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May 24, 1945
RANDOLPH - To Make Extensive Improvements at St. Frances Church; Contract to Omaha Company Work was begun this week on a far-reaching repair and remodeling building program at St. Frances church which will include extensive work in the interior of the building and the rebuilding and enlarging of the church’s entrances.
Repair will include tucking, painting and calking of all windows and doors, and also the stone and brick work of the structure. The side walls of the interior of the church will be replastered and later redecorated.
The plaster on the ceiling will be removed and nu-wood applied. The installation of the nu-wood will improve the acoustics of the building.
The main entrance of the church on the west will be entirely rebuilt and the south entrance will be enlarged and improved. A new entrance to the basement will be built in conjunction with the south entrance.
The north entrance will be permanently removed and closed and sealed.
This extensive program will continue over some weeks, and completion of the project will greatly improve the church edifice and beautify the church’s interior.
May 24, 1945
RANDOLPH - Miss Shirley Kimball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Kimball of this city, is one of fourteen who will be graduated today, Thursday, from the Norfolk Junior College.
Commencement exercises were to be held this morning at 10 o’clock in the Methodist church there, and Dr. I. D. Weeks, president of the University of South Dakota, was the commencement speaker. Topic of his address was “An Encounter with Destiny.” Dean Frank O. McIntyre presented the class and J. W. Gillette, president of the board of education, presented the diplomas.
May 24, 1945
RANDOLPH - Lexie Kessler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kessler, was valedictorian of the 1945 St. Frances high school graduating class and Paul Kaiser, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Kaiser, was salutatorian. John Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer, ranked third.
At the class day exercises Friday Lexie Kessler was presented with scholarships to Wayne State Teachers college and Grand Island Business college. Paul Kaiser was awarded the Bausch-Lomb honorary science award medal for maintaining the highest average in science during his high school career.
May 24, 1945
RANDOLPH - Fried chicken, which is quite a delicacy this time of year, was the featured dish at dinner at the Elmer Jacobson home Sunday and making this favorite dish even more delectable for the family was the fact that the chickens had been delivered to them that morning by airplane from Norfolk.
The chickens, delivered by Clint’s Produce, were dropped from a small plane and landed near the Randolph Creamery where Mr. Jacobson is employed. The chickens were ordered for delivery on Saturday, but through an error were not brought, but the promise by the head of the produce house to have the dressed chickens delivered in time for preparation for Sunday dinner was kept when they were brought here by plane.
May 24, 1945
RANDOLPH - Kenneth Rosenbach, ship’s cook second class, who suffered severe burns on May 8th, continues to show improvement at the Treasure Island, Calif. hospital where he was admitted as a patient on May 9.
His condition was critical for six days and on May 11 his life was despaired of but he rallied the next day and since has shown steady improvement.
