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July 15, 1954
LAUREL- E.J. Davus of Laurel was at Sycamore, IL on July 7 and 8 attending a special training school as detasseling inspector for the DeKalb Agricultural Association, large producer of hybrid seed corn.
He will check detasseling operations at the Shenandoah plant where several thousand acres of seed is being produced. Detasseling is expected to be in full swing by July 15 and will be pretty well completed by the end of the month.
July 15, 1954
LAUREL-From observation, it could be generally concluded that motorists on Highway 20 were pretty law abiding as far as their speed is concerned Sunday afternoon. This observation was made by watching the machine, pictured in the Advocate, a Radar Traffic Speed Indicator that was put through a test run by Highway Safety Patrolmen Lee Hodtwalder and Clarence Mayhew and Cedar County Sheriff Ralph Clements.
July 15, 1954
BELDEN-Pvt. Neil A. Pflanz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pflanz, Belden is now serving with the 8174th Army Unit in Japan. A teletype repairman in the Unit’s 50th Signal Battalion, Pflanz entered the Army during August 1953 and arrived overseas last May from Camp Gordon, GA.
July 9, 1959
COLERIDGE — Rev. Lyle Darnauer, an American Lutheran Church missionary in India, preached the sermon at the Lutheran church last Sunday.
He answered the questions, “Why send missionaries to a country like India?” and “Does it make any difference in the life of the person who becomes a Christian?” July 9, 1959
COLERIDGE — Tom Morrison hurled a no-hitter Friday night as the Coleridge Legion team stopped Wayne 7-6. In spite of Morrison’s brilliant hurling it took some generosity on the part of Wayne’s hurler in the final inning to hand Coleridge the victory on the home diamond. The Coleridge team committed 11 errors to keep Wayne in the contest.
July 9, 1959
COLERIDGE — The Coleridge Midget baseball team downed Laurel 12-4 in a contest played here Tuesday evening. The game was featured by a 12-hit attack by the local team. The Coleridge team got off to a fast start scoring six runs in the opening frame.
July 9, 1964
COLERIDGE — Forty children participated in the Children’s Parade which began the activities for the 4th of July celebration here.
July 9, 1964
COLERIDGE — Coleridge’s Dale Weinberger allowed only three hits Sunday evening as his club lost to Wausa 3-1. The score was tied 1-1 until the eighth inning when an error allowed a Wausa runner to reach base. Two back to back singles then accounted for two runs to win the game. Coleridge out-hit Wausa seven to three.
