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Oct. 4, 1950
LAUREL - Reconstruction of State Highway No. 9 between Wakefield and Allen is among the projects to be included in a letting Oct. 26.
The State Highway Department is requesting bids for grading and culvert work on the 11 miles of highway and gravel surfacing of the detour road which is two miles east of the highway.
The work will begin at the intersection with State Highway No. 35 to Wayne and will proceed north through Wakefield and Allen.
The reconstructed highway will follow the present route except that the two right angle turns in the highway about four miles south of Allen will be replaced by curves each 3,000 feet long. Cutting down the hills and building the grade of the highway will require the excavation of about 303 thousand cubic yards of earth.
Four concrete box culverts and 40 metal culverts will be constructed to provide adequate drainage for the roadbed. The 20-foot long bridge just north of the intersection with the highway to Emerson will be replaced with a concrete box culvert as will the two 30-foot long bridges about a mile and two miles south of Allen. Six of the present culverts beneath the highway will be made longer.
Oct. 6, 1955
LAUREL — Mr. Rudolph Srb of Omaha was on hand Monday morning to take over the work of music instructor in the Laurel School. He replaces Mr. Vana who was called for military service as of October 1.
With the necessary change of instructors, the Laurel School Band did not take part in the Morningside Meet Saturday at Sioux City, as planned but the group is planning to take part in the Grand Island music meet as scheduled.
Oct. 6, 1955
LAUREL — The September Bulletin from the Nebraska State Historical Society carries the names of new members of the organization — a feature of each issue. Listed among the new members is Mr. F. I. Solso, local merchant. Those well acquainted with Mr. Solso will know that he is one of the more avid students of history, both local and regional, within this area. His comment is that he finds it so interesting he wonders why he didn’t join long ago.
Oct. 7, 1965
LAUREL - The Laurel Ladies Cemetery Association will be celebrating their 50th anniversary Oct. 14, 1965 at the city auditorium.
The program begins at 2p.m. with luncheon following. If an invitation has not been sent to you, you are welcome anyway, as it was not done intentionally.
Oct. 7, 1965
LAUREL - Rev. and Mrs. H. K. Niermann observed their 40th wedding anniversary and Rev. Niermann’s 40th year in the Ministry Sunday, Oct. 3 with an open house in the Immanuel Lutheran church parlors with 225 attending.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pehrson were host and hostess of the dining room. Mrs. Armin Stark was in charge of the guest book. Mrs. Leo Kastrup and Mrs. Erwin Kraemer were in charge of the gift table.
Master of ceremonies was George Gadeken, who introduced guest pastors and presented numbers for the program.
Oct. 7, 1965
LAUREL - The annual homecoming is Friday, Oct. 8 at which time they will play Stanton.
Again this year, there will not be an afternoon parade down main street.
A pep rally will be held at 3 p.m. on the north side of the elementary school, at which time floats will be on display. Prizes will be awarded to the top three floats by the Chamber of Commerce. The theme for this year is “TV and Radio Commercials.”
Candidates for king are: John Schroeder, David Bingham, Leonard Jones, Joe McCoy and Tim Pehrson. Queen candidates are Julie Rieth, Leann Schmidt, Jean Boeshart, Arlis Dirks and Marcia Frederickson. Crown bearers are Kathy Wendell and Pat Hirschman.
Coronation will be held at 10 p.m. in the high school auditorium at which time last year’s king and queen, Rodney Kvols and Cheri Hank will crown the new king and queen.
Oct. 7, 1965
LAUREL - What was feared to be a severe test of the Bears turned out into a complete rout as Laurel rolled over Plainview 48 to 13 Friday.
Laurel drew first blood on a 28 yard run by John Schroeder early in the first quarter.
Plainview came back to score and the first period ended up knotted at 7 all.
In the second quarter Laurel fans were put to the test keeping up with the fast scoring Bears as the scoreboard was not in operation; the field was so poorly marked the “chain gang” did workhorse duty.
The play that broke the tie and proved to be the undoing of the Plainview club was a pass interception by Schroeder who scampered 35 yards to paydirt.
The Bears scored three more times in this period as Plainview’s defense was like a sieve and Laurel capitalized on every mistake.
A pass from Dave Bingham to Leonard Jones covered 36 yards for a TD; Jim Pedersen recovered a fumble and scored from 28 yards out, and Schroeder crossed the goal line a second time from 28 yards.
When the half ended the Bears had a fat 34 to 7 lead and had the Plainview team wondering “wha hoppen?”
