60 Nebraskaland • April 2022
PORTRAITS FROM THE PAST
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Platte River Hunt, 1955.
This photo was taken Dec. 11, 1955, after a successful
hunting trip on the Platte River north of Bertrand. The
hunters left to right: Don Leffler, LaVern Palmer, Dick Person
(my father) and Royle Carlson. When the northern flight of
mallards came in, a limit of ducks was easy, but the geese were
rare in 1955.
– Kent E. Person, Holdrege
Pheasant Hunt, 1947.
This is my grandpa, George Nolda (far left); his
oldest son, Herb (my dad); and other brother, Virg.
And Duke the Lab.
Circa 1947 in Ravenna.
Grandpa and his sons loved to hunt pheasants.
Virg got married on the first day of pheasant
season in 1945. His wife wanted the ceremony in
the morning, but it had to wait until the afternoon
because Virg couldn't miss opening day.
– Valerie Vierk, Ravenna
Harvesting Racoons, 1997.
This picture was taken on our farm during the
1997 trapping season. From left: Jim Barjenbruch
(me) and my three sons — Craig, Jared and Brian.
The boys' excitement could not be held back,
because when we checked traps, there would be an
an all-out sprint to the creekbank to see if we had
caught anything in that set, and so on, as we went
down the line. In years past, I enjoyed hunting and
fishing with my dad, Otto, who also was an avid
trapper and loved hunting coons with his coon dogs.
Lots of good memories were made in the past and
more will be made in the future with my grandsons
as they are starting to fish and coming with us out
to the deer stands.
– Jim Barjenbruch, Leigh
