Matching passages and citation notes from our published collection.
Tour stopSchools & Churches7 cited sources
In “Tour stop 4”
A congregation that began in Hooper’s depot eventually joined two rural churches as Faith United Methodist. The Maple Street property preserves another chapter: the 1980 replacement building now houses Spirit of Peace. Notes: The guide’s 1969 shorthand should not erase the Winslow congregation’s separate 1968 union with Hooper. Parsonage dates differ: 1891 in the centennial book, 1892 in the tour. The 1892 conference account supports existence by that reporting period. The exact legal closure date of Faith and sale-deed details were not independently established. Do not infer disaffiliation or a particular reason for closure. The 1976 Methodist section’s 1870 Presbyterian-building date conflicts with Joel Warner’s 1880 dedication account; the expansion does not repeat the 1870 date. The 2026 book and tour overlap substantially; repetition between them is not independent confirmation. The January 1908 report calls the other temporary church school German Lutheran, without naming its congregation; this record does not assign it to Zion or St. John’s.
Researched storyPeople & Families30 cited sources
In “The Project Club and its neighbors”
Alperstedt names nine area clubs in 1939: West Logan, Hooper Extension, Elkhorn View, Happy Homemakers, Wo-He-Lo, West Bethel, Winslow Willing Workers, Harmony and East Bethel. Her 1976 list names West Logan, Hooper Extension, Elkhorn View, Dizzy Dozen, Happy Hooperettes and Koffee Klatch Klub. These were area groups, not necessarily clubs meeting within Hooper’s city limits. The account does not give each group’s founding date, and it does not explicitly explain the relationship between the names Hooper Project Club and Hooper Extension.
Researched storyMain Street & Business9 cited sources
In “A newspaper for a growing town”
The paper’s territory extended beyond the village. By the centennial year, its history described a readership in Hooper, Winslow, Nickerson and Uehling, and identified the Sentinel as the official newspaper for Logan View High School. Church reports, rural correspondence, school activities and business advertising connected those communities through a common weekly publication.
Tour stopSchools & Churches4 cited sources
In “Tour stop 15”
The former St. John’s building carries a rural congregation’s history into Hooper. Its story includes a school, a moved church, a 1911 replacement and a second relocation before its 1956 dedication in town. Notes: The July 14, 1955 original newspaper reports future move preparations at the July 10 meeting, conflicting with treating December 1954 as a completed move. The precise transport day is still unverified; the 1976 photograph’s1955 label does not supply that day. Do not confuse this congregation with St. John’s Ridgeley near Scribner, which has a separate archive and history. The St. Paul’s of Winslow considered in the 1950s merger discussion is not rural St. Paul’s at County Road E. Private residential use is the tour’s 2026 description; the tour is not permission to enter or approach private grounds.
Researched storySchools & Churches123 cited sources
In “Rural schools were changing too”
Rural schools were changing, too. The September 12, 1963 Sentinel reported 262 visitors at Broad View School’s open house. District 89’s new building stood beside Highway 77 north of Winslow, with two classrooms, a room for music and other special instruction, and a basement stage and kitchen. Construction cost $36,200, with equipment and land listed separately. Three older schoolhouses were to be auctioned. The report also described a planned hot-lunch program, showing how a new building could change the school day.
Researched storyMain Street & Business49 cited sources
Hooper’s telephone history is still part of everyday life. Today, WesTel Systems lists Hooper, Uehling and Winslow among the communities it serves. Its connection to Hooper reaches back to 1943, when the local company came under the control of W. H. Daubendiek and became connected with West Iowa Telephone. The WesTel name followed in 2001, bringing West Iowa Telephone, Hooper Telephone and MidlandsNet under one brand.
Researched storySchools & Churches17 cited sources
In “From Hooper Methodist to Faith United Methodist”
Faith brought together three local histories. Bethel, organized in Maple Township on February 16, 1874, began with services in the Brown schoolhouse and built a church in 1878. The Winslow Evangelical United Brethren congregation traced its beginnings to Clark Creek meetings in 1874. It organized as a congregation on January 31, 1877, built in 1888 and later relocated to Winslow, reusing lumber from its earlier church in the new building dedicated in 1926.
Researched storyPeople & Families19 cited sources
In “Post 10535 in Winslow, and its Auxiliary in 1993”
The later post’s number appears before the 1993 Main Street listing. In November 1981, the Scribner Rustler advertised a veterans-benefits information meeting at the Winslow auditorium sponsored by “Winslow Post 10535.” Veterans, widows, children and other interested residents were invited. This gives the post a documented Winslow connection by 1981; it does not supply its charter date or establish a relationship to Post 7616.
Researched storySchools & Churches2 cited sources
In “Bringing the church into town”
Early in 1954, St. John’s and St. Paul’s of Winslow discussed merging and building a new church in Hooper. St. Paul’s decided against the merger. St. John’s chose to move its existing building into town, enlarge it and provide a basement.
Researched storyPeople & Families3 cited sources
In “The Hooper Inn’s other emergency”
A public-health clinic opened at the Hooper Inn on Sunday afternoon under Dr. C. D. Heine. The newspaper reported that by Wednesday nearly a thousand people in the Hooper and Winslow area had received first typhoid immunization shots. That figure covers both communities; it is not a count of Hooper residents alone. The report also said the city water supply had been chlorinated by Tuesday. [B]
Source referenceMain Street & Business
Cited in Hooper’s Post Office: The People Who Carried the Mail
“Post Office Changes.” Winslow administrative discontinuance effective January 25, 2025; place-name assignment under Hooper; retained Winslow ZIP Code and last line of address. Table also records the March 18, 2019 suspension date.
Source referenceFounding & Early Years
Cited in Winslow, Nebraska: The Life of a Village Beside the Elkhorn
Biographical entry contributed by Joan Hruza; NEGenWeb transcription and portrait. Twenty years teaching in Winslow before moving to Morse Bluff in 1964. The portrait’s date is not stated.
Source referenceFounding & Early Years
Cited in Winslow, Nebraska: The Life of a Village Beside the Elkhorn
Bill Kelly, Nebraska Public Media, December 16, 2019. Residents’ discussions, university planning work and the proposed higher-ground site near Logan View. Includes the aerial photograph credited to the State of Nebraska.
Source referenceFounding & Early Years
Cited in Winslow, Nebraska: The Life of a Village Beside the Elkhorn
William Henry Buss and Thomas T. Osterman, vol. II (1921), p. 473. Monnich began business in Hooper in 1891 and entered real estate in 1897.
Source referenceFounding & Early Years
Cited in Winslow, Nebraska: The Life of a Village Beside the Elkhorn
The 1976 history describes the proposed 1954 St. Paul’s–St. John’s merger; the 2026 history identifies Winslow E.U.B. among the congregations that formed Faith United Methodist Church.
