mARCH 31, 2004
SEVENTY YEARS AGO~~1934:
tHE MINDEN VOLLYBALL TOWN TEAM WON FIVE OUT OF SIX GAMES OVER THE mCCOOK Y.M.C.A. TEAM. PLAYERS WERE DURFEE LARSON, C.H. DEBAR, HAROLD JORGENSEN, DICK HENSON AND VERLIN STADLER. ARLO CHRISTENSEN WAS ELECTED HONORARY CAPTAIN OF TEH MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM AT TEH CLOSE OF THE SEASON. THE COURIER NOTED THAT WORLD CHAMPION FIGURE SKATER SONJA HENIE OF NORWAY HAD RETURNED TO AMERICA TO DEFEAT HER CROWN.
SIXTY YEARS AGO~~1944:
FOLLOWING TEN YEARS OF SERVICE, GEORGE RASMUSSEN RESIGNED AS MANAGER OF THE FARMERS COOPERATIVE GRAIN AND SUPPLY CO. TO ASSUME MANAGEMENT OF THE TRICO FEED MILLS. RASMUSSEN STARTED HIS CAREER ON FEB. 14, 1934, AND DURING HIS FIRST YEAR AS MANAGER, THE AREA SUFFERED THE WORST DROUGHT IT HAD EVER EXPERIENCED. IN 1939, UNDER RASMUSSEN'S MANAGERSHIP, THE CO-OP UNDERWENT A LARGE EXPANSION PROGRAM. HAROLD YOST SUCCEEDED RASMUSSEN AS THE CO-OP MANAGER. NEW OFFICERS OF THE ROTARY CLUB WERE ELMER LEAF, TOM MASON AND CLARENCE BAUER.
PLANS WERE MADE FOR A TREE PLANTING DAY DURING THE MEETING OF THE GARDEN CLUB, HOSTED BY EMMA ZIEG.
FIFTY YEARS AGO~~1954:
sENIORS OF THE MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL WERE HELEN BERGSTEN, ROMA BJORKLUND, JANIS DAVIDSON, DOROTHY HAMILTON, ARDELLE HOLSTEN, SHAREN JOYCE, JEAN LIEBERS, JANET NIELSEN, BEVERLEE OLSEN, SUE PODEWITZ, GLENDA SEWARD, WES SHANNON AND BILL SPILKER. WILCOX HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC STUDENTS WON TEN SUPERIOR RATINGS IN THE TWIN VALLEY CONFERENCE MUSIC CONTEST. JUDITH POLLACK, GIRLS HIGH VOICE, AND KAREN WOOLEN, CLARINET, WERE CHOSEN TO APPEAR ON TEH HONOR PROGRAM. THE MINDEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS HONORED THEIR WIVES WITH A BANQUET AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. CARROLL WEEDLUN SERVED AS TOASTMASTER.
FORTY YEARS AGO~~1964:
SEVENTH GRADER ALLEN KEEN, SON OF MR. AND MRS. VERN KEEN, WON FIRST PLACE IN THE KEARNEY COUNTY SPELLING CONTEST. ALTERNATE WAS CANDICE LUSK, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. VIRGIL LUSK. MINDEN'S BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS VOTED TO STAY OPEN ON THURSDAY NIGHTS RATHER THAN ON SATURDAY NIGHTS. WINNING FIRST PLACES AT THE KEARNEY STATE INTER-HIGH SCHOOL CONTESTS WERE TAZE JESSEE, ADVANCED WOODWORKING; MIKE WORTMAN, PLASTIC; DENNIS BREWER, ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA, ALL OF MINDEN; AND CLARENCE REISS, GENERAL METALS AND WELDING; AND TERRY WOOLEN, GENERAL MATHEMATICS, BOTH OF WILCOX.
