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Links to Story Pages
(Stories are added each month to to bottom of the list in no specific
order) |
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Storie Names |
Stories written or submitted by |
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Kills
Wolf |
from the Dawson
Herald in the 30's |
| Grandma's
Secret |
written by Evelyn
Heim Dallmann |
| The
Big Farm Bell |
Written by Elma Heim Larimore
For her book entitled "Folklore" of the Pennsylvania Colony
of Nebraska |
| Remembrance
of Rueben and True Ulmer |
by granddaughter,
Kristi Leatherman Hall |
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Historic Walk from
Church to Cemetery |
(cemetery story) Beneath the aged pine trees, just east of the
old silver fence, blanketed by several years of pine needles, lies
a once proud hand poured sidewalk... |
| Sidewalk
from Dawson to Heim Cemetery |
By Bob Williamson,
Sexton (cemetery story)
Storie, pictures and records of donors that sponsored squares of the
walk. |
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Pioneers'
Standards are Kept |
Dawson German Unit Loses Last Original Member
…By Anne Rush Riley …Published February 18, 1951 Lincoln
Journal Star |
| We
Don't Do This Much Anymore |
…by Bob Williamson
Among the things handed down through the family is an autograph book
.... |
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Dr. Harlan and Golda
Heim |
…by Bob Williamson
Dr. Harlan S. Heim was a dedicated physician and served ... |
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Christmas in old
Blooming Grove |
Written by Susan
H. Little, and read at the Christmas Meeting of Lycoming County Historical
Society, Dec. 19. 1940 |
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Where
is the little boy sipping from the sweet spring? |
…by Kent Knudsen
Kent is the grandson of Lloyd Heim and son of Charol Heim Pleiss |
| The
Sweet Spring Still Flows |
Reprinted from
the Omaha World Herald, Magazine of the Midlands, Sept. 15, 1974.
Photos and story by Harold Cowan
One Hundred Years of Heims… |
| Coming
to Nebraska |
from a diary kept by Rosina Heim |
| Further
History of the Penn Colony of Nebraska |
Written by Elma
Heim Griffiths in 1955. |
| Who
are the "Pennsylvania Dutch" |
by Don Yoder, Ph D., Dept of Religious Thoughts, University of
Pennsylvania |
| "It's
Kraut Time" |
by Bob Williamson |
| A
Visit with Mother |
written by Robert
H. Weber of Tusla, Ok. For the "Home Life" a family Christian
Magazine |
| Ode
to Family Reunions |
from Mrs. Lois
Dappen Hinkly |
| Cider
Making |
by Mrs. Israel …Gertrude…Heim |
True
Stratton and Rueben Ulmer
Wedding Day, June 16, 1915 |
written by their
oldest daughter, Evelyn Ulmer, upon the observance of the couples
50th wedding anniversary, June 16, 1965 |
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Tales of Happy Childhood |
Written by Jessie
Heim Deweese of Dawson (Mother of new board member Martha Hoig) |
| Opera
Cream Candy |
...do concert pianists cook? Ernest Ulmer did and here is his seasonal
recipe |
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The Heim Family |
The Heims were
a family of weavers; they were among the most zealous and devout...
"Story taken from book "Blooming grove" |
| 50th
wedding anniversary of Rueben and True Ulmer |
Lovingly written
by their daughter Evelyn Ulmer |
| Candle
Making |
Written by Elma
Heim Griffiths |
| Rememberances
of Life in the Dawson, Nebraska Area |
As told by Kenneth
Heim in his Autobiography, 3/07/2000 |
| Hops
Still Growing After 120 Years |
by Bob Williamson |
| Dawson
United Methodist Church |
Taken from annual
conference records. by H. A. Shwab |
| Pioneer
Citizen Observes Anniversary |
The sixty-sixth
birthday of Israel Ulmer was quietly celebrated .... |
| It
Pays to Keep Accurate Records |
This article about
the egg laying business of Wesley Heim ... |
| The
Story of my Life |
Dr. Ernst Max Adam
(Nov.20, 1801 - Sept. 15, 1880) |
| A Tribute
to Jacob S. Heim |
from the "Folklore"
book.
It may be purchased by going to the "for
sale" page |
| Good
Gifts Come In Strange Containers |
Dr. Keith Heim |
| Woman's'
Work Is Never Done |
Elma Griffith wrote
for Dawson Bicentennial History News |
| A
Tribute to "Aunt Rosa" |
By Anne Rush Riley,
Dawson, Nebraska |
| The
Depression Years |
By - Keith M. Heim |
| Early
Roads were trails! |
written by Elma
Heim Griffith in 1976 for the Dawson Bicentennial Celebration |
| Spring
Planting on Jacob Heim Farm 1875 |
from the book "Westward
Bound" |
| Shooting
Marbles |
written by Mike
Cummings in his book of "Remembers" |
| Permanent
Colonists |
history of the
German Dunkers who settled in Lycoming County |
| The
Blooming Grove Colony |
The colony of 1804
comprised the following ... |
| Grandfather's
Bee Story |
About eight or
ten hives kept the family supplied |
| Delivering
Corn To Market Was A Real Job in 1866 |
from the Dawson
Herald Newspaper |
| Christmas
was a very exciting time |
Written by Kenneth
Heim in his autobiography |
| More
Westward Bound |
by Mary Heim Bilsing |
| Spinning
and Weaving |
written in 1942
by Elma Heim Griffiths |
| Dawson's
First Telephone |
submitted by Bob
Williamson |
| Barns, soon a thing of the past! |
Bob Williamson |
| From Prairie to Civilization |
Bob Williamson |
| Butchering and Fresh Water |
Arthur W. Heim, Dawson, Nebraska |
| Pennsylvania - Dutch Culture |
excerpted from the English Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary, Culinary Arts Press, Reading, Pa. 1965 |
| Story of a real Emergency! |
as told to Elma Heim Griffiths by the participants |
| The "Barn Raising" |
By Arthur W. Heim grandson of Jacob G. Heim and ... |
| Butchering and Soap Making |
written for the Folklore book by Mrs. Isreal L. ..Gertrude.. Heim of Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Quilting Parties |
by Susan Heim Little, Williamsport, Pa |
| A Man Named Good |
Mike Cummings |
| Sunday Morning Memorial Moment |
By Donna Heim Epley |
| Pennsylvania Textiles and Needlework |
submitted by Bob Williamson |
| The John J. Heim Family |
written by the late Elma Heim Griffiths |
| The Dawson Herald Newspaper |
submitted by Bob Williamson |
| Homespun Pleasures |
By Elma Heim Griffiths, in 1955 for the book |
| Eating Out in the 50’s and 60’s |
submitted by Bob Williamson |
| Sippleys Came to Dawson in ‘79 |
letter was written by John Sippley of Bucyrus, Ohio |
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