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Aug. 25, 1955
HARTINGTON — State Sen. D.W. Burney, Hartington, acted for Gov. Victor Anderson during the presentation of awards at the close of the annual summer field training of Neb. National Guardsman at Camp Ripley, Minn.
Aug. 25, 1955
HARTINGTON — Don Marrell, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Marrell of Randolph, showed the grand champion baby beef at the 1955 Cedar County Fair. His steer also took top honors in the Angus division.
Another Randolph youth, Stanley Claussen, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Claussen, had the reserve champion baby beef, also an Angus steer.
Both boys are members of the Eagle Valley 4-H club led by Leonard Simmons.
Jim Munter, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Munter of Coleridge, showed the grand champion heifer. Jim Steffen, 17, son of Mrs. Dorthea Steffen of Fordyce, had the reserve champion heifer.
The breed champion Shorthorn steer was shown by Kathy Pehrson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pehrson of Laurel. The champion Shorthorn heifer belonged to Alvin Hochstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hochstein of Hartington.
Douglas Preston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Preston of Coleridge, had the champion Hereford steer and Steffen the reserve champion heifer.
In the swine division Frank Fleming, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Fleming, Jr., of Hartington, showed the champion fat pig, a Hampshire.
Earl Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hansen of Coleridge, had the reserve champion. For the second year in a row Hansen received the championship award for his pen of three pigs.
Reserve championship pen went to Gene Brodersen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Brodersen of Coleridge.
Winners in the 4-H showmanship contest were Jim Munter, baby beef; Twyla Swanson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar Swanson, Laurel, dairy; Michael Munter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Munter, Belden, swine; and Bob Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Nelson, Coleridge, sheep.
Winners of the 4-H livestock judging contest who will represent Cedar County at the State Fair in Lincoln are Jim Andresen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Andresen, and Tom Tiedeman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tiedeman of Hartington, and Don Marrell and Joe Mannion, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mannion of Randolph.
Aug. 25, 1955
HARTINGTON — Mrs. Thomas Peterson was presented the championship trophy in the national crochet contest held at the Cedar County Fair this year.
Her crochet tablecloth was judged the best in this division.
Blue ribbon winners in the crochet contest, in addition to Mrs. Peterson were announced as follows: Center piece, Mrs. Gust Lidberg; vanity set, chair set and doily, Mrs. Ray Jordan; buffet scarfs, Mrs. Theodore Tryon of Laurel; pot holder, Mrs. George Reuter; Edgings, Mrs. Julius Kramer; fashion accessories, hat and purse, Mrs. Margaret Stockwell; pillow cases, Mrs. George Reuter.
Ladies over 65, doily, Mrs. Ted Hirschman.
Aug. 25, 1965
HARTINGTON — Cedar County’s total value, excluding railroads, is down over 3 ¼ million dollars this year, according to figures from the county assessor Deward Erickson’s office.
Final evaluation figures place the county’s total worth at $89,998,524 compared to $93,390,705 last year.
The decrease in valuation was mainly due to a five percent drop on rural lands, and 10 percent drop on cattle. The state board of equalization recently adjusted the real estate figures and Cedar County came up with a five percent decrease on rural lands while town lots remained unchanged.
The five percent off rural lands represents a $2,785,476 decrease. Rural real estate was valued at $55,709,525 compared to $52,924,049 after the five percent was subtracted. In the tabulation below the five percent decrease in rural lands is shown at the bottom of the chart.
Erickson said the assessment schedules showed about the same number of cattle this year as last year, however, the cattle were figured about 10 percent less because of the price drop on cattle last winter.
Slight increases or decreases were noted in all other categories with the exception of town real estate, which was up $203,220 and farm machinery, which was up $144,865 over last year.
For purposes of taxation, the values of tangible property are reduced 35 percent, which would give the county a tax base of $31,499,483. This does not include railroads, which will be added to the county’s valuation when they are assessed by the state.
With this base each mill of the county budget would bring in about $31,499.
Below is a comparison with last year’s totals. The grain and seed tax listed under the personal schedules is not part of the total valuation.
