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April 25, 1946
HARTINGTON - Between $16,000 and $17,000 a month is coming to Cedar county in benefits paid returned war veterans under the provisions of the GI Bill of rights.
April 25, 1946
HARTINGTON - Alva Olson of Hartington, president of the Cedar County Farmers Union was elected president of the Seventh District organization.
April 25, 1946
HARTINGTON - Donald Forinash, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Forinash and Joe Schulte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Schulte, will represent Hartington at the Cornhusker Boys State in Lincoln.
April 25, 1946
HARTINGTON - George Kast of Fordyce and E. H. Benson of Randolph were elected to the board of supervisors of the Cedar County Soil Conservation district.
April 26, 1951
HARTINGTON - The Holy Trinity seniors presented their annual class play, “Here Come The Brides,” at the auditorium here Tuesday afternoon and evening. The large crowd present thoroughly enjoyed the farce comedy in three acts.
The situation around which the humor was built came when Jimmy Took, played by Charles Wieseler, had to find a bride in a hurry when he found that his uncle, Dan Took, played by Roland Eickhoff, was to pay a surprise visit to see Jimmy’s bride. He had believed Jimmy had recently married and had sent an increased allowance accordingly.
First Jimmy and his friend, Bill Thompson, played by John Schmidt, tried to get a bill collector, played by Clarence Kast, to impersonate a woman as Jimmy’s bride. Later Bill was forced to accept the role when the bill collector refused. Later he decided to help the boys out and for a time the situation was complicated by the presence of two brides.
The crowd really enjoyed seeing these two boys playing the parts of women. More fun was added to the story by the presence of an escaped crazy woman from a nearby sanitarium, who kept going through the place. Charleen Wieseler played this part while Dorothy Hesse played the part of the nurse.
Others in the cast were Jo Ann Hirschman, Darlene Goeken, Charleen Feilmeier, Jolene Becker and Vera Kathol. Rev. Clement Bracht directed the play.
Between the first and second act the Trinity mixed chorus sang two numbers.
April 26, 1951
HARTINGTON - Cpl. Eugene Hesse, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hesse, received a commendation from his commanding officer for the rapid progress he has made in acquiring surgical skill under war time conditions. He urged Cpl. Hesse to continue his medical career in college after he leaves the army.
April 26, 1951
HARTINGTON - Sgt. Harold F. Leise writes from Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., there are seven Cedar County boys assigned to C Battery of the 231st Armored Field Artillery Battalion.
“They were sure a surprised bunch of boys when they saw who they had to put up with,” he wrote.
Among the new trainees in this battery is Preston Ward, former first baseman of the Chicago Cubs.
“He caused quite a stir around here in sports circles and is assured of a job of playing with the Ft. Wood baseball team,” Leise said. “But like all the rest of the men, he has to take his basic training and he dislikes it as much as any of the rest of them.”
April 26, 1951
HARTINGTON - Frederick Sherer of Coleridge hit the “jackpot” in an unusual manner in Sioux City last Sunday evening.
Accompanied by Mrs. Sherer and a party of friends, he attended a dance at which Sammy Kaye and his “Swing and Sway” band were playing. One of the features of the attraction was “So you want to lead a band,” for which two men and two women are chosen from the audience to lead Kaye’s band.
Sherer was one of those chosen. He led the band and, by the acclaim of the audience, won over the other three contestants. He received prizes valued at about $100.
