she<br />

took him back to Iowa to live with<br />

her. One time, Virgil invited John<br />

Cowen in to have a bath in our<br />

bath tub. We could hear him<br />

splashing and singing in the bathroom.<br />

The West Central Electric magazine<br />

carried a list of upcoming<br />

events. Among them were the<br />

Shrine Circus, May 3-5, at the<br />

Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in<br />

Rapid City. Somerset Court will<br />

take residents to this event if they<br />

wish to go. The circus is free. If you<br />

want snacks or souvenirs, you<br />

must bring your own money.<br />

Another item that I noticed on<br />

the list is May 12, 2013, from 1-4<br />

p.m. at an art gallery’s Mother’s<br />

Day open house. This is an outdoor<br />

event, so weather permitting. The<br />

iron work there is unique.<br />

Betwixt Places <strong>News</strong><br />

by Marsha Sumpter • 837-2048 • bilmar@gwtc.net<br />

As I looked out the window, the<br />

green grass is really coming to life.<br />

Robins dot the backyard, interspersed<br />

with meadowlarks, maybe<br />

they are the early birds that will<br />

get the worms. The little finches<br />

are busy rebuilding their nests, one<br />

in the wreath on the garage and<br />

one where they took over a swallow<br />

nest over our light. Last year, even<br />

with the heat, they hatched three<br />

batches of babies. Then came snow<br />

Sunday night, where do the birds<br />

seek refuge.<br />

A hearty congratulations is in<br />

order for Marcia and Michael West<br />

who were featured in the Rapid<br />

City Journal Sunday, April 21, for<br />

all the wonderful things they do<br />

now that they are “retired,” being<br />

good neighbors. Keep up the good<br />

work you two.<br />

The annual jamboree and honors<br />

banquet is July 26-27, 2013, in<br />

Pierre at a convention center with<br />

bowling at the lanes in Pierre. If<br />

you want to attend be sure to check<br />

it out and get signed up.<br />

Monday, our area, along with the<br />

rest of the nation, had their focus<br />

on the tragedy at the Boston<br />

Marathon with the bombings.<br />

Man’s inhumanity to man, loss of<br />

life and loss of the life many knew.<br />

It will be a long recovery for those<br />

injured. Also, the tragedy in Texas<br />

with the fertilizer plant explosion.<br />

Monday, Bill and I were in Rapid<br />

City for appointments. We had a<br />

little time to spare so we bowled<br />

three games after lunch. I still<br />

have a little advantage over Bill<br />

and beat him at his own game. I’d<br />

CITY OF PHILIP<br />

RUBBLE SITE HOURS<br />

The City Rubble Site will be starting summer<br />

hours, on Saturday, May 4th. The site will<br />

be OPEN from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the<br />

following days:<br />

1st Saturday of the Month<br />

2nd Friday of the Month<br />

3rd Saturday of the Month<br />

4th Friday of the Month<br />

5th Saturday of Month<br />

Mark your calendars ~<br />

Free Dump Weekend is May 10th & 11th!<br />

“I can find<br />

WHATEVER<br />

you’re<br />

looking for!”<br />

–David<br />

Burnett,<br />

Owner<br />

2009 Chevy Impala LTZ<br />

Heated leather, sunroof remote start, only 43K miles<br />

Cell: 605-441-2859 • Res: 605-859-2875 • Fax: 605-859-3278<br />

520 E. Hwy. 14 PO Box 38<br />

Philip, SD 57567 • www.all-starauto.net<br />

better enjoy it while I can, he’s getting<br />

better every time he bowls.<br />

Don and Vi Moody stayed around<br />

the ranch the greater part of the<br />

week and got everything taken<br />

care of before the forecasted<br />

weather change. Moisture is always<br />

welcome.<br />

Tony Harty made the usual trip<br />

for mail and had lunch out Monday,<br />

then visited by phone with<br />

family and friends.<br />

Tuesday morning, Bill and I<br />

stopped by Dan Smiley’s shop to<br />

check out the big door he has been<br />

crafting. It is going to be quite a<br />

masterpiece when done. I had a<br />

trip for the Haakon County Prairie<br />

Transportation to Philip and had a<br />

little time so visited Berdyn Parsons<br />

briefly, and did other errands<br />

around town. Bill was up to his<br />

usual playing cards and bowled in<br />

the evening. I rode over with Wendell<br />

Buxcel and kept score, riding<br />

home with Bill. It was beginning to<br />

snow when we were on the way<br />

home.<br />

Tuesday, Tony Harty got his<br />

mail, then went to Philip to get<br />

supplies. He also went to the sale<br />

barn and visited with folks who<br />

came and went. On the way home,<br />

he ventured off the highway and<br />

caught Don and Vi Moody at their<br />

home. They had an enjoyable afternoon<br />

of visiting about memories<br />

back when Vi and her mom,<br />

Shirley, and Tony’s mom, Margaret,<br />

and Tony met at Ranchers<br />

Bible Camp in the Black Hills near<br />

Nemo. Tony and Vi shared some<br />

stories about his sister and Vi's sister<br />

who went to St. Martin's Academy<br />

at Sturgis back in the early<br />

1960s and several of the local girls<br />

would carpool from Kadoka Junction<br />

on weekends to Sturgis. That<br />

saved the parents a lot of travel<br />

time.<br />

Wednesday, we awoke to wet<br />

