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May 3,1956
RANDOLPH - Spring Tea of Cedar county extension clubs will be this afternoon, Thursday, at Randolph city auditorium. The program will begin at 1:30, and the public is invited. There will be a guest speaker, Don Novotny of Clarkson, an exchange student, and the program also includes musical numbers. Mrs. Frank Swanson of Randolph is county chairman and will preside at the program.
May 3,1956
RANDOLPH - Dr. Allen G. Burkhardt, superintendent of Norfolk public schools, will address the 1956 Randolph high school graduates. Commencement is May 16 at the city auditorium. Twenty will be graduated. Class night for the seniors is May 9 at the city auditorium. Baccalaureate services are May 13 in the auditorium. Rev.
David Rath, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church, will give the baccalaureate sermon. Graduates are Kennard Francis, LuJean Zautke, Jon Gartner, Alice Cunningham, Eldon Robinson, Carol Iler, Marvin Frederick, Sharon Von Rentzell, Dean Carstens, Angeline Dowling, Alvin Meier, Beverly Kruger, Roger Graffis, Isabelle Wiechert, James Lee, Jacqueline Breding, Don Marreel, Patty Pock, Arnold Bauer and Harry Pate, Jr.
May 3,1956
RANDOLPH - Mrs. Steve Wemhoff has returned home from an Omaha hospital. Her condition is satisfactory, and she will return to the hospital later for additional treatment.
May 3,1956
RANDOLPH - St. Frances high school will graduate 15 seniors at commencement exercises May 20.
Rev. Clement Bracht, pastor of St.
Ann’s parish, Dixon, will deliver the commencement address. Certificates will also be issued to 22 eighth grade graduates.
Graduating from high school are Allen Hochstein, Mariann Johnson, Richard Jordan, Barbara Miller, Carol Neubauer, Alice Neuhalfen, Rosann Nordhues, Michael Peterson, Marcelle Reineke, Robert Schlichting, Leon Sohler, Patricia Thieman, Marjorie Topf, Charles Tunink and Gerald Wattier. Eighth grade graduates are Kay Backer, Carol Becker, Duane Bierschenk, Karon Gerber, Larry C. Gubbels, Larry J. Gubbels, Norma Gubbels, LaDonna Hoesing, Thomas Hosch, Judy Korth, Martha Leapley, Joan Leiting, Gerald Mannion, Sharon Meier, Marilyn Moser, David O’Brien, Daniel Peterson, Rosemary Tramp, David Wattier, Russel Wattier, Karen Wemhoff and Leonard Widhalm.
May 3,1956
HARTINGTON - Two 15-year old Canadian youths, who escaped from Cedar county jail Sunday afternoon, were apprehended at Laurens, la.
Tuesday, Sheriff R. E. Clements informed the Times that afternoon.
He said they were being held at Rockwell City, la. and the FBI had informed him federal charges would be pressed against them.
Sheriff Clements said the youths, Ron Mitchell and Howard Horrocks, were brought to Hartington and placed in the county jail by a state patrolman. Clements was informed by the patrolman they were in the jail, but by the time Clements got to the jail they had escaped.
He said the smaller of the two had climbed through a small cold air duct they had torn out, and then unlocked the door for the other one.
The two, who were from Regina, Sask., admitted to the patrolman they were escapees from a Canadian institution.
May 3,1956
HARTINGTON - Fifty-five acres were plowed and harrowed and made ready for corn planting at the Marvin Van Kirk farm east of here, by neighbors and friends Wednesday afternoon. They came to the aid of Mr. Van Kirk who has recently been disabled and has been a bed patient for more than a week Lunch was brought and served by the women to the workers. Men assisting at the plowing bee were Gerald Cunningham, Earl Cunningham, Fern Schutt, Merle Schutt, Bill Otterpohl, Art Backer, Art Wurdinger, Roley Isom, Bill Coenen, John Nordhues, Walt Graf, Gilbert Gubbels, Ralph Puntney, Charles Lenhoff, Jr., Warren Jensen, Ernest Witte, Howard Stoakes, Lyle Delozier and Harley Van Kirk. Those who helped serve the lunch were Mrs. Warren Jensen, Mrs. Lyle Delozier, Mrs. Earl Cunningham, Mrs. Bill Schutt, Mrs.
Ralph Puntney, Mrs. Bill Coenen, Mrs. Ted Tunink, Mrs. Howard Stoakes, Mrs. Bili Otterpohl, Mrs.
Lenhoff, Jr. and Mrs. Harley Van Kirk.
May 5,1956
RANDOLPH -Dwain Volwiller has been named by Carroll Legion post to attend Boys State in Lincoln in June as Carroll representative.
He is the son of the C. J. Volwillers. No girl will go to Girls State from Carroll this year as the junior class members are all boys.
