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March 31, 1960
COLERIDGE— A quick thaw of the record snowfall has caused considerable trouble in the rural areas.
Temperatures in the 40s over the past week have made bottomless quagmires of most of the roads where adequate drainage is unavailable.
Lowlands have seen considerable amounts of water and in some places roads have been completely covered.
Most travel of the rural residents has been limited either to tractors or trucks with chains. Even then, many reports have been received of these vehicles being mired down and a need of assistance having been made.
March 31, 1960
COLERIDGE— The Coleridge School Board announced Wednesday that Mr. Andrew C. Hansen of Sterling has accepted the position of superintendent of Coleridge School District 41-R for the 1960-61 term.
March 31, 1960
COLERIDGE— Snow removal seemed to be the first step in the construction of the new high school for District 41-R. Monday morning preliminary steps were started in the hope of accelerating the beginning of grading when machinery was moved into the area and was used to push the snow cover from the site.
March 24, 1960
LAUREL — Laurel and Wayne High Schools tied with the most superior ratings, five each in the District III declamation and one-act play contest.
March 24, 1960
LAUREL — A group of Laurel area farmers declared a holiday recently and boarded the Lundell Manufacturing Company public relations bus under the sponsorship of Urwiler Implement Company for a plant and farm tour at the farm equipment manufacturing plant at Cherokee, Iowa.
March 24, 1960
DIXON — The WSCS of the Dixon Methodist Church has selected Ronald Ankeny to attend the annual meeting of the Nebraska conference of the WSCS. Also attending will be Mrs.
Dick Chambers who is secretary of the conference mission work.
March 24, 1960
LAUREL — Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brandl of Coleridge are the parents of a son born March 16. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Nelson of Concord are the parents of a son born March 16.
April 9, 1970
COLERIDGE — The Coleridge Fire Department had a busy day Tuesday when they were summoned for assistance by fire departments from two neighbor towns.
About 11 a.m. the Hartington Fire Department was summoned to a grass fire at Wynot, which was burning southwest of town.
They answered the fire call with all units and called Coleridge to assist with a standby fire truck in the town of Hartington.
The Coleridge city truck responded and was stationed at the Hartington Fire Hall.
About an hour later a second call came from the scene of the fire at Wynot when high winds threatened to drive the grass fire into the town.
The fire had burned a swath about a mile wide. The Village of Coleridge responded to this call by sending their town tanker with a load of water.
The fire was contained, however, by the time the tanker reached its destination.
The trucks had hardly returned when the Laurel Fire Department called and needed assistance at a grass fire about eight miles east of Coleridge where a high-line had broken starting a grass fire.
This fire burned about two miles and destroyed a granary and then blackened an area of about 160 acres.
Winds estimated at 60 miles an hour fanned the two blazes.
April 9, 1970
COLERIDGE — The Coleridge School Board accepted three written resignations from James Pratt, Virginia Avenell and Percy Stielow.
Those teachers signing their contracts were: Dorothy Forbes, Bernice Franzen, Marlene Pick, Dave Dooley, Rich Scholle, Marvin Cherry, James Michalek, Steve Schroeder, Gloria Kunze, Harlan Schrieber, Roma Schrieber, Randy Shaw, Margaret Lentz, Sharon Shaw, Barbara Dinslage, Wanda Cunningham and Beverly Hansen.
March 13, 1985
LAUREL — Seven members of Laurel-Concord’s basketball teams qualified for the Clark Division allconference. Laurel’s girls especially dominated the lineup.
Gail Twiford and Wendy Robinson made the first team. Renee Vanderheiden made the second team and Michelle Joslin was Honorable Mention. Among the boys, Scott Rath was voted by the loop’s coach to the second team while Brent Haisch and Mike Forsberg received Honorable Mention.
Several of these players will be back to lead the Bear teams next year.
