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Dec. 1, 1965
HARTINGTON—Names of 16 Cedar County residents have been submitted to Gov. Frank Morrison for him to consider when appointing the initial Board of Educational Services Unit 1.
Educational Services Units were created by new School Law LB 301 toe of expand the available educational services within the state.
Those submitted to the Governor were: Harold Sherwood, Randolph; William Norvell, Warren Patefield and Ruth Ebmieer, all of Laurel; Lyle E. Thomas, Coleridge; Joe Leise, Wynot; Floyd Root, Belden; Wesley Zurcher, Crofton; Leander Loecker, Fordyce; Hillary Hoesing, Harley Wakefield, Laverne Dietze, Don Miller, Harold Martindale, Glen Olson and Harold Leise, all of Hartington.
Dec. 1, 1965
HARTINGTON—Rossitter-Wirth has announced the installation of a new Xerox Copier, believed to be the first such machine in Northeast Nebraska.
The new copying device will make permanent dry black and white copies of anything written or printed in about 20 seconds.
The firm also said the copying service will be available to the public. This method of printing is growing by leaps and bounds and is presently a multi-million dollar business.
Dec. 1, 1965
HARTINGTON—A Hartington business changed hands when Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kathol purchased the Cedar Furniture Store from Charlie Huss.
The Kathols also moved the business to a new location — the former Wintz Furniture building. The Kathols are well-known in the Hartington area. Ed and Frances were born and raised in Cedar County and spent most of their adult years on a Cedar County farm.
Before purchasing the furniture store, they resided on a farm south of Hartington. In addition to a complete line of furniture, the Kathols have added toy and gift departments to the store.
Dec. 1, 1965
HARTINGTON— Bill Kalin, Hartington, was the Hartington Sweepstakes Jackpot winner Saturday.
He received a $200 prize from Jack Samelson at the Auto Hospital. A second Sweepstakes drawing will be held Wednesday.
Dec. 8, 1965
HARTINGTON—Howard Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hanson, a junior, won the Voice of Democracy contest at Hartington High and will represent his school in the local contest.
Dec. 8, 1965
HARTINGTON—Howard Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hanson, a junior, won the Voice of Democracy contest at Hartington High and will represent his school in the local contest.
Dec. 3, 1970
RANDOLPH — Announcement was made last week of the sale of the Randolph Times owned by Vance Viergutz to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Taylor of Randolph.
Mr. Viergutz has owned the Times for the past 11 years. Marvin Taylor was an employee at the Times. Mr. Viergutz was a former publisher of the Coleridge Blade before going to Randolph.
Dec. 10, 1975
HARTINGTON—Nebraska Roads Dept. Director Tom Doyle has announced that on Dec. 15, a four-way stop sign will be installed at the junction of Highway 81 and Highway 20, about four miles west of Randolph. Previously traffic at Highway 81 had to stop, but traffic at Highway 20 did not stop. As of Dec. 15, all traffic will be required to stop at the intersection.
Dec. 10, 1975
HARTINGTON—Agricultural losses from the November winter storm here will be well in excess of half a million dollars, according to reports filed with the state Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.
In Knox County, ASCS director Francis Knudsen said county farmers appear to have lost more than $200,000 because of the storm. Lyle Vawser, Cedar County Extension Director, said farmers in Cedar County experienced $54,000 in farm damages. The majority of the livestock losses was confined to cattle and hogs, with approximately 500 cattle and 100 hogs dead due to the storm.
Dec. 10, 1975
HARTINGTON—The Hartington Volunteer Fire Dept. was called to the Max Goetz residence last Wednesday afternoon to put out a fire in one of the out buildings. The building and a good share of its contents were lost.
