1948: Jones closes his Wynot hardware store

June 23, 1938

HARTINGTON — Norbert Boland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Boland, Hartington, graduated from minor seminary at St. Lawrence College in Mount Calvary, Wis.

June 23, 1938

HARTINGTON — The A. W.

Jones Hardware Store in Wynot, part of the community for 15 years, closed last week when Mr. Jones finished selling his stock.

June 24, 1948

HARTINGTON — Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Robinson left for Philadelphia where they will attend the Republican National Convention.

June 24, 1948

HARTINGTON — Much anxiety was caused at the Leonard Bender home when they discovered their 22-month old son, Lyle, was missing.

After a search by family and neighbors for more than an hour, Lyle was found in his own yard.

He had crawled under some machinery.

June 24, 1948

HARTINGTON — Two hundred people are expected to attend the annual Northeast Nebraska District 4-H Club camp at the fairgrounds in Hartington.

June 24, 1948

LAUREL — A fire loss that claims approximately $5,500 was witnessed by many Friday night when a blaze of undetermined origin partially destroyed the Laurel Masonic Lodge Hall on the second floor and Truby’s Palace Market on the first floor. Damage amounted to $4,000 to the building and about $1,500 loss to merchandise in the store.