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June 17, 1926
RANDOLPH — John Barrett of Randolph was awarded third place in the state Cow and Hen essay contest. A letter received by the Randolph committee gives the rank of this Randolph boy and further says his essay was published in the Nebraska Farmer.
Mr. J. R. Redditt of Lincoln says of the essay of John Barrett: “The general method of management as outlined in this paper is good and shows that details of brooding chicks and caring for hens were noted particularly.”
The essay from Randolph graded 91 in the state contest. It is a high honor to win third place among the hundreds of papers submitted to the state committee and the winner adds further glory to the records made by the young people of Randolph.
June 17, 1926
RANDOLPH — The heavy storm of last Saturday night took five phone poles down within an area of a quarter of a mile on the line three miles west of McLean. This is the only damage reported at the Randolph office.
June 17, 1926
RANDOLPH — The excavating was finished for the new McLean store building and the brick work begun this week by the Beckenhauer Construction company of Norfolk. Work will go forward on the new structure as rapidly as possible.
June 17, 1926
RANDOLPH — Nick Messman of Randolph has filed for the office of county sheriff on the democratic ticket for the primary elections to be held Tuesday, August 10.
Mr. Messman has lived in the Randolph community for 29 years and is well known as a progressive farmer throughout the county.
His opponents on the demo ticket are Bruce Baird of Hartington and Fred Swartzenbach and Pete Jordan both of Coleridge.
June 17, 1926
RANDOLPH — During the month of May there were 3,610 long distance calls offered to the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. office here in Randolph. Out of this number 3,383 or 93.7 per cent resulted in completed calls. Of the total number of calls offered 2,838 or 78.6 per cent were handled on a C. R. L. basis, that is the subscribers were given a report or the call was completed without letting them hang up their telephone. Of this number 2,418 were actually completed on the C. R. L. method. Looking at it in another way, we find 85.2 percent of all the business offered was actually completed on a C. R. L. basis or on a basis that was almost as fast as a local call.
Both Manager Budd and Miss Alice Hansen, chief operator, consider this a very good showing for Randolph.
June 17, 1926
RANDOLPH — That the municipal swimming pool will again prove as popular as it was last year is indicated by the sale of over 250 season tickets during the first week that the pool was open.
Almost a hundred visitors from other towns also enjoyed the water last week in an effort to keep cool.
The spectator row is constantly filled and Randolph swimmers are getting back into their old swimming forms. Some excellent divers are being developed among those who are daily enjoying the water.
The pool was drained Monday of this week and re-filled Tuesday. Hereafter it will be drained every Wednesday night and reopened on Thursday evenings, according to Herman Scherer who is in charge of the pool.
Admission is by season tickets and single admissions, reckoned on an age basis. Season tickets are $1 for children 1 to 8 years old;$2 for children 9 to 16 years old, and $3 for adults.
Single admissions are 15 cents for children 1 to 8, and 25 cents for all others. Suits are 10 cents extra, and towels may be had for 5 cents.
June 17, 1926
RANDOLPH — Hope church will hold their annual picnic on Sunday, July 11, at the John Erhardt home.
The usual program of races, baseball, etc., will be held in the afternoon and a good social time is in prospect for those who attend.
Music will be furnished, the management figuring on a band. The public is invited to come to this annual picnic. Bring your basket dinner. Ice cream and soft drinks may be had on the grounds.
