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75 Years Ago - Dec. 8, 1949 RANDOLPH – Farmers, businessmen and their wives gathered at the Plainview high school new auditorium Tuesday night, November 29, to honor three Pierce County farmers, winners in the fifth annual World-Herald Soil Conservation contest, and the Pierce county soil conservation district with which they are affiliated.
In attendance were 223 persons, including several Randolph business men and a number of farmers and their wives from this community. Pierce County cooperators who brought honor to their district were introduced and presented awards at the banquet. They were Mr. and Mrs. Byron Wattier of Randolph, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hoffart and Donald Hoffart of Osmond, Peter Hoffman and Bertha Hoffman of Pierce.
Governor Val Peterson was the main speaker at the banquet, using as his theme, “The farmer is the trustee of the land.” He declared that soil and water are the most important tools of society, and cited figures to show that only one-fifth of the land in Nebraska is under soil conservation practices. Harold Bryngelson, former Pierce County agent, was master of ceremonies. Congressman Karl Stefan and State Senator Charles Wilson were present. *** RANDOLPH – Elmer Huwaldt, farmer living southwest of here, suffered a concussion of the brain Friday afternoon when a colt he had been breaking threw him. Later, he recounted the colt, and the colt apparently threw him again, although Mr. Huwaldt had a lapse of memory caused by the accident and remembers nothing. He was attended by a local physician and has been confined to his bed since the accident. His condition is satisfactory.
60 Years Ago - Dec. 3, 1964 HARTINGTON – A 17-year-old Hartington youth, Walter Hively, Jr. is being held in the Cedar county jail, charged with second degree murder int he death of his father.
The elder Hively was shot at his home in Hartington Friday evening.
Cedar County officials who are investigating have declined to release details surrounding the shooting. *** RANDOLPH – The Randolph Volunteer Fire Department was called to the office of Dr. G.E. Peters Saturday about 8:15 p.m. Mrs. Edwin Kessler, an employee of Dr. Peters, entered the office that evening, intending to do some book work, when she found the entrance waiting room a mass of smoke.
She went to the Rokahr Implement Company from where the fire department was summoned. Damage was done to a table and floor in the office as well as considerable smoke damage.
The loss was covered by insurance. Origin of the fire is unknown. When Dr. Peters and Mrs. Kessler left the office at 5:45 that evening everything appeared alright.
50 Years Ago - Dec. 5, 1974 RANDOLPH – Unofficial returns on Tuesday evening indicate that voters residing in Randolph overwhelmingly gave their approval to the city council and rural fire district to go ahead with plans to construct a new fire station in Randolph.
Voters in the two wards gave a combined vote of 275 for construction while 67 voted in opposition to the proposal.
Voters in the north ward voted 140 to 33 in favor while 135 voted yes and 34 voters didn’t like the idea in the south ward. Combing the two wards, the yes vote was 80 percent. *** RANDOLPH – The opening of Forty Hours Devotion will begin at St. Frances church on Friday at the 7:30 a.m. Mass. Adoration hours will begin following the mass and continuing until eight o’clock each evening until the closing hours of Forty Hours on Sunday afternoon.
Father Jim Tiegs of St. Philip Neri parish in Omaha will be concelebrant with Father Benedict LaRocque during the Forty Hours.
Mass on Friday and Saturday evenings will be at eight o’clock. Closing of Forty Hours will be at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday.
40 Years Ago - Dec. 6, 1984 RANDOLPH – Patrick Rogers is one of four attorneys from Northeast Nebraska selected by a judicial nominating committee to have their names sent to the governor for a replacement for Francis J. Kneifl.
Governor Kerrey will make the appointment of the Eighth Judicial District Judge following a process where it is expected that he will interview each of the four nominees.
