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Dec. 16, 1940
HARTINGTON — Newsmen and coaches of Cedar County this last weekend selected the “All Cedar County Football Teams of 1940” in their third annual all-star poll.
To the championship Laurel Bears goes four positions on this mythical all-county dream team, two backs and two linemen; to the runnerup, the Red and Whites, goes one backfield spot and three line positions; to the Hartington Wildcats, two positions; and to Coleridge, one.
Participating in the poll were the following newsmen and coaches: Marvin Lawrence of the Laurel Advocate and Coach Fred Murray; Cal W. Stewart of the Cedar County News and Coach Chet Carkoski; Coach Chet Bowen and Supt. L. F. Fowles of Coleridge; and Coach Rollie Riggins and Gordon B. King of the Times-Enterprise.
Although individual performance and sportsmanship was an important factor in the final selections when the tutors and newsmen got their heads together, senior gridders were given preference in a few places, and scholastic rating entered in on one or two spots.
There were three unanimous choices this year, Randolph’s all-state, all-conference and all-county star, Vincent Wattier; Laurel’s Bobby Anderson and Milt Johnson. Guard Vance Viergutz of the R.H.S. squad joined Wattier in again receiving a first-team position.
Coleridge’s Myron Frerichs, who is worthy of consideration for anybody’s ball club, played a whale of a game at end in six-man ball. On an 11-man team he’d likely be placed at tackle, but on the mythical All-Cedar county eleven he clinched an end berth. At the opposite end is Dean Brogden, Laurel’s 157-pound charge of dynamite.
The tackle spots were almost foregone conclusions, with Randolph’s Vincent Wattier, on one side of the line, and Gaylord Habenicht of Hartington on the other. Wattier weighs 165 pounds, and Habenicht 170. Both were all-important on their respective teams, rugged and tough. Wattier has been a stand-out all through his career and last season was given first team position on the first squad, Nebraska Little-All State team.
There was little doubt in polling the guard positions, with votes going to Vance Viergutz of Randolph on one side and Alexander of Laurel on the other. Both were highly respected gents on the Cedar county gridiron.
Dec. 20, 1945
HARTINGTON — Dwain Lentz, recently discharged war veteran, has purchased the Firestone merchandise agency here from Olaf Klanderud. The merchandise has been moved from the OK Motor building where Klanderud operated the company the past two years, to the Yonke building north of the Globe Clothing Company. Klanderud said he disposed of the company in order to devote his entire time to the automobile business. Lentz, son of Mrs. Ed Lentz, was discharged from the army air force in September. He was a pilot of a B24 Liberator bomber in Europe and flew 50 missions from bases in Italy.
Dec. 20, 1945
HARTINGTON — A local sailor has been discharged from the Navy. W.T. 2c Clarence Thoene arrived home Sunday from Boston. He received his discharge from the service from St. Louis Mo. He is the son of Mrs. Mary Thoene of Fordyce and has spent the past 51 months in the service.
Dec. 20, 1945
HARTINGTON — Using a fast break to overcome a halftime lead held by the visitors, Hartington High School made it two in a row over Cedar County teams Tuesday with a 28-23 victory over Laurel. Derwin Jones, junior, and Jack Scoville, sophomore, paced the local team from their forward positions.
Dec. 20, 1945
HARTINGTON — Using a new combination with success, Holy Trinity’s basketball team came home Wednesday with a 25-22 victory over Coleridge.