snow. Steve Varner picked up a vehicle<br />

and took it to Philip for some<br />

work. I visited Les and Muree<br />

Struble in the afternoon as well as<br />

stopping by the nursing home and<br />

visited Ruth Klundt and Emma<br />

Jarl. About five o’clock I gathered<br />

the eggs and milked the cow, (in<br />

other words, went to the grocery<br />

store). That evening, I visited Bonnie<br />

Riggins at her apartment and<br />

she shared some desert with us.<br />

Cathy Fiedler reported that in<br />

the Sturgis area they have also had<br />

snow, fog and the temperature was<br />

in the 30s the better part of the<br />

week. The moisture has been great,<br />

but I’m so ready for some sun and<br />

warm weather.<br />

Speaking of weather, for so many<br />

months the news media had gone<br />

on about the drought all across the<br />

nation. Grain prices jumped<br />

around at each report. Now, “planting<br />

is delayed” due to flooding in<br />

the Midwest. Farmers don’t know<br />

if they will be able to plant the<br />

corn, soybeans and spring crops<br />

planned due to all the rain, snow<br />

and flooding.<br />

Thursday, John Kramer with<br />

West River/Lyman – Jones Rural<br />

Water stopped by to visit with me<br />

about some work. Tony Harty came<br />

by in the afternoon and we engaged<br />

in the game of farkel. I was the<br />

winner this time, but the word puzzle<br />

he took hands down. Phyllis<br />

Word also stopped for a visit.<br />

Class of 1963 is getting closer<br />

now to letting everyone know about<br />

their reunion taking place June 15<br />

and 16. Be sure and send emails<br />

and/or Facebook to remind everyone<br />

about the reunion. If there are<br />

questions please call Nancy Ekstrum<br />

or Vi Moody as they are<br />

planning a parade entry for Saturday<br />

morning and reunion gathering<br />

Saturday night at the golf clubhouse.<br />

They are planning for a<br />

great celebration and fun time to<br />

reunite during Scotty Philip Days!<br />

This will be 50 years.<br />

Don and Vi Moody went to their<br />

Rapid Valley home Thursday afternoon<br />

since they had appointments<br />

in Rapid City Friday. They stayed<br />

throughout the weekend to finish<br />

up more appointments the first of<br />

next week.<br />

Doug Frein helped George Gittings<br />

get some cattle moved out of<br />

the corrals Friday.<br />

Bill and I were on the road again<br />

for appointments in Rapid Friday.<br />

We met Zack Seager, Cori Barber<br />

and little Ryder for lunch. We enjoyed<br />

the company of a gal who<br />

needed a ride back to her work in<br />

Wanblee, so a co-op ride was something<br />

worked out and we took<br />

Highway 44 home.<br />

Rich and Donna Perez, Rapid<br />

City, visited George and Sandee<br />

Gittings Saturday afternoon.<br />

Saturday, Cathy Fiedler rode to<br />

Rapid with Sherry Hanson and<br />

Elsie, who had eye appointments.<br />

Ralph worked at the store, then he<br />

and Cathy went out for supper.<br />

Saturday, after getting the mail,<br />

Tony Harty went out for breakfast,<br />

then escaped to the Herber ranch<br />

down on the White River. The river<br />

is running quite full, but dams are<br />

still suffering from the need of runoff.<br />

He visited with his brother,<br />

Bernard, and Barbara and family.<br />

Their son, Matt, and family were<br />

visiting from Dell Rapids, so he enjoyed<br />

them. The men were busy<br />

sorting cattle.<br />

Don and Vi Moody ventured off<br />

to Deadwood for a steak dinner<br />

Saturday afternoon and ran into<br />

friends, Bruce and Bonita Weber,<br />

who were in a slot tournament.<br />

They also enjoyed a brief visit with<br />

Kathy Willuweit at the place where<br />

she works. Kathy loves to "hug" her<br />

Philip friends when they are in<br />

town so makes fun for all!<br />

Bright and early Saturday morning<br />

I was on the road to Pierre,<br />

picking up Lee and Roberta<br />

Vaughan on the way through<br />

Philip. We attended the South<br />

Dakota Wing Civil Air Patrol conference.<br />

The roads were good on<br />

the way home, a bit of snow going.<br />

We picked up Lee Vaughan, Sr.,<br />

and we all had supper out before<br />

returning home.<br />

“Nothing will be accomplished if<br />

all possible objections must first be<br />

overcome.” Main Street Memories<br />

George Gittings and Kurt<br />

Gustafson went to Henry Hanson's<br />

Sunday afternoon to get some cattle<br />

cake.<br />

There was rain during the night<br />

and Sunday morning the rain<br />

gauges showed 6/10s. Not too sure<br />

if that was melted snow included,<br />

but now we know it can rain too. A<br />

call from cousin John Fairchild in<br />

the afternoon was enjoyed. In Virginia<br />

Beach, they are keeping busy<br />

with yard work and such. He said<br />

to tell all Aunt Pearl’s bridge players<br />

hello. Bill and I went out for<br />

supper and got home before snow<br />

started.<br />

Sunday, Tony Harty attended<br />

church and had dinner out.<br />

“A small town is: where the best<br />

civic lessons are taught with a lot of<br />

heart, community action and community<br />

spirit.” Main Street Memories.

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