There may not be much left of the former Nuckolls County Community of Angus but friends of the community refuse to let its memory fade away.
In the early 1970s Angus was a bellwether community for The Express mailroom crew. As we addressed bundled and sack ed the current issue of the newspaper for mailing late Wednesday afternoon, staff members kept an eye out for Angus for they wanted to know how many papers were being sent to Angus that week. Four was the average number but they were encouraged when a new subscription was added and sorry when a name was removed from the list.
The Angus papers were among the last to be addressed because they didn’t have to make the star route truck which left Superior about 5:40 p.m.for Hastings to have next day delivery. Angus was served by the morning bus and the deadline to get the papers to the Superior Post Office for next day delivery was 6:30 p.m..
Likewise, The Express had an Angus news column for letters mailed to Superior on Monday afternoon at Angus came to Superior by bus and were available in the newspaper’s post office box about 6:30 Monday evening. None of the current send it to Omaha for sorting and have it delivered several days later.
However, the Angus post office closed, the bus quit stopping at Angus, the community’s church, store and school closed and the few folks who lived within the community voted to dissolve the community government.
While Angus may no longer be an organized community within Nuckolls County, many people are still proud to call Angus home.
Over the years a former Angus resident, Larry DeVore, now living in Edgar, kept adding to his Angus scrapbook. The DeVore family has long had ties to Angus. It was members of the DeVore family who built and operated the Angus Swimming Pool. The spring fed pool was quite an attraction with a concrete floor and electric lights.
Earlier this year, Marilyn Corman borrowed DeVore’s scrap book, brought it to Superior and showed it to members of this newspaper’s current crew. The decision was made to reproduce the scrapbook. That was accomplished and in mid-August copies of the scrapbook went on sale.
Like most scrapbooks, it contains duplicate entries and some of those entries leave unanswered questions. However the book helps to preserve the memory of a once thriving community.
Copies of the book are now available for purchase from DeVore family members in Edgar and Angus and at the Superior Publishing Company office in Superior.
The Nuckolls County Historical Society Museum has on display a Fuller automobile manufactured in Angus and a copy of Angus book.
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