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75 Years Ago - Jan. 5, 1950
RANDOLPH – An extreme cold wave swept over northeast Nebraska Monday following a freezing rain, and the mercury dropped to below zero on Monday and Tuesday nights, with the extreme cold made even more penetrating by a strong northwest wind that buffeted this area on Monday and Tuesday and through Tuesday night.
Unofficial temperatures here Wednesday morning ranged from 10 to 15 degrees below zero, and the official temperature at Norfolk was ten below.
The only bright side of the picture was the fact that a credited heavy snow failed to arrive here, the snowfall here measured about an inch.
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RANDOLPH – A number of cases of pneumonia are reported in this vicinity this week, with all parties making satisfactory recovery or progress toward recovery.
David Steckelberg, ten months old son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Steckelberg is seriously ill in a Norfolk hospital with pneumonia and other complications. He was taken to the hospital on Sunday and the middle of the week had shown some improvement.
Fred Lippold has been ill since the first of the week and has pneumonia. He is making satisfactory progress toward recovery. His son-in-law, Bill Coenen, who had virus pneumonia this fall has suffered a recurrence and again has a touch of virus pneumonia.
60 Years Ago - Dec. 31, 1964
RANDOLPH – Three Randolph High School seniors have been announced as Regents examinations winners.
Richard Huwaldt was the winner of the scholarship at the University of Nebraska, while Tom Truby and Jim Ehrhardt were named as alternate winners. *** RANDOLPH – The Randolph High Cards and St. Frances Blue Jays met for the first time in an athletic event Tuesday evening and the two teams put on a humdinger of a show with the Cards eking out a 68 to 66 decision before a full house at the Randolph Public School gym.
The action in the first round of the Randolph Holiday Tournament. In the other first round encounter, Wausa methodically downed Hartington 73 to 49.
Randolph met Wausa in the finals Wednesday evening, while St. Frances tangled with Hartington in the consolation finals.
50 Years Ago - Jan. 2, 1975
RANDOLPH – The Randolph Elementary School will continue to accept labels from Campbell products through Tuesday, January 7, according to Shirley Nissen, principal.
Approximately 4,500 Campbell labels have been collected to date toward the local elementary school’s goal of 6,000. Upon completion of the drive, the labels are to be redeemed for additional playground balls and the playground equipment.
This is the second year that the Campbell Soup Company has offered a plan whereby elementary schools nationwide can obtain free for labels audio-visual and playground equipment.
*** RANDOLPH – The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 requires that every alien in the United States, except diplomats, persons officially connected with international organization, of which the United States is a member, must report his address during January of each year even if the address has not changed since the last address report.
Aliens may report their address at the post office or Immigration and Nationalization Serve Office during the month of January.
40 Years Ago - Jan. 3, 1985
RANDOLPH – Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the trailer home of the Duane Deeded family in the early morning hours of Thursday.
The Randolph Volunteer Fire Department was summoned to the trailer located along Highway 20 at approximately 4:00 a.m. Thursday morning by an alarm turned in by Police Chief Gerald Greeley.
Some concern was evident from local fire officials about whether or not anyone was in the trailer. After consulting with other sources it was found that the Deeded family was not present at the time the fire started.
*** RANDOLPH – Five Randolph High School athletes were named to the Class C All-Tournament team following the finals of the Wayne State Holiday Tournament on Friday evening.
Named to the honors team in the girls portion of the tournament were Marci Moser, Ann Nannen and Kristie Worst while Mike Peebles and Kirby Meyer made the boys portion of the honors team.
Parents of the athletes are Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Moser, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Worst, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Nannen, Mr. and Mrs. Vince Meyer and Mrs. Vera Peebles.
30 Years Ago - Jan. 4, 1995
RANDOLPH – Karissa Dominisse was awarded for a poster she created for a Girl Scout project. She was awarded first place for the Prairie Hills region Brownie level and her entry will be sent to compete at the national level. One hundred and twenty-eight entries were judged at the Prairie Hills region level. Judges were two artists and an art teacher. Dominisse’s poster theme was “Be Your Best . . . Don’t Take Drugs.” She is the daughter of Rick and Karen Dominisse. *** RANDOLPH – The City Council and Randolph Area Ventures, Inc. is asking all residents of Randolph to mark their calendars and plan to attend a public town hall meeting. The purpose of the town hall meeting is to review the results of a community survey conducted in April of 1993 and begin the strategic planning process for the community.
The City Council is considering applying for a Community Development Block Grant through the Nebraska Department of Economic Development in April. A requirement of the grant is the involvement of citizens in identifying goals and priorities for the community and the development of a strategic action plan.
20 Years Ago - Jan. 5, 2005
RANDOLPH – For one Randolph soldier, the new year will be spent on home soil.
Anthony Bach will try to pick life up where he left off almost five years ago when directly out of high school he joined the military to give himself a little time in deciding what career he’d like to study in college.
After being stationed in Korea, and then Germany, Bach was sent to Iraq in 2003. His duties in Iraq were to do patrols in the rev in an effort to keep local crime down. They also had to raise houses and make IED sweeps. It was because of one of these devices that Bach was awarded the Purple Heart when IED exploded next to his truck during a patrol. *** LINCOLN – Qwest telephone customers in Randolph may have lower telephone bills.
Five local exchange telephone companies have notified the Public Service Commission that they will eliminate zone charges for rural customers.
Those customers have been paying an additional monthly fee of $1.25 to $5.75 over the basic line charge to reimburse the companies in high-cost service areas.
10 Years Ago - Jan. 7, 2015
RANDOLPH – An idea to help others really blossomed this Holiday Season.
Before the Christmas break, stuffed animals took over the Christmas tree in the commons area at Randolph High School.
