the phillips family
Photo 686, "The Phillips Family," from the photo collection of Ines Madden.
Photo 192 - 1910 Mandolin Club, includes Jack Phillips (back row, 3rd from left), Laura Phillips (back row 5th from left), and Rose Phillips (front row 2nd from right). Back row: Leroy White,
Gertrude Norris Cotton, Jack Phillips, Dr. C C Covert, Laura Phillips, Art
Longwell. Front row: Mrs Covert, Lawrence Griffing, Ruby Conklin Taylor, Ralph Cotton,
Nelle Cotton Martin. Front row: James Goodrich, Rose Phillips, and Mary Goodrich.
Photo 357, 1914 class which includes Dorothy Phillips, then in 9th Grade (Class of 1918). Names are listed but without noting which student is which. The photo is so fuzzy that it probably doesn't matter. Teacher Margaret Engberry, Dorothy Phillips, Max Glenn,
Carlton Narnia, Ruth Andrews, Ruth Marshall, Ethel Talbot, Earl Bicknell, Guy
Talbot, Dorcas Fellers, Ona Sherman, and Robert Nair.
Photo 173
Photo 173 - Class of 1918 includes Dorothy Phillips: Julia Blaha, Robert Wiar (elsewhere also Wier), Albina Sedlak, Jess Kovanda, Max Glenn, Vern Talbot, Antonette Colling, Dorothy Phillips, Harland Taylor, Glen Kent, Mildred Herrick, and Orvin Gold
Photo 308, Junior class, 1929 - Includes Arnold Phillips. . Teacher Ruth
Goodrich Tomek (Mrs. John Tomek), Alvah Aylor, Kenneth Bain, Albert Allguier,
Dale Townsend, Roy Hanna; Jim Nedved, Loyd Jasa, John W. Tomek, Elza Morton, Cyril
(Purdew?); (Paul?) McGinnis, (Earl?) McKnight, _____ Jones, Lorraine Hunzeker,
Arnold Zelenka, David Johnson, and Arnold Phillips.
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Jesse Phillips was at one time the postmaster. The first Postmaster
according to history was C. W. Giddings.
M. P. Bashline was the second postmaster in 1879, and then came the
following: Will L. Scism – James Carlot – Scott Linsley – Andrew Lane – Jessie
Phillips – Frank H. Taylor – A. R. Kovanda – Floyd Ritchie – William Vondrasek
– Vernon Sandusky – and Edward Tomek as of 1964.
In 1917, the Upper Brickyard (south of town) reopened with great fanfare, as the Table Rock Brick & Material Company. It had been out of operation for many years. The officers included J. N. Phillips as treasurer.
One of the buildings destroyed by the big 1920 fire on the south side of the square was owned by J. N. Phillips and F. A. Steah.
One of the cars destroyed in the 1930 fire at the Brace Garage was owned by Scott Phillips. The cars of eleven
customers were destroyed , belonging to “Mrs. Heaning (sic?), Scott Phillips,
Floyd Johnson, Ernest Noquist, J. C. Beck, M.B. Johnson, John Kolacney, Frank
Pangburn, Florence Jones, L. M. Greece (sic?), A. N. Aylor, and L. Kelly, a
“county bridge man.”
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Ida Phillips married C. I. Norris, a prominent merchant in Table Rock who was a grandson of C. W. Giddings, the founder of Table Rock, and son of C. H. Norris, also a prominent merchant and who owned the brick house at the northeast corner of the Square. A 1940 history, Who’s Who in Pawnee County, noted the marriage in 1887.
NORRIS, CHARLES IRA: Merchant; b Falls City, Neb Dec 3, 1860; s of Chauncey H Norris-Fannie C Giddings; ed Table Rock HS; m Ida Phillips Nov 30, 1887 Table Rock; s Edgar J; d Eunice (Mrs Fred E Peters), Aline (Mrs Dan Bare); 1882-86 with Missoula, Mont Mdse Co, att completion ceremonies of NP RR there 1884; 1886- with Norris Merc Store, Table Rock, 1886-1910 with C H Norris, 1910- owner & mgr; this is oldest store in continuous oprn 70 years in Neb; past mbr Pawnee & Richardson Cos in Neb legislature; mbr sch bd 33 years; Pawnee Co Hist Soc; IOOF, past noble grand; Meth Ch; Rep, past mbr Pawnee Co Central Com; grandfather, C W Giddings founded Table Rock in 1856; father began store in Table Rock 1859, later served in Union Army, and fought Sioux Indians in Dakota; after war he was apptd Indian agt near Falls City, opened present store in 1869; res Table Rock. |