THIRTY YEARS AGO~~~1974:
THE FIRST KEARNEY COUNTY CLASS ON HUNTER SAFETY, TAUGHT BY TED MILLER, IVAN NEWBOLD AND AL BEINHOFF, HAD 16 STUDENTS PASSING THE REQUIRED TESTS AND LATER CERTIFIED BY THE NEBRASKA GAME COMMISSION. THE MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL UNVEILED A NEW SCHOOL FLAG, BEARING THE "WHIPPET" EMBLEM AND THE INITIALS mhs. COUNCIL CHAIRMAN KEVIN CHOQUETTE AND MEMBERS JOHN BECK, KELLY FLEMING, SARAH FINKNER, MOLLY TOMSEN AND NATHAN ECKLOFF WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND CONCSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FLAG. ELLIOTT LIEBERS AND BUD STUMBO, OWNERS OF LIEBERS & sTUMBO, INC., KEARNEY AND mINDEN, ANNOUNCED THE SALE OF THE MINDEN OPERATION TO BILL LIEBERS AND DON KENTON. THE NEW NAME FOR THE BUSINESS WAS LIEBERS & KENTON, iNC.
TWENTY YEARS AGO~~1984:
THE MINDEN DANISH BROTHERHOO LODGE CELEBRATED ITS 100 YEARS OF EXISTENCE. THE 100 CANDLES ON THE BIRTHDAY CAKE, PREPARED BY VIOLET NIELSEN AND EDITH THOMSEN, WERE LIGHTED BY ROSA NIELSEN. THE MINDEN VOLUNTEER FIRD DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE MINDEN HATCHERY. ONE BUILDING WAS DESTROYED AND AN ESTIMATED 1,400 CHICKENS AND 13 SHEEP KILLED. FIRST PLACE WINNERS IN THE HILDRETH ELEMENTARY SPELLING CONTEST WERE JEAN MANDIN AND CARRIE LINDAU, BOTH OF AXTELL; AND KRISTI MIETZNER AND COREY REIL, BOTH OF HILDRETH.
TEN YEARS AGO~~1994:
BRIAN JOHNSON, TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR OF MINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WAS NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE NEBRASKA SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION. THE MINDEN HOUSING AUTHORITY SPONSORED AN OPEN HOUSE AT EAST VIEW WOURT FOLLOWING THE REMODELING OF THE COMMUNITY ROOM, LAUNDRY ROOM, BATHROOMS AND OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CONVERSION OF TWO UNITS INTO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE UNITS. STEVEN ZELIFF, A MINDEN SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR, WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD BY MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. DAVID LIAKOS WON HIS SITH STRAIGHT STATE RACQUETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
SEVENTY YEARS AGO~~1934:
tHE MINDEN VOLLYBALL TOWN TEAM WON FIVE OUT OF SIX GAMES OVER THE mCCOOK Y.M.C.A. TEAM. PLAYERS WERE DURFEE LARSON, C.H. DEBAR, HAROLD JORGENSEN, DICK HENSON AND VERLIN STADLER. ARLO CHRISTENSEN WAS ELECTED HONORARY CAPTAIN OF TEH MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM AT TEH CLOSE OF THE SEASON. THE COURIER NOTED THAT WORLD CHAMPION FIGURE SKATER SONJA HENIE OF NORWAY HAD RETURNED TO AMERICA TO DEFEAT HER CROWN.
SIXTY YEARS AGO~~1944:
FOLLOWING TEN YEARS OF SERVICE, GEORGE RASMUSSEN RESIGNED AS MANAGER OF THE FARMERS COOPERATIVE GRAIN AND SUPPLY CO. TO ASSUME MANAGEMENT OF THE TRICO FEED MILLS. RASMUSSEN STARTED HIS CAREER ON FEB. 14, 1934, AND DURING HIS FIRST YEAR AS MANAGER, THE AREA SUFFERED THE WORST DROUGHT IT HAD EVER EXPERIENCED. IN 1939, UNDER RASMUSSEN'S MANAGERSHIP, THE CO-OP UNDERWENT A LARGE EXPANSION PROGRAM. HAROLD YOST SUCCEEDED RASMUSSEN AS THE CO-OP MANAGER. NEW OFFICERS OF THE ROTARY CLUB WERE ELMER LEAF, TOM MASON AND CLARENCE BAUER.
