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75 Years Ago - May 26, 1949
RANDOLPH – Randolph will again have a town band this summer and the band will give weekly concerts, it was announced this week.
Jack Johnson, music supervisor of the Randolph public schools and the school band director the past few months, will direct the band.
Mr. Johnson stated that the first band rehearsal will be held Tuesday night, June 7, at 7:00, and if weather permits the rehearsal will be on the south side of the school house. Rehearsals will be held at the school house this summer.
60 Years Ago - May 21, 1964 RANDOLPH – A meeting was held at the Randolph city park Sunday for the purpose of organizing the Northeast Nebraska Chinchilla Ranchers.
Mrs. Millie Grosvenor of Ponca was elected president of the group; Dr. R.E. Rodgers of Randolph, vice president and A.F. Lueders of Norfolk, secretary-treasurer.
Here to assist in the organization of the group were Mr. and Mrs. Chapin Hand of Seward and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Brinkman of Lincoln, officers in the national organization of Chinchilla ranchers. Others in attendance represented nearby towns including Sioux City, Ia., Ponca, Creighton, Plainview and Norfolk. *** RANDOLPH – The Randolph Volunteer Fire Department answered an alarm to the Joe Reineke farm on Tuesday afternoon.
Paul Reineke, who was plowing in a field north of the farm buildings, accidentally hit a large rock which upset the tractor and plow. The tractor appeared to be on fire so Paul went to the house and had Mrs. Reineke call the firemen. Upon their arrival at the scene, they found the fire evidently amounted to mostly smoke and steam from the tractor. The tractor was damaged only slightly.
Paul was uninjured. Firemen assisted in uprighting the tractor before returning to town.
50 Years Ago - May 23, 1974 RANDOLPH – Bob Winkelbauer announces this week that he is opening a repair shop on June 1 in the Melvin Rosenbach building just north of the Post Office.
In making the announcement Mr. Winkelbauer said that his repair shop will be known as Wink’s Auto Repair. He also invites anyone in need of service on their car or truck to stop in and let him handle the job.
40 Years Ago - May 24, 1984 RANDOLPH – The Randolph Swimming Pool will open for the summer on Monday, May 28, weather permitting.
The pool will be open daily from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. and from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
The Randolph Park Board announced on Tuesday that Sandra Bruning will again manage the pool this summer while Mrs. Joe (Janet) Groen will be the poolhouse manager and Mary Nannen, Becky Boling, Cheryl Berner and Jodi Scott will serve as lifeguards. *** RANDOLPH – A large crowd was on hand Sunday afternoon at the Randolph West School gym to participate in commencement activities for 36 graduates of the Randolph High School.
Highlight of the afternoon was the presentation of the graduates and the presentation of diplomas to this year’s class that was preceded by the processional, invocation, welcome, class history, valedictorian address, commencement address, awards, and several musical selections by the Randolph High School band, the Swing Choir and the Senior Choir.
Father James Ryberg of St. Frances Catholic church gave the Invocation.
30 Years Ago - May 25, 1994 RANDOLPH – After a span of nearly four years, Randolph will again have a pharmacy.
Randolph lost its pharmacist with the retirement and death of Vince Hartz. He had served the community for over 40 years.
Kami Asbra is expecting to open for business possibly around the middle of July in the former Hartz Phamarcy building which she’ll be renting in downtown Randolph.
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RANDOLPH – On a sunny afternoon last Saturday, Cary Kruse had expected an ordinary afternoon planting with a tractor near southeast Randolph, although just after 4p.m., his afternoon took on a strange twist just about one half mile from the Charlie and Ellen Bierschenk home.
He was literally knocked off his feet by a bolt of lighting which struck a blackbird about 75 feet away.
Although Kruse was not harmed, he felt his legs go out from under him and his hair stand on end with his head tingling.
He saw a flash of light and later examining the spot where it touched found several holes about one half inch wide with white scorch marks around the edges and the dead blackbird.
Following the event, Kruse continued planting.
20 Years Ago May 26, 2004 OSMOND – The first shovels of dirt were turned for construction of a $2.3 million addition and renovation at Osmond General Hospital. The gorund-breaking ceremony took place on Thursday, May 20, at 10 a.m.
The addition will be situated between the existing hospital and administrative offices. Work is slated to begin this week with moving of oxygen tanks and installation of water and sewer services.
Hospital CEO Celine Mlady welcomed the guests assembled for the ground breaking. The addition has been a dream for five years, she said, and planning began in earnest about two years go. Calvin L. Hinz (CLH) Architects designed the improvements with the general contract awarded to RaDec Construction of Hartington. Representatives of those firms were on hand and introduced by the CEO.
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WAUSA – Rev. Sharon Stevens, United Methodist Pastor, is leaving Wausa after serving in this area for the past 10 years.
Her last service will be June 20. She moved to Wausa in 1994 to pastor the Wausa and Magnet churches. When the Magnet church closed after she had been there four years, she began pastoring the Wausa, McLean and Randolph churches. In 2002, the McLean church closed and since then she has served just the Randolph and Wausa congregations.
10 Years Ago - May 21, 2014 RANDOLPH – Stephanie Harder and Catrina Winkelbauer will be the new preschool and first-grade instructors, respectively, after passing approval Monday from the Randolph School Board.
Harder’s position is set at .50 full-time equivalent, and the need for a paraprofessional will be determined after enrollment numbers are established for the four-year-old preschool program.
Preschool will be offered three days a week for four hours each day, running from Aug. 11, 2014-May 21, 2015.
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RANDOLPH – A cancer survivor is ready to tell his story at the May 30 Cedar County American Cancer Society Relay for Life event.
Richard Roeder and his wife, Betty, were both born and raised in Randolph.
A couple of years ago Richard, who now lives in Fremont, received the “you have cancer” news twice within nine months.
