June 2020 • Nebraskaland 73
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OPPOSITE PAGE – These photos from the fall of 1952 show a log cabin my friends and I built on an island on the Loup River
west of Fullerton during high school. I was told that in later years the Boy Scouts used it for campouts. From left, Leroy Emery,
Lyle "Zeke" Pierce, Lowell "Coon" Harris and Jay "Eager" Brown.
–Lowell Harris, Central City
Here are a few photos from my childhood in the
mid-to-late '70s. All pictures are from the collection
of my parents, Larry and Kay Allen of Grand Island.
– Suzie Hartman, Omaha
Camping at Harry Strunk Lake on Memorial Day
weekend 1977 with kids by the baby pool. From
left, Nicole Hutchison and cousin LaRae Mamot,
Jarrod Allen and sister Suzie Allen (Hartman), Jeni
Dreier (Cook) and sister Tricia Dreier (Camplin).
Visiting Smith Falls in the summer of 1979.
My mom, Kay Allen, is in the front. Others in
the photo were with Third City Archers, an
archery club from Grand Island.
My dad, Larry Allen, and I with the catch of the
day in the summer of 1979 at Pibel Lake.
