Hi, list! First, a link to Joan's photo page has been added to the Lincoln County page. Please take a look! Second, I found a lot of old Lincoln Sentinel-Republicans when I moved, and I started tearing into them this weekend. I will have all the obituaries from 1987 and 1988 and some from 1986 when I'm done. In the meantime, I have used the "Down Memory Lane" column to pull a lot of "gleanings." You know I'm a sucker for these, and I know some of you are, too. Here are a few examples: -- Beverly: B.J. SKINNER had a hog badly torn up by vicious dogs and had to kill it. … The cellars were liberally patronized by the citizens during the storm. Most of the men went because their wives did. ... The commerce club of Kansas City visited Beverly on their excursion train April 22 and received a hearty welcome from the enterprising and wide awake business men of this modest little burg. No one could be prevailed upon to deliver an address of welcome to the distinguished visitors, and the inclemency of the weather prevented the ladies of Beverly, far famed for their beauty and grace, from being present, but the little girls were on hand to distribute beautiful bouquets of fragrant flowers to the visitors as priceless mementoes on memory's page. -- It is reported that Hankey Mohn of Spring Valley has planted a bushel of hail with the intent of raising ice plants. -- There was a gentleman from Elkhorn visiting with W.H. BISHOP last Sunday. We would not tell his name, but he can eat more chicken than any living mortal we ever saw. He at six legs for his dinner. The gleanings are from six different periods, 1895, 1896, 1911, 1912, 1936 and 1937. If it's been awhile since you searched your surnames on the site, you ought to try again. I know I saw some SKINNER items for Ginny, some BUZICKs for Luci, and some other familiar surnames as well. If you want to just get a feel for Lincoln in those days, I suggest you call up the gleanings and give them a read. They are funny one minute and heart-breaking the next. Anyway, the gleanings are now broken into 10 pages with more on the way. I also wonder if it's not time to have another "surname soundoff" on the list. It would help me as I go through these papers to have everybody's "interests" in mind. (I try to get as many names as I can but I don't copy every single item.) I don't think Bill would mind me making that suggestion, so please, msg the list with your surnames so we all know who's out there. Thanks! Tracee