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July 30, 1980
HARTINGTON — A horsepowered thrashing machine will be among the many top attractions Sunday, Aug. 10, on the second day of the 100th annual Cedar County Fair.
Everett Janssen of Laurel, general chairman of the event, said arrangements have been made to have the six-team thrashing machine operating following the Cedar County Fair’s opening parade on Sunday.
He said a steam engine also will be among antique machinery featured.
July 30, 1980
HARTINGTON — The LeRoy A. Beste family of Wynot has been selected to receive the Ak-Sar-Ben Pioneer Farm Family award in Cedar County.
This award, now in its 25th year, is presented annually to a pioneer farm family owning its land for 100 years or more.
Originally homesteaded by John Brocke who immigrated from Germany, the land has become known as Brooky Bottom. It was acquired by Theodore Beste about 1878, at the time that he married Brocke’s daughter, Katherine. It is now owned and operated as a family farm by his grandson LeRoy and his wife, Sally.
July 30, 1980
NEWCASTLE — Two Newcastle residents were killed Monday when their vehicles were in a collision on a gravel road six miles west and seven miles south of Newcastle.
Larry Schindler, 27, was dead at the scene of the accident, according to Dixon County Sheri Dean Chase. Mary Doughtery, 17, died Tuesday at a Sioux City Hospital.
July 30, 1980
HARTINGTON — Gov. Charles Thone, former Gov. Dwight Burney, Nebraska Public Power District Director Jules Burbach and State Sen. Elroy Hefner were among more than 300 people who toured the Cedar County Historical Museum Sunday.
July 30, 1980
HARTINGTON — Members of the Hartington City Council are doublechecking the 1980 Census conducted here by taking their own census.
Hartington Mayor Gerry Miller said members of the council have expressed concern that preliminary Census figures, which showed Hartington’s population at 1,563 compared to 1,581 for the 1970 Census, might be inaccurate.
The Census Bureau noted that the figures received last week by the city are "unocial working figures."
