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Aug. 6, 1925
RANDOLPH — C.R. McDonald and Donald Pohl have a monopoly on the honors in the Tri County Tennis Tournament held at Randolph as this pair won the doubles and Pohl took the singles title.
Pohl went through the singles like Sherman through Georgia, never losing a set and ending up in the finals with one of the prettiest displays of accurate tennis ever seen in this section of the state.
Aug. 6, 1925
RANDOLPH — One place is still vacant on the list of teachers for the Randolph public schools for the coming year, all other positions are under contract.
The school board is at this time open to proposals for a domestic science teacher and hope to secure one within the next week or two.
A few new names appear in the list of teachers. Mildred Adams of this city enters upon her first year as teacher in the public school, but has had experience in rural school work.
Miss Edwards, normal training, comes as a stranger to Randolph as does Miss Carlson, a graduate of the University of South Dakota and Miss Tower of Sioux City who is a graduate of the University of Nebraska.
The school year begins on Monday, Sept. 7, which is registration day.
The building will be in readiness and the board feels that a competent corps of teachers are in charge of our school.
The list of teachers is as follows:
1st Grade—Elsie Aegerter.
2nd Grade—Tillie Idler.
3rd Grade—Pine Anderson. 4th Grade—Mrs. Harold Sherwood.
5th Grade—Mildred Adams.
6th Grade—Mary Owens.
7th Grade—Elizabeth Schrad.
8th Grade—Ruth Gishpert.
Normal Training—Miss Edwards. Languages—Miss Stillman.
History and English—Miss Carlson.
Mathematics—Miss Tower.
Principal—Donald Smyr.
Agriculture—R. E. Weir.
Superintendent—R. A. Dawson.
Aug. 6, 1925
SHOLES - At about 4 o’clock Monday morning a bolt of lightning struck the barn of Herman Graf on his farm a mile north and three miles east of Sholes and set fire to the building.
The terrific crash of the lightning awakened Mr. Graf and his family and they discovered the barn on fire. Mr.
Graf succeeded in saving two sets of harness, the balance of the contents of the barn and the structure itself were completely destroyed. No live stock was in the building, having been turned out in a pasture.
A quantity of hay and grain was burned, harness and the tools and other things usually stored in a barn.
A small insurance was carried, we understand.
Neighbors came to assist Mr. Graf in fighting the fire, but the building was doomed by the time they arrived.
A corn crib nearby was scorched but escaped further damage. A light rain fell during the time the barn was burning and the bright light from the fire caused a rainbow that was observed by A. C. Glasser who saw the blaze from Sholes. He declared it was not only an unusual but a pretty sight.
Aug. 6, 1925
RANDOLPH - The front part of the burned Raubach garage, the part least burned by the fire, has been partitioned off in a temporary way and R. E. Broer has transferred his blacksmith shop to these quarters.
Braces hold the roof and serve as hangers for shafts to operate his machinery.
The west part of the building is still in ruins and no attempt to rebuild will be made at this time.
Aug. 6, 1925
RANDOLPH - This afternoon a reception was given for Miss Lucy Hammond, missionary teacher in Cuba and a former Randolph girl, at the Presbyterian church parlors. Miss Hammond will talk on Cuba and her work there. A covered dish luncheon was served at 6 o’clock.
Aug. 6, 1925
RANDOLPH - The Randolph team lost their game at Hartington on Sunday 11 to 8. We out hit the county seat men getting 11 safe ones to their 8, but costly errors lost the contest to the southenders. Earl Aegerter was on the mound for Randolph and was going good.
Aug. 6, 1925
RANDOLPH - The weather and crop report for Nebraska, released at Lincoln on Friday, was not so optimistic as expected in reference to the corn crop.
The report said that the weather for the most part had been favorable with abundant sunshine and good showers in the southeast section, in the south central counties and in the northwest part of the state.
Corn in sections where rain fell is in fine condition and making good progress, according to this report, but in many parts of the state some damage has been done by the hot weather and draught, which has prevailed during nearly all of July.
Rain is badly needed to save the corn crop in these dry districts.
Grain men who have been out in the state or have country stations, claim that rains have occurred in some of the dry districts since the state report was compiled, but all agree that rain is needed, and that this is a critical period for at least 50 percent of the crop.
Pastures are brown and dry over large areas and rain is needed to put the ground in condition for fall plowing.
