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Feb. 13, 1941
COLERIDGE - Stephen Kalin announced this week that he would hold a public sale of live stock and farm equipment on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 25. He has not been able to rent a farm for the coming season and has decided to dispose of his property.
The farm is located 1¼ miles west on the Pearl Creek road and ¼ mile north. Ed Tromble and F. J. Peitz will be the auctioneers and the Coleridge National Bank clerk. The sale is to start at 12 o’clock. A lunch wagon will be on hand and free coffee will be served in the afternoon.
Nineteen head of cattle will be offered. Four cows are now giving milk and five will be fresh soon. A two-year-old Black Angus bull, two yearling heifer calves, two calves six months old and five bucket calves. A group of 14 brood sows, due to farrow in March, will be offered.
Seven head of horses will appear on the sale bill. Three of them are mares and four are geldings. Barley, oats, corn, and forage will also be offered.
Power farmers will be much interested in the 1936 Farmall F-20 to be offered. There will also be an I-H-C tractor-cultivator and plow, new in 1936, and tractor disc and power binder, both in excellent condition. Another item of attraction will be a nearly new No. 10C I-H-C Hammermill, high cyclone, with a traveling feed table and wagon spout.
The list of machinery is quite lengthy and includes everything needed on a farm.
Feb. 12, 1941
COLERIDGE - A group of 25 registrants from Cedar county left Hartington by bus Monday morning, ready for a year’s training with the army. They reported to the induction station at Omaha.
There were 10 in the group that had volunteered for immediate training. They included Harold Hansen, Herman Hansen, and Frances Dickes, all of Coleridge; Henry Dallman, Hugo Solko, Harvey Lentz, Rudolph Burbach, and Gerald Burney of Hartington; Joe Loecker of Wynot, and Will Ober of Creighton.
Those taken by their regular order number were: Elmer Joslin and Millard Baker of Coleridge; Arthur Wiebelhaus, Robert Puntney, George Hegge, and Donald Peterson of Hartington; Delmar French, Herman Schrieber, and Douglas Harrington of Laurel; Paul Hoesing and Arthur Bruening of St. Helena; Ignatius Sudbeck of Fordyce; Orville Bottolfson and William McCloud of Wynot; and Carl Folkers of Bloomfield.
One man, Luther Hayden of Coleridge, failed to report. This is the first time anyone has failed to comply with an order of the local county selective service board.
The procedure in a case of its kind is simple. The board is required to report the matter to the state office, which, in turn, notifies the U. S. Marshall, and it is his duty to find the person.
However, if the person has a valid excuse for not reporting there is no action taken. If the failure is a wilful one a prison sentence is almost inevitable.
Six of the 25 men reporting failed to pass the physical exam. They were Joslin, Dallman, Wiebelhaus, Bottolfson, McCloud, and Folkers.
Feb. 12, 1941
LAUREL - ‘’You Can’t Take It With You,” a three-act play, to be given at the city auditorium March 24 by home talent players, is the vehicle chosen to raise funds for further improvements at the civic center.
Practices have begun, under the direction of Miss Dorothy Harper.
Members of the cast will be: Penelope Sycamore, Mrs. H. A. Peterson.
Essie, Miss Marjorie Maloney. Rheba, Mrs. M. V. Harper. Paul Sycamore, R. R. Allison. Mr. De Pinna, Lee Spillman. Ed, E. J. Egan. Donald, Marvin Lawrence. Martin Vanderhof, Ed Steenbock. Alice, Miss Irma Coburn. Henderson, F. C. Chederquist. Tony Kirby, Fred Murray. Boris Kolenkhov, O. F. Pettersen. Gay Wellington, Mrs. Ray Bartling. Mr. Kirby, Dr. F. J. Embick. Mrs. Kirby, Mrs. Marvin Lawrence. Olga, Mrs. R. L. Hense.
Feb. 12, 1941
LAUREL - Thursday the Laurel Fire Department was called to the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Bessire by a blaze which started in the tenant house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Warren.
By the time the department arrived, Mr. Bessire and Mr. Warren and some neighbors had the blaze under control. The fire evidently started from an overheated stove and burned a hole in the ceiling and wall. The damage was slight, however, due to the prompt work of the two men. It would have been a serious blaze had it ever burned to the outside, as a terrific gale of wind was blowing at the time.
