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Feb. 4, 1951
HARTINGTON — Cedar County had more crimes last year than in any recent year, records from the Cedar County Sheriff’s office reveal.
Cedar County Sheriff Ralph Clements told the News that a check of his records for the past year show that there had been 10 cases of breaking and entering in 1950 and two of those cases remain unsolved.
During the past year, eight schoolhouses had been broken into and in most cases the main reason was for vandalism.
The Sheriff said there was 15 larceny cases reported to his office. Included in these were three hog stealing and two chicken stealing cases as well as two cases of stolen planks and one case of someone stealing a calf.
The theft of posts and theft of steel traps was also reported to the Sheriff’s office in 1950.
The Sheriff also handled four assault cases during the past year. The Sheriff also investigated three check forgers and removed six dope addicts from the county.
Feb. 2, 1956
HARTINGTON —Specialist 3/c Lyle E. Leader, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Leader of Crofton, is taking part in the Army’s Alaskan “Exercise Moose Horn” in the Big Delta area, 165 miles from the Arctic Circle.
During the four-week maneuver, several thousand troops will receive practical training in tactical operations and cross-country movement under simulated combat conditions.
Winter temperatures in the region drop to about 50 degrees below zero.
Leader entered the Army in September 1954. He graduated in 1952 from Crofton high school.
Feb. 2, 1956
HARTINGTON —Arlene Eickhoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eickhoff of Fordyce, was selected as the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow at Holy Trinity high school. She received the highest score in a written examination which tested the homemaking knowledge and attitudes of girls in the graduating class. General Mills is the sponsor of the program.
The 50-minute written examination given to participants in the contest tested the student’s knowledge in the major areas of homemaking.
Miss Eickhoff will be entered in the competition for the state title of All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow. She received a gold award pin. Each state Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow will receive a $1,500 scholarship and an educational trip with her school advisor to Washington, D. C., Williamsburg, Va., and Philadelphia.
Feb. 2, 1956
HARTINGTON —Hartington and Belden, champions and runnersup in the 1956 Cedar county basketball tournament, captured the majority of positions on the all-county team selected by the coaches of the eight schools which participated. Each school placed three men on the mythical team. Each coach voted for eight players. The ten players receiving the most votes were to be named the all-county team. However, there were four players tied for the ninth and tenth places, so all 12 were named to the all-star aggregation.
Larry Folkers was the only repeater from last year’s all-county team. Eight of the 12 selected are seniors and three are juniors. The only sophomore named was Bob Dendinger of the Hartington champs.
Feb. 2, 1956
HARTINGTON — Hoesing Brothers, Hartington contractors, have received a $115,500 contract for the construction of a new school building at Parker, S. D. Clarence Hoesing said his firm would do the general construction work on the building, which will be a 61x220 foot one-story structure. Work will start as soon as weather permits.