PLANS WERE MADE FOR A TREE PLANTING DAY DURING THE MEETING OF THE GARDEN CLUB, HOSTED BY EMMA ZIEG.
FIFTY YEARS AGO~~1954:
sENIORS OF THE MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL WERE HELEN BERGSTEN, ROMA BJORKLUND, JANIS DAVIDSON, DOROTHY HAMILTON, ARDELLE HOLSTEN, SHAREN JOYCE, JEAN LIEBERS, JANET NIELSEN, BEVERLEE OLSEN, SUE PODEWITZ, GLENDA SEWARD, WES SHANNON AND BILL SPILKER. WILCOX HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC STUDENTS WON TEN SUPERIOR RATINGS IN THE TWIN VALLEY CONFERENCE MUSIC CONTEST. JUDITH POLLACK, GIRLS HIGH VOICE, AND KAREN WOOLEN, CLARINET, WERE CHOSEN TO APPEAR ON TEH HONOR PROGRAM. THE MINDEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS HONORED THEIR WIVES WITH A BANQUET AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. CARROLL WEEDLUN SERVED AS TOASTMASTER.
FORTY YEARS AGO~~1964:
SEVENTH GRADER ALLEN KEEN, SON OF MR. AND MRS. VERN KEEN, WON FIRST PLACE IN THE KEARNEY COUNTY SPELLING CONTEST. ALTERNATE WAS CANDICE LUSK, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. VIRGIL LUSK. MINDEN'S BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS VOTED TO STAY OPEN ON THURSDAY NIGHTS RATHER THAN ON SATURDAY NIGHTS. WINNING FIRST PLACES AT THE KEARNEY STATE INTER-HIGH SCHOOL CONTESTS WERE TAZE JESSEE, ADVANCED WOODWORKING; MIKE WORTMAN, PLASTIC; DENNIS BREWER, ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA, ALL OF MINDEN; AND CLARENCE REISS, GENERAL METALS AND WELDING; AND TERRY WOOLEN, GENERAL MATHEMATICS, BOTH OF WILCOX.
THIRTY YEARS AGO~~~1974:
THE FIRST KEARNEY COUNTY CLASS ON HUNTER SAFETY, TAUGHT BY TED MILLER, IVAN NEWBOLD AND AL BEINHOFF, HAD 16 STUDENTS PASSING THE REQUIRED TESTS AND LATER CERTIFIED BY THE NEBRASKA GAME COMMISSION. THE MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL UNVEILED A NEW SCHOOL FLAG, BEARING THE "WHIPPET" EMBLEM AND THE INITIALS mhs. COUNCIL CHAIRMAN KEVIN CHOQUETTE AND MEMBERS JOHN BECK, KELLY FLEMING, SARAH FINKNER, MOLLY TOMSEN AND NATHAN ECKLOFF WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND CONCSTRUCTION OF THE NEW FLAG. ELLIOTT LIEBERS AND BUD STUMBO, OWNERS OF LIEBERS & sTUMBO, INC., KEARNEY AND mINDEN, ANNOUNCED THE SALE OF THE MINDEN OPERATION TO BILL LIEBERS AND DON KENTON. THE NEW NAME FOR THE BUSINESS WAS LIEBERS & KENTON, iNC.
