1959: Coleridge firemen kept busy by two calls
Sept. 10, 1959
COLERIDGE — The Coleridge Volunteer Fire Department answered two calls the past week.
The department was called to the Mrs. Lloyd Hansen farm Saturday morning when a stack of hay burned after being struck by lightning.
Firemen remained on the scene for some time to prevent the fire from spreading to another hay stack. A board fence and wagon were burned at the Ronald Dreesen farm Tuesday afternoon. The fire started when an electric fencer ignited some corn shucks.
Sept. 10, 1959
COLERIDGE — A Fall Festival celebration will be held in Coleridge on Friday, Sept. 18, featuring a full afternoon and evening of activities for all members of the family. Highlights of the day include a kiddie parade, softball games, watermelon feed and football game.
Sept. 10, 1964
COLERIDGE — Two local truckers sustained injury and damage to their rigs Wednesday night west of Willis on Highway 20 in violence possibly attributed to the NFO holding action. Eric Roberts had a rock thrown through the radiator causing extensive damage.
Oscar Patefield required medical treatment after a rock struck him on the arm while the vehicle was in motion.
The truck left the road but was not damaged.
Sept. 10, 1964
COLERIDGE — Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Wilkerson and family attended the State Fair in Lincoln Saturday and Sunday. Vickie Wilkerson gave a sewing demonstration, “A Good Beginning Needs a Good End” on Sunday and received a blue ribbon.
Sept. 10, 1964
COLERIDGE — The Coleridge PTA met for their first meeting of the season on Friday at the school auditorium. Sixty-five registered and 63 became members.
Sept. 10, 1964
COLERIDGE — Three Schuyler youth escaped serious injury in a car wreck early Wednesday morning when the auto in which they were riding left the road near the Elmer Hochstein farm south of Coleridge.
The auto went off the high grade on the west side of the road shortly after midnight.
Sept. 3, 1964
LAUREL — Another highly successful 4-H show and sale was written into the history books here Tuesday afternoon and evening. A parade of 100 head of cattle met the judges who had their work cut out for them. There were 25 heifers and 75 steers. Tapped for championship honors were: Dave Miller of Belden, grand champion heifer, an Angus; Vaughn Macklin of Emerson, reserve champion heifer, a Hereford; Bill Dickey of Laurel, grand champion steer, an Angus; and Keith Lubberstedt of Dixon, reserve champion steer, a Shorthorn.
Sept. 3, 1964
LAUREL- Pictured in the Advocate is the new addition to the front of the Laurel auditorium.
The center portion provides access to the main auditorium or to the left, the new Municipal Utilities office, where utility bills are to be paid; or to the right, new library quarters. Village Board meetings are held in the room to the left.
Empty shelves is all that remains of the corner of Maloney’s Drug Store where the library had been housed since 1916, the year the building was built. In the picture is Clem Maloney who has been acting as librarian. He has served on the library board a number of years and is currently a board member.
Sept. 3, 1964
LAUREL- Mr. and Mrs. John Young and girls of Dixon rode on the AMF Monoral system at the world’s fair; a train which operates 40 feet in the air.
Sept. 9, 1964
LAUREL — A Burney-Thone appreciation dinner will be held at the Wagon Wheel Steakhouse Sept. 23.
Dwight W. Burney, Republican candidate for Governor, and Charles Thone, Republican candidate for Lt.
Governor, will be the honored guests at the County fund-raising dinner.
U.S. Senator Roman Hruska and U.S. Representative Ralph Beermann will also be present.
Sept. 9, 1964
BELDEN — The junior class at Belden High School will begin to publish a school newspaper once a month. The staff is being led by Roger Huetig, editor; Karen Sutton, assistant editor; Kenny Hintz, sports editor; Joyce Schnoonover, class news; Janice Wobbenhorst, general news; and Kathy Huetig, society editor; and reporters Eddie Keifer and Jerry Bauermeister.