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May 6, 1936
HARTINGTON - Unlimbering his arm this week by tossing mail sacks in the postoffice, Louis R. Eby, mayor of Hartington, prepared to officially open the 1936 baseball season for the local club Sunday by throwing out the first ball of the year. Immediately following this performance, Hartington’s defending northeast Nebraska league champions will tangle with Pierce in a league tussle. Game time is set at 2:30 o’clock sharp.
Taking up where Mayor Eby leaves off, Hugo Uhing, fresh from a baseball school conducted by Joe McDermott, Norfolk state league ball club manager, will be seen in action on the mound for the locals, according to Ray Holman, manager. Behind the plate will crouch Tony Uhing, diminutive backstop of the famous Bow Valley brother battery.
Other positions on the nine will be filled by veterans of last year’s fine club, including the four famous Leise brothers, Len, Otto, Joe and Al; Jack Dwyer, Reg Wurtz, Bob Lind, Kenney Tyler and Carl Samelson. New faces will be seen above Hartington uniforms worn by Lyle Heedum and Bob Garvin, stars of last year’s junior leaguers, Obert Norman, formerly of Pleasant Valley, and Art Arens of Bow Valley.
Among Pierce’s aggregation of ball players will probably be found Carol Gast and Irvin Retzlaff, two of the speediest athletes who ever donned spikes for a baseball club in this section of the state. The slab artist will likely be either the veteran, tobacco chewing McGrady or the speedball hurler, Splittgerber.
May 6, 1936
HARTINGTON - It’s fun to be in the cleaning business, thinks John Thielen. Something is always happening to inject a little fun into the job.
For instance: Last week an excited customer rushed into John’s establishment. “Where are my pants?” he demanded. John gave him his pants, which had not yet been inspected prior to cleaning. Frantically the customer searched the pockets—then heaved a sigh of relief. “Thank God, here it is,” he said, and pulled out a false tooth.
Some time ago, Mr. Thielen saw an ad in The News stating a local man had lost his suit. Thielen promptly phoned the advertiser. The suit had been left at Thielen’s to be cleaned and then plumb forgotten about it.
May 6, 1936
HARTINGTON - L. R. Eby, who was elected mayor of Hartington at the last city election here April 7, took over the reins of city government Tuesday evening at the regular biweekly meeting of the city council.
Mr. Eby presided at the second meeting of the evening, the first being conducted by W. H. Pohle, retiring mayor, who has completed his 22nd year served as a city official and his fourth as mayor.
J. C. Roskopf, veteran councilman, was reelected president of the council for the year, 1936. The vote was unanimous. Other members of the council are Jay Shumway, F. G. Breuning, and Frank Spork.
After a brief discussion, it was agreed clerk P. H. Gillespie should be allowed five days after the meeting at which warrants are approved to have them ready for delivery. Warrants will be ready for distribution on Monday morning following the Tuesday meeting, it was decided.