TWENTY YEARS AGO~~1984:
THE MINDEN DANISH BROTHERHOO LODGE CELEBRATED ITS 100 YEARS OF EXISTENCE. THE 100 CANDLES ON THE BIRTHDAY CAKE, PREPARED BY VIOLET NIELSEN AND EDITH THOMSEN, WERE LIGHTED BY ROSA NIELSEN. THE MINDEN VOLUNTEER FIRD DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE MINDEN HATCHERY. ONE BUILDING WAS DESTROYED AND AN ESTIMATED 1,400 CHICKENS AND 13 SHEEP KILLED. FIRST PLACE WINNERS IN THE HILDRETH ELEMENTARY SPELLING CONTEST WERE JEAN MANDIN AND CARRIE LINDAU, BOTH OF AXTELL; AND KRISTI MIETZNER AND COREY REIL, BOTH OF HILDRETH.
TEN YEARS AGO~~1994:
BRIAN JOHNSON, TRANSPORTATION SUPERVISOR OF MINDEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WAS NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE NEBRASKA SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION. THE MINDEN HOUSING AUTHORITY SPONSORED AN OPEN HOUSE AT EAST VIEW WOURT FOLLOWING THE REMODELING OF THE COMMUNITY ROOM, LAUNDRY ROOM, BATHROOMS AND OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CONVERSION OF TWO UNITS INTO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE UNITS. STEVEN ZELIFF, A MINDEN SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR, WAS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD BY MINDEN HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. DAVID LIAKOS WON HIS SITH STRAIGHT STATE RACQUETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP.
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SEVENTY YEARS AGO ~~1934:
DR. H. S. ANDREWS WAS ELECTED MAYOR OVER L. A. DASHER, INCUMBENT. CARL JONES RETAINED THE CLERKSHIP, DEFEATING CARL HOLMES. ALBERT WALBERG, LIVING SOUTHWEST OF MINDEN, SOLD FAT CATTLE ON THE OMAHA MARKET FOR $6.50 PER HUNDRED WEIGHT. ORR FLEMING MOVED HIS AUTO REPAIR SHOP INTO THE BUILDING SOUTH OF THE C.J. LEHMKUHL HARDWARE STORE, FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY H. L. BATTISTE. WILL JOHNSON, REEMPLOYMENT MANAGER FOR KEARNEY COUNTY, REPORTED THAT 374 UNEMPLOYED MEN AND WOMEN WERE REGISTERED IN THE COUNTY.
SIXTY YEARS AGO ~~1944:
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS WERE NARROWLY AVOIDED WHEN THE TOP FLOOR AND PART OF THE WALLS OF THE OLD EDNA HOTEL COLLAPSED DURING THE WRECKING OF THE BUILDING. BUILDING OWNER JACK ETZELMILLER WAS IN THE STORE WHEN THE CAVE-IN OCCURED. MR. AND MRS. SAMUEL PARKER OBSERVED THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THE PARKERS WERE EARLY PIONEERS, HOMSTEADING NEAR HILDRETH. IN 1877, PARKER WAS A STOREKEEPER IN HILDRETH. THE CITY ELECTION WAS ONE OF THE LIGHTEST VOTES EVER CAST. ONLY TWO OFFICES WERE CONTESTED IWTH L.C. LARSON AND HAROLD ROBB WINNING RE-ELECTIONS IN THE SOUTH AND NORTH WARDS RESPECTIVELY.
FIFTY YEARS AGO~~1954:
HAROLD PEDLEY, MELVIN OLSSEN, C.J. MOREY, JAMES LARSEN, DR. C.W. STRAND AND DUANE LAYTON WERE ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT r-3 bOARD OF eDUCATION. PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR ADDITIONS TO THE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS WERE UNVEILED. THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAN WAS ALTERED WHEN IT WAS FOUND TAHT SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR BUILDING WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PRESENT STRUCTURE. GLENN ROGGENKAMP, SON OF GOERGE ROGGENKAMP, ARRIVED IN MINDEN AFTER SERVING WITH TEH ARMED FORCES IN JAPAN FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
FORTY YEARS AGO~~1964:
TEACHERS WHO VISITED YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE THE SICENCE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION READING LAB WERE DORIS THOMPSON, WILMA CARLSON, AMY HEDELL, EVELYN EVERSON, GRACE PATTERSON AND CLIFFORD LOWELL. CLIFFORD JACOBSEN, SON OF MR. AND MRS. THOMAS JACOBS, ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT BURWELL. FARMERS' DAY, SPONSORED BY MINDEN MERCHANTS, INCLUDED GUESSING THE WEIGHT OF A HOG. FOURTEEN PEOPLE CAME WITHIN ONE-HALF OPUND OF TEH ACTUAL WEIGHT. WINNER WAS MARGARET CARNEY WHO WAS ENTITLED TO TAKE THE HOG HOME.