Besides Rogers, the committee sent the names of Rodney Smith, Donald Fitch and Robert Otto to the governor for consideration. Smith and Fitch are practicing attorneys from South Sioux City while Mr. Otte is from Norfolk. *** RANDOLPH – Announcement was made this week that the Flower Basket has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Tom (Barb) Hanna from Mr. and Mrs. Larry (Charlotte) Keifer.
Open House for the new owners will be held on Friday and Saturday of this week with several door prizes and hot cider and cookies for those in attendance.
30 Years Ago - Dec. 7, 1994 RANDOLPH – A group of Randolph youths are being sought through an ongoing investigation in connection with vandalism occurring at the Randolph High School. The group of vandals struck around midnight Saturday, Dec. 3. Their effort will cost taxpayers for replacement of the glass door and skylights in the 1964 addition of the west school, which vandals kicked out. *** RANDOLPH – The Mayor and Council approved as the City’s Christmas gift to the rate payers of Randolph and to help further the Randolph Area Venture Inc.’s effort to light the town for Christmas, that the City forgive the first 100KW to each participant who signs up for a reduction for the month of December. The deadline for signing up is Dec. 15.
20 Years Ago - Dec. 8, 2004 RANDOLPH – Meetings in regular session on Wednesday, Dec. 1, the Randolph City Council held its annual reorganization meeting. On hand for the meeting were Mayor Gordon Boatman, council members Neil Kluver, Kevin Tunink, Marlin Van Slyke and Mike Dowling, attorney Lance Carlson, Police Chief Gary Umberger, Carmen Shaffer and City Clerk Cinda Jones.
Tunink and Kluver were re-elected to their positions in the November election and were sworn in at Wednesday’s meeting. Appointments made by the Mayor and approved by the council were: Depository - First State Bank; Attorney - Lance Carlson; Chief of Police - Gary Umberger; Engineer - Ron Benson of JEO Consulting Group., among others. *** RANDOLPH – For anyone wishing to get into the spirit of the season through the sound of music, Randolph is the place to be in coming weeks, with many concerts scheduled.
St. John’s Lutheran Church will be holding its annual Christmas play and program Dec. 12 at the nine o’clock service. The play and program will feature Lutheran Sunday school students from the preschool age on up to the eighth grade.
St. Frances Chantal Church will also be holding a Christmas Preschool program that same morning, directly following their 10 a.m. Mass. This program will include preschool-age members, 3-years old through Kindergarten. *** LINCOLN – A local judge’s courtroom behavior has drown the attention of the Judicial Qualifications Committee.
The Nebraska Commission on Judicial Qualifications filed a complaint against Northeast Nebraska District Judge Maurice Redmond bearing on his fitness to preside over the courts in his district.
A hearing in the matter has been set for March 29. The hearing will be held in the Northeast Nebraska District in which Redmond services, but no location has yet been named. Judge Redmond presides over district court in Cedar, Dixon and Dakota counties.
10 Years Ago - Dec. 10, 2014 RANDOLPH – Zoning is now in place for the city of Randolph.
Board members took action to adopt a Comprehensive Plan and Zoning for the City of Randolph during the Dec. 3 meeting.
The city zoning regulations will affect the corporate limits of Randolph and will extend one mile outside the city limits.
Regulations will include restriction on height and size of buildings and structures, the size of yards, courts and other open spaces, location and use of buildings, structures, and land according to the Comprehensive Plan and the zoning maps. *** RANDOLPH – Randolph Mayor Dwayne Schutt and City Council members Tim Lemmons and Scott Wattier were sworn in to four-year terms, capping the 2014 election season during the Dec 3rd Randolph City Council meeting.
The city officials immediately got down to handling city business with Brad Bargstadt elected as Council President. *** RANDOLPH – The Randolph Christmas “Blast from the Past” will be a blast this year.
Randolph’s Christmas event which includes Santa, treats, prizes, vendors and a community pancake feed is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday evening, December 12th.
Stores will stay open late and windows will be filled with Christmas scenes and decorations.
