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Dec. 7, 1950
BELDEN— A no-host farewell dinner was held Sunday at the Belden Legion hall for Wendall Puntney of Hartington. Guests at the dinner were: W. B. Puntney and sons, Floyd and Ray, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Puntney and sons, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Puntney and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Puntney and family, V. J. Wilcox and son, Mrs. Riner Dickes and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Dresden, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bergman and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Adolph Brodersen and Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Riibe and son, Allen, Edith Burrus, Mrs. Dale Blotz, Miss Martha Johnston, Marilyn Johnson and Ruby Folkers all of Hartington; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Vock of Coleridge; and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Puntney, Nancy and Dallas, Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Heitman and family and Barvetta Goodsell.
Dec. 7, 1950
HARTINGTON - Following the damage suit of Gordon Nelson vs. Anton Wiepen and Bruno Wiepen, in which a district court jury awarded Nelson damages of $2,569.30, the attorney for Nelson filed a motion for a new trial. The plaintiff had asked for total damages of $31,765.80.
District Judge Sidney T. Frum, sustained the motion at the court session here Monday, and granted the plaintiff a new trial. The petition had set forth 121 reasons why a new trial should be granted. The number of reasons and the length of the petition set a new record in the court here.
Dec. 7, 1950
HARTINGTON - Four car accidents over the past weekend were reported to Sheriff Ralph Clements. In all cases the drivers and passengers escaped serious injury.
Sunday noon cars driven by Alphonse Reifenrath of Wynot and Harold Jensen of Sioux City collided at St. James. According to the report made to the sheriff the Reifenrath car was attempting to make a turn off the highway at the same time Jensen started to pass the Reifenrath car. Both cars were damaged, but no one was injured.
Monday morning at Obert the mail truck from Sioux City backed into the Vernon Jensen car parked near the post office. The Jensen car was a new one and one door was badly damaged.
Sunday evening a car driven by Earl Schutte of Hartington went out of control as he was traveling south on Highway 15 three miles north of Hartington.
The car went down through the ditch and into the fence. Mr. Schutte was not injured, but the car sustained considerable damage.
Monday evening a new pickup driven by Lawrence Mathers crashed into a bridge about 1½ miles west of Wynot. According to the report given the Sheriff, Mathers was blinded by the lights of an approaching car which failed to dim its lights. Mathers suffered some minor injuries. The new pickup, with less than 500 miles on it, was badly damaged by the impact.
Dec. 7, 1950
HARTINGTON - At a recent meeting of the Rebekah lodge it was decided that the old officers of the lodge would hold over for another six months, until July. Officers are Miss Nellie Dale, noble grand; Mrs.
Alfred Nelson, vice grand; Mrs. Ina DePue, secretary and Mrs. Clyde Booth, treasurer.
Dec. 8, 1955
LAUREL -The Laurel Hog Buying Center this past week shipped their 4,500th hog in a rail shipment. This industry has been in operation a little over one month and the above figure shows the immense operation has mushroomed to unbelievable proportions in a short time.
As many as 450 head of hogs have been purchased in one day.