THIRTY YEARS AGO~~1974:
PORKETTE QUEEN PAGEANT CONTESTANTS WERE DENISE NELSON, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. DENNIS NELSON OF AXTELL; SHEILA ALBERS, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. MARVIN ALBERS OF HILDRETH; LINDA BLACK, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. CLAUDE BLACK OF HILDRETH; MARY RYAN, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. PAT RYAN; AND KAREN FECHT, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. CLAYTON FECHT, ALL OF AXTELL. THE MINDEN FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES, DIRECTED AND ACCOMPANIED AT THE PIANO BY PHIL PARKER, PRESENTED "THOSE WONDERFUL YEARS," A MUSICAL FEATURING SONGS OFT HE 1900-1930. THE MINDEN JUNIOR HIGH WRESTLING TEAM, COACHED BY jIM NOLAN, WENT UNDEFEATED. PARTICIPANTS WERE MITCH SCHWENKE, RICHARD BURRITT, GARY SCOTT, BRYAN VARN, JIM THOM, DAVID JAMESON, SAM STADLER, ROGER BONTZ AND JEFF DANIELSON.
TWENTY YEARS AGO~~1984:
THE MINDEN MASONIC LODGE CELEBRATED ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. THE LODGE WAS CHARTED ON JUNE 24, 1884. BRYON CASPER, SON OF MR. AND MRS. ROBERT CASPER OF HILDRETH, WAS CHOSEN BOYS' STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TEH HIDLRETH AMERICAN LEGION POST 378. JENSEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS LIZ BARR, LEE RAMSEY, JACK MARLATT, GLENDA SMITH AND LARRY WILCOX WELCOMED SNOOP, THE NEW LIBRARY MASCOT, WHO HELPED PROMOTE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
TEN YEARS AGO~~1994:
A NEW AVIARY WAS CONSTRUCTED AT BETHANYHOME. A BUTTON QUAIL, DIAMOND DOVES AND FIVE PAIRS OF FINCHES, DONTAED BY THE MIKE FRITSON FAMILY, LIVED IN TEH AVIARY. CHARLENE SCHRINER OPENED HER OWN ACCOUNTING SERVICE, AFFORDABLE ACCOUNTING, IN HILDRETH. SCHRINER HAD SERVED AS BOOKKEEPER AT MIDLAND COOP IN WILCOX FOR 15 YEARS. THE MINDEN UNIT 94 AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY CHOSE LINDAY QUADHAMER, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. STEVE QUADHAMER, AND SARA BREWER, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. RON BREWER, AS DELEGATES TO NEBRASKA GIRLS STATE.
SEVENTY YEARS AGO ~~1934:
DR. H. S. ANDREWS WAS ELECTED MAYOR OVER L. A. DASHER, INCUMBENT. CARL JONES RETAINED THE CLERKSHIP, DEFEATING CARL HOLMES. ALBERT WALBERG, LIVING SOUTHWEST OF MINDEN, SOLD FAT CATTLE ON THE OMAHA MARKET FOR $6.50 PER HUNDRED WEIGHT. ORR FLEMING MOVED HIS AUTO REPAIR SHOP INTO THE BUILDING SOUTH OF THE C.J. LEHMKUHL HARDWARE STORE, FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY H. L. BATTISTE. WILL JOHNSON, REEMPLOYMENT MANAGER FOR KEARNEY COUNTY, REPORTED THAT 374 UNEMPLOYED MEN AND WOMEN WERE REGISTERED IN THE COUNTY.
