ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank all the people it took to make this book a reality. People from the age of 12 to 87 helped with this book. Some people need special mention.

A special thanks to our patient and fearless leader, Illa Willmore. The secretary-treasurer, Jessie Komarek, spent hours keeping the records and finances straight. The research team was Marie Zahn, Ella Rindal, and Donna Lund. They donated a lot of time and effort. The members of the committee are Bill Davis, Monte Lund, Ray Horyna, Lucille Umstead, Warren Willmore, Roy and Charlotte Coulter, Dick Kalina and Speed Komarek. They helped in many ways.

We thank our pioneer residents for their memories of people and places: Winnie Rife, Harold Bauman, Marcy and Jim Horyna, Frank and Murna Southworth, Frank and Marie Cimrhakl, Steve Gilpatrick and Ernest Zahn.

Thanks to those who helped by proofreading, filing, indexing and in numerous other ways: Sue Kalina, Charlotte Kalina, Linda Komarek, Pixie Zieski, Vicki Willmore, Sue Willmore and Barb Kalal. Thanks to the Roy School and B. J. Niemi, A special thanks to the students who helped: George Maruska for the computer work; Misty Willmore, Roxie Willmore, and Kathy Katina for proof reading, filing and indexing; Jamie Strunk Kananen for art work. These students were a great help.

Thanks to Mary Ann Quiring and Rachael Eide for their help and advice. Thanks for photos and information above the call of duty: Carley Graham, Edyth Kauth Oquist, Earline Tully McNeil, Helen Hanson Hartman, Don Hardy and Dodie Rife.

Thanks to all the people who helped by writing stories and writing letters. Thanks for art work to Illa Willmore and Marie Zahn. Thanks to Monte Lund for donating a sculpture to be raffled.

We would especially like to thank our families for putting up with us and encouraging us. Many time the housework didn't get done because the book needed work.

Thanks to all the countless others, who donated time, money and knowledge and sent in material for usage in this book. This book is the result of many hours of volunteered help.

In reading this history one has to remember that everyone can see, hear, and tell the same story in different ways. The readers will find various stories that differ slightly in the telling for this reason. We cannot verify the exact accuracy and details of stories or dates but they are as close to the facts as possible.

We will continue to gather information and it will be on file for anyone who wishes to use it. If anyone has data or stories on any of the homesteaders in this area please send it to us. Many homesteaders were not mentioned as there was no information available on them. We had more data than we were able to include in this book. We had poems and maps and information that had to be cut to fit the space in the book.

Don Hardy made us a set of eight maps showing the early homesteads. Anyone interested in copies should contact the History Committee.

In spite of all the work it took to do this book, some people are already talking about doing another in a few years.

The Roy History Committee assumes no responsibility for opinions expressed by individuals in this book.