1959: NE Neb. Telephone takes over Coleridge Telephone Company
March 11, 1954
HARTINGTON — Fines totaling $240 were paid in county court this past week by eight people. They all pleaded guilty before Judge E. W. Hesse to the charges against them.
March 11, 1954
HARTINGTON — Precipitation in this area was above normal for February. Hartington had a total of 1.87 inches of moisture. Which is .80 of an inch above normal.
March 11, 1954
HARTINGTON — Lyle Tanderup, son of George Tanderup, Obert, has been named co-chairman of the civil engineering displays for Engineers’ Week at the University.
March 11, 1954
HARTINGTON — The weather in this area during the month of February was the warmest on record, according to the government weather bureau. The average temperatures for the month was 40.8 degrees.
March 11, 1954
HARTINGTON — Cpl. Henry Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Johnson, Obert, has received his discharge from the service. He arrived home Sunday from Beale Air Force Base in California.
March 11, 1954
HARTINGTON — The Hartington Public grade school music department will pre-sent the operetta “The Magical Beanstalk.”
March 5, 1959
MAGNET — Mrs. Dale Bloomquist entertained the Magnet Project Club in her home last week. Mrs. Delius Roach and Mrs. Jim Lehman presented the lesson on stick baskets.
March 5, 1959
HARTINGTON — The four inches of snow that fell yesterday was the second largest snowfall of the season. The largest was a six-inch snow that hit Hartington on Feb. 9.
March 5, 1959
HARTINGTON — Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gildersleeve spent Saturday in Waterloo visiting Bud Richardson, who is seriously ill and in the hospital.
March 5, 1959
HARTINGTON — James Giesler, son of Mrs. Helen Giesler, Hartington, was re-elected president of Phi Delta Chi, a fraternity at Creighton University.
March 5, 1959
HARTINGTON — Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Koch and their family were Sunday evening guests in the Bob Koch home.
March 5, 1959
CONSTANCE — The St. Joseph’s grade school students will present a three-act play called “Queen by the Grace of God” this upcoming weekend.
March 5, 1959
HARTINGTON — A total of four inches of snow hit the area these past few days, which brought .46 of an inch of moisture. The snow began Wednesday morning and continued into the evening.
March 5, 1959
HARTINGTON — Miss Charlene Timmons, home extension agent for Cedar County the past three years, submitted her resignation to the County Extension Board.
March 6, 1959
COLERIDGE — In a transaction which was effective March 1, the Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company assumed the operation of the Coleridge Telephone Co. Walter Riese, owner of the Coleridge system, said he expects that he will be employed by the NNTC.