SIXTY YEARS AGO ~~1944:
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS WERE NARROWLY AVOIDED WHEN THE TOP FLOOR AND PART OF THE WALLS OF THE OLD EDNA HOTEL COLLAPSED DURING THE WRECKING OF THE BUILDING. BUILDING OWNER JACK ETZELMILLER WAS IN THE STORE WHEN THE CAVE-IN OCCURED. MR. AND MRS. SAMUEL PARKER OBSERVED THEIR 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. THE PARKERS WERE EARLY PIONEERS, HOMSTEADING NEAR HILDRETH. IN 1877, PARKER WAS A STOREKEEPER IN HILDRETH. THE CITY ELECTION WAS ONE OF THE LIGHTEST VOTES EVER CAST. ONLY TWO OFFICES WERE CONTESTED IWTH L.C. LARSON AND HAROLD ROBB WINNING RE-ELECTIONS IN THE SOUTH AND NORTH WARDS RESPECTIVELY.
FIFTY YEARS AGO~~1954:
HAROLD PEDLEY, MELVIN OLSSEN, C.J. MOREY, JAMES LARSEN, DR. C.W. STRAND AND DUANE LAYTON WERE ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT r-3 bOARD OF eDUCATION. PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR ADDITIONS TO THE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGS WERE UNVEILED. THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAN WAS ALTERED WHEN IT WAS FOUND TAHT SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR BUILDING WAS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PRESENT STRUCTURE. GLENN ROGGENKAMP, SON OF GOERGE ROGGENKAMP, ARRIVED IN MINDEN AFTER SERVING WITH TEH ARMED FORCES IN JAPAN FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
FORTY YEARS AGO~~1964:
TEACHERS WHO VISITED YORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE THE SICENCE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION READING LAB WERE DORIS THOMPSON, WILMA CARLSON, AMY HEDELL, EVELYN EVERSON, GRACE PATTERSON AND CLIFFORD LOWELL. CLIFFORD JACOBSEN, SON OF MR. AND MRS. THOMAS JACOBS, ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF HEAD BASKETBALL COACH AT BURWELL. FARMERS' DAY, SPONSORED BY MINDEN MERCHANTS, INCLUDED GUESSING THE WEIGHT OF A HOG. FOURTEEN PEOPLE CAME WITHIN ONE-HALF OPUND OF TEH ACTUAL WEIGHT. WINNER WAS MARGARET CARNEY WHO WAS ENTITLED TO TAKE THE HOG HOME.
THIRTY YEARS AGO~~1974:
PORKETTE QUEEN PAGEANT CONTESTANTS WERE DENISE NELSON, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. DENNIS NELSON OF AXTELL; SHEILA ALBERS, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. MARVIN ALBERS OF HILDRETH; LINDA BLACK, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. CLAUDE BLACK OF HILDRETH; MARY RYAN, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. PAT RYAN; AND KAREN FECHT, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. CLAYTON FECHT, ALL OF AXTELL. THE MINDEN FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES, DIRECTED AND ACCOMPANIED AT THE PIANO BY PHIL PARKER, PRESENTED "THOSE WONDERFUL YEARS," A MUSICAL FEATURING SONGS OFT HE 1900-1930. THE MINDEN JUNIOR HIGH WRESTLING TEAM, COACHED BY jIM NOLAN, WENT UNDEFEATED. PARTICIPANTS WERE MITCH SCHWENKE, RICHARD BURRITT, GARY SCOTT, BRYAN VARN, JIM THOM, DAVID JAMESON, SAM STADLER, ROGER BONTZ AND JEFF DANIELSON.
TWENTY YEARS AGO~~1984:
THE MINDEN MASONIC LODGE CELEBRATED ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. THE LODGE WAS CHARTED ON JUNE 24, 1884. BRYON CASPER, SON OF MR. AND MRS. ROBERT CASPER OF HILDRETH, WAS CHOSEN BOYS' STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TEH HIDLRETH AMERICAN LEGION POST 378. JENSEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS LIZ BARR, LEE RAMSEY, JACK MARLATT, GLENDA SMITH AND LARRY WILCOX WELCOMED SNOOP, THE NEW LIBRARY MASCOT, WHO HELPED PROMOTE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.
TEN YEARS AGO~~1994:
A NEW AVIARY WAS CONSTRUCTED AT BETHANYHOME. A BUTTON QUAIL, DIAMOND DOVES AND FIVE PAIRS OF FINCHES, DONTAED BY THE MIKE FRITSON FAMILY, LIVED IN TEH AVIARY. CHARLENE SCHRINER OPENED HER OWN ACCOUNTING SERVICE, AFFORDABLE ACCOUNTING, IN HILDRETH. SCHRINER HAD SERVED AS BOOKKEEPER AT MIDLAND COOP IN WILCOX FOR 15 YEARS. THE MINDEN UNIT 94 AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY CHOSE LINDAY QUADHAMER, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. STEVE QUADHAMER, AND SARA BREWER, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. RON BREWER, AS DELEGATES TO NEBRASKA GIRLS STATE.
April 14, 2004
SEVENTY YEARS AGO~~1934
THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CELEBRATED ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. THE FREDERICKSBURG LADIES AID ELECTED THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS: MARIAN NIELSEN, PRESIDENT; GERTRUDE BORGAARD, VICE PRESIDENT; MATHILDA PETERSEN, TREASURER; AND HAZEL MEYER, SECRETARY. THIRTY-FOUR MEMBERS WERE ENROLLED. RUTH BERGER, YOUNG EVENGELIST FROM KANSAS, WAS IN CHARGE OF REVIVAL MEETINGS HELD ON THE NOERTHEAST CORNER OF THE SQUARE EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT THURSDAY.
SIXTY YEARS AGO~~1944:
AN EXPLOSION OCCURED AT THE HASTINGS NAVAL DEPOT, REACHING A MAGNITUDE FELT AS FAR AS LINCOLLN. THE EXPLOSION OCCURED IN A RAILROAD BOX CAR THAT WAS ON A SIDING NEXT TO A COOLING SHED FOR BOMBS AND MINES. SMALL EXPLOSIONS WERE FOLLOWED BY THE EXPLOSION OF THE COOLING SHED. SEVERAL PERSONS LOST THEIR LIEVES AND MANY INJURIES WERE REPORTED. STAFF SGT. DOYLE C. JOHNSON RECIEVED AN AIR MEDAL, THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERES, A BRONZE MEDAL AND THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. HE SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN ENGLAND. THE COMBINED CHOIRS OF THE CHIRSTIAN, PRESBYTERIAN, METHODIST AND UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES GAVE AN EASTER CANTATA, "THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE" DIRECTED BY MAJORIE CHIRSTENSEN.
FIFTY YEARS AGO~~1954:
MIKE OLSEN, SON OF MR. AND MRS. MELVIN OLSEN, A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, WAS DELEGATE TO THE GOVERNOR'S YOUTH SAFETY CONGRESS IN LINCOLN. OLSEN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VIRGIL NELSON, CITY CASHIER AND MEMBER OF THE MINDEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE WILCOX VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PASSED AN ORDIANCE GRANTING THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA NATURAL GAS COMPANY A 25-YEAR FRANCHISE TO OPERATE IN THE VILLAGE. GALE STRATMAN ENTERTAINED THE HILDRETH ALL-STARS AT A MEETING, LED BY RODNEY HINRICHS.
FORTY YEARS AGO~~1964:
ROBERT CHAPPELL, SON OF DR. AND