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June 7, 1956
RANDOLPH -Work has started on a two-room addition to the Sholes school. The 20x33 addition will be added to the west and will be of same construction as the building erected a few years ago.
Kock construction company of Randolph has the contract, Herbert Hillemann, one of the directors of the district, said last week.
The school has eight grades and kindergarten, and the added facilities will make possible a two-teacher system. There will be two teachers at the school next term.
The expansion program was undertaken due to need for more room and to provide facilities which conform with the redistricting program. The Sholes school is proposed for a kindergarten through sixth grade school under the redistricting program.
Teachers elected for the coming term at the Sholes school are Mrs. Lloyd Straight of Randolph, who will teach the kindergarten and first four grades and Mrs. Leo Jordan of Carroll who will teach the four upper grades.
June 7, 1956
RANDOLPH - The City Slickers will tangle with their rivals the Farmers Sunday night at 7:30 in a softball game at the park. The two teams are playing the game as a benefit for the Junior Legion baseball squad.
Proceeds from the game, which is popular with the fans, will go to the Junior Legion team to help defray expenses.
June 7, 1956
RANDOLPH - Miss Eva May Plummer, principal of Randolph high school for seven years, will not return to that position next term. She had returned her signed contract to the board but later asked for her release. She taught in the high school one year previous to assuming the principal’s position.
Darel Pennington has returned his signed contract and will teach his second year at Randolph high school.
The board met in regular session Monday evening, and main business was preparation of the budget, which will be completed at an early date.
June 7, 1956
RANDOLPH - Oiling of Randolph streets will probably be started next Monday or Tuesday Ellis Barker, councilman in charge of streets, said Tuesday. Contractor for the work is the North Iowa Asphalt company of Algona, Ia., and this will be the third application for most of the streets.
Thirty-five to 40 blocks, or approximately half of the streets in the project, will be oiled at this time and the remainder at a later date, some time in the fall.
The oil is now on track in Randolph. Penetrating asphalt oil is used in the application.
June 2, 1966
RANDOLPH - Randolph could qualify for a Greenspan grant of money to help buy cropland for a park or other public use, said Vincent C. Anderson, Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee. Any other city or the county government — or the State — could likewise qualify, Mr. Anderson reported.
Greenspan — so called because of its potential for making green space available to urban residents — is a new way to take cropland out of agricultural production and convert it to open space, public recreation, parks, playgrounds and other recreation facilities.
It is a part of the new Cropland Adjustment Program authorized by legislation enacted by the Congress last year, under which farmers shift acres out of certain crops while retaining title to the land.
Communities buying cropland may receive financial help under the program similar to that farmers receive under long-term agreements. Agreements to participate must be signed by June 30, 1966 to be eligible for approval.
Under Greenspan, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer funds to any State or local government in amounts figured at the same rate as would have been used had the land remained in the hands of the farmer, and not exceeding 50 percent of the cost of the land.
Since conservation is an important goal of Greenspan, assistance is also available to help install needed conservation practices on such land in much the same way as the costsharing available on private farm lands.
Projects for which Greenspan may provide financial assistance includes parks, playgrounds, camping or picnic areas, public hunting or fishing, zoning or reservoir pollution control.
