1945: Holy Trinity sees record enrollment numbers

Sept. 6, 1945

HARTINGTON — The Hartington Boy Scout Troop, led by C.A. Carkoski, won first place for all-around scoutcraft in a week of competition against nine other Nebraska troops at Camp Cedars near Fremont.

Sept. 6, 1945

HARTINGTON — Jim Olsen suffered a badly wrenched shoulder this week when the gravel truck he was driving tipped over in a ditch about two miles south of Hartington.

Sept. 6, 1945

HARTINGTON — Frank Keiter, 63, a farmer living northwest of Hartington was seriously injured when he fell from a hay rack. He was found unconscious by his son.

Sept. 6, 1945

HARTINGTON — An alltime enrollment record was established at Holy Trinity Catholic School here this week when opening registration figures were tabulated.

Msgr. B. H. Lordemann said the total enrollment was 345 pupils, compared with 328 last year. The 1944-45 enrollment was also a record. The high school enrollment at Trinity totaled 175, compared with 160 last year, while the grade school enrollment was 170, two more than a year ago.

Sept. 6, 1945

LAUREL — A severe hail storm, which swept an area north and east of here about 4 o’clock Monday morning, did considerable damage to corn on numerous farms.

The damage, which amounted to as much as 50 percent on some farms, covered an area of about 20 square miles.

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