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March 3, 1949
RANDOLPH – The costliest battle in the history of both the Burlington railroad and the C. St. P. M. & O. railroad line through Randolph ended the past week, as trains finally got through to O’Neill on the Burlington, the first time since December 28, and the M. & O. line was opened for travel again a few days previously.
The train chugging into O’Neill February 25 was the first since the line became blocked December 29 when two engines and a snow plow were derailed while attempting to get through a long deep drift east of O’Neill. Theisen Bros., Osmond contractors, cleared the Burlington track from a point east of Osmond on west and after reaching the derailed engines Tuesday, proceeded to open the rest of the road to O’Neill.
“Nowhere in the entire one hundred years of the existence of the Burlington is there any record of a storm so severely intense, prolonged, and widespread as we’ve experienced in the past three months,” said Sam Fee, Burlington general manager. Costs of the storm have not been tabulated, but the Burlington alone said its direct costs so far have exceeded one million dollars, and related figures will probably double that figure, officials said.
Feb. 27, 1964
RANDOLPH – On Monday, March 2, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Jose of Wakefield will open the cafe on Highway 20, formerly known as the Dairy Dream Drive Inn. They will operate their business under the name of Jose’s Wayside Cafe.
Mr. and Mrs. Jose became owners of the business in a transaction, completed Tuesday, in which they purchased the business, property and equipment from Mrs. Vivian Rohde.
The couple plan to move to Randolph as soon as they can secure adequate housing.
Feb. 27, 1964
RANDOLPH – A new business in Randolph will begin Monday, March 2, when Miss Nancy Pehrson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Pehrson of Laurel, opens her beauty shop in the building located just south of the city auditorium.
Miss Pehrson’s shop will be known as Nancy’s Beauty Salon and will feature hair styling, manicures, hair cuts and permanent waves. Miss Pehrson is a a graduate of Stewart’s Hair Styling School in Sioux City and has been employed at Neligh for the past two years.
The shop will be open from 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Miss Pehrson will have her living quarters in the back of her shop.
Feb. 28, 1974
RANDOLPH – Things started moving this past week on the political front as two candidates made known their intentions by filing for the Randolph City Council.
Kenneth (Sam) Reineke and Jack Sauser both residents of the south ward in Randolph have both filed for the council seat being vacated by the expiration of the term of Ellis Barker. Mr. Barker has said repeatedly that he will not seek re-election or be a candidate for the mayor’s job.
As of Tuesday morning the above two candidates are the only filing for the upcoming election in Randolph city government.
Feb. 28, 1974
RANDOLPH –Supt. Neil Kluver reported that the three school principals, Lloyd Lanik, High School; Gary Speer, Junior High; and Shirley Nissen, Elementary, had been re-elected to their positions for the 1974-75 school year in regular action by the Board of Education.
Lloyd Lanik, High School Principal, has informed the Board of Education he will not be returning to the system after his current contract expires in June. His future plans have not been announced at this time. He has served in his present capacity since September of 1971.
Mr. Kluver reported that a search for a replacement is underway for a new High School principal.
March 1, 1984
RANDOLPH – Both the Randolph High Cardettes and Cardinals qualified for the state tournament next week on Tuesday night as they won regional games.
The girls bested Creighton by a score of 49-39 in the first half of the doublers header played before a packed house in the Wayne High School gym before the Cards got by Osmond in double overtime by a 46-44 margin.
It was no place for anyone with a weak heart as the Cardettes jumped out to a 13 point lead midway through the third period, but let Creighton back into the contest as the lead melted to six before the winners pulled away, going for the 10 point victory.
March 1, 1984
RANDOLPH – Results from the survey that was recently completed by the Area Agency on Aging in regard to a Senior Citizens Center in Randolph were related this week by Linda Wells, the Agency’s Nutrition Services Coordinator.
A total of 166 surveys were returned with 110 of those answering saying that they would support a senior center in Randolph while only 45 saying they would not.
Twenty-nine of the 45 that said they would not support such a center were under the age of 60 years.
March 2, 1994
RANDOLPH – New candidates interested in filing for public office have less than two weeks to do so.
By March 11, new candidates must file their intent.
Cedar County Clerk David Dowling said filing for office can be done by mail or in person at the local city office or at the county courthouse.
Dowling said the following have filed for office or are up for re-election. Up for election in the local city election: - Mayor Roger Johnson has filed for re-election.
- Gordon Boatman has filed to run for the office of mayor.
- Council Member Tom Riedmiller did not file for re-election.
- Council Member Tim Kint has filed for re-election.
- School Board Member Jerry Wiese has filed for re-election.
- School Board Member Rick Dominisse has filed for re-election.
- School Board Member Stan Claussen did not file for re-election.
March 2, 1994
RANDOLPH – March is National Youth Arts Month. Within this issue and through the month, The Randolph Times will feature the work of an RHS artist. Locally Randolph art instructor Chris Hansen has activities planned to promote the event.
Two artists, Jon Gross and Ryan Kruger, will represent their school by displaying their work at the State Capital Show in the State Office Building in Lincoln, March 12. A reception is scheduled that day to honor the artists.
Students will also enter their work in the 13th Annual Congressional Arts Competition sponsored by the Congressional Arts Caucus.
March 3, 2004
RANDOLPH – After nearly 30 years of service, Richard (Dick) Bermel has retired from Kinder Morgan.
When Bermel started with the company in Nov. 1974, Kinder Morgan was called the Kansas-Nebraska Gas Company.
Through the years, slight changes in the company did not change the way Bermel served the community. He enjoyed working with the people during his years of service and regrets not being able to continue the association.
Feb. 26, 2014
RANDOLPH – Eight students from Randolph High school tested to see if they could engineer the cities of tomorrow. The result was a first place award.
“We were all really surprised,” McRae Stubbs said.
Stubbs was a member of the eight-person team that attended and received first place in the high school division at the annual Test of Engineering Aptitude, Mathemeatics and Science (TEAMS) competition, held at Wayne State College on Feb. 19.
Feb. 26, 2014
RANDOLPH – Jolee Clausen, Randolph, has wanted to own her own business since she was a little girl.
“It’s kind of been a dream of mine for a while,” she said.
Last fall, her dream became a reality when Clausen opened Unique Creation in downtown Randolph.
Feb. 26, 2014
RANDOLPH – Activities like 4-H do not always end when a member ages out of the program.
Yearly and sometimes lifetime traditions can result.
Several past Cedar County 4-H members are still celebrating 4-H month every February. They are also still going to the Cedar County Fair every year. Now instead of taking projects and animals, they are helping their children do these activities.
