50 years ago
august 4, 1955
Twenty-one piano students of Betty Hiebert were presented in recital Tuesday evening, July 26, in the Tabor College auditorium. Performing in the recital program were: Stanley Penner, Delores Plett, Janice Hostettler, Anna Marie Toews, Myrna Gaede, Rosemary Thiessen, Ruth Friesen, Paul Friesen, Helen Cornelsen, Nanette Anderson, Marilyn Riesen, Roland Riesen, Kenneth Riesen, Onietta Unruh, Jean Unruh, Loren Jost, Marilyn Bartel, Howard Jost, Mary Janzen, Rosalie Bartel, and Marcine Jost.
Results of the 1955 MCC-CROP drive in the city of Hillsboro are in, and city chairman Albert H. Penner reports a total of $1,395.06 in money and 15 1/2 bushels of wheat have been contributed.
The thrill of adventure — a river voyage on a raft — proved to be disappointing and rugged for K.U. medical student Herb Friesen and his four companions. Friesen is spending the summer as an aid at the Navajo Reservation hospital in Shiprock. The 30-mile trip down the San Juan River from Shiprock, New Mexico, to Four Corners, New Mexico, seemed ladened with disaster. Much of the river ended up non-navigable, and the travelers had to abandoned their raft and resume the trip on foot. Trudging over rugged terrain proved time-consuming, and darkness set in before the team could reach their destination, forcing them to build a fire and camp for the night. Car troubles further plagued the group, but they finally got back to Shiprock, tired and dejected.
