the annual
table rock volunteer fire department
consignment sale
For over 50 years, the firefighters have held an annual consignment sale as a fundraiser for new equipment and other needs. It is a tremendous community garage sale -- with hedge posts and farm equipment and old furniture and wringer washing machines and bicycles and old dishes. It's a place where old friends and neighbors come to down from far and near to visit and see that the town is still going. It's a place to find some good food -- biscuits and gravy at the Legion Hall real early with nachos and long johns and other things through the day. Fresh baked kolaches by the Table Rock Community Club at the Reflections Drug Store next to the bank. Homemade soup and sandwiches and desserts at the Methodist Church basement. Our friends with the Amish fried pies have moved away but in 2017 another family stepped in with a bake sale table by the bank, with homemade pies, donuts, cinnamon rolls and so on.
1966, the first year
March 17, 1966
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1982
All 1982 photos shared by Sharla Sitzman Cerra
Center in red, Ines Roberts and granddaughter Sharla Sitzman Cerra, Photo 5000, shared by Sharla
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2015
All 2015 photos by Kim Vrtiska
2015, from Opera House roof, by Kim Vrtiska
2017
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Video by Kim Vrtiska
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All 2017 photos below shared by Sharla Sitzman Cerra
Getting ready to sell roughly 1,000 fresh-baked kolaches made with love by the Fair Committee of the Table Rock Community Club, Brittany Freeman, Angie Wilkinson, and KyLyn Tyler.
Supporting the Fair Committee -- Matt Boshart of Omaha donated his fresh-roasted coffee. His company is called ReBoot. You can get it through his father-in-law Richard Sitzman at Sitzman Repair in Table Rock!
Terry Frank and Paul Burget took some time off from the auction rings to kick back. "I'm 83 years old," says Paul, whose older brother John belonged to the Table Rock American Legion. "He still has cattle," Terry says, "How many, a hundred?" "One hundred fifty. It gives me something to do in the mornings."
Corbin Myer agreed to have his picture taken next to this old pot belly stove -- but only if he could sit in his newly purchased chair that has legs that look like pencils.
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Theresa Wetzel made the winning bid for this masterpiece.She got it for a son-in-law who has never lived on a farm but loves chickens. "Besides, she said, "It's the year of the chicken."
Serving at the Legion's canteen -- Laura and Michelle Wenzl. "I'm here for my Mom," says Laura, whose mother Delores Puhalla, passed away since the last sale and would otherwise have been right there.
Legionaire Tom Hildebrand dipping up the goods - nachos, hot dogs, and more....
Legion Auxiliary members traditionally distribute their poppies on Consignment Sale Day.
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Well, would you look at that! Somebody bought a cupboard and it came with a perfectly mighty fine little boy, Abel Karbowsii!
Down to the last of the kolaches -- apricot, poppy seed, cherry, cream cheese-raspberry...which to choose, which to choose....
In line to pay up
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2019
Auctioneer __________, and assistant Jordan Schaardt
auctioneer clay schaardt of table rock
John Ticnor, Bill Vogt, Robby Kostecka, and Mark Tomek
Auctioneer Randy Speckman (in the red hat), with fire fighter Damian Vrtiska flagging
at the legion hall
Jerry Vrtiska & Laurie Petrashek Hieier
Laurie Petrashek Hierir
Sandy Vrtiska helps at the Legion
Sandy Vrtiska
In the Legion kitchen: Tom Hildebrand, ______, Alice Siske, and _______Laura Wenzl?___
Working in the Legion kitchen: Tom Hildebrand to the left, then _______, Alice Siske, ___Laura Wenzl?___, and Tim Panko.
at the methodist church soup lunch
Roger Vondrasek testing the homemade chicken noodle soup at the Methodist Church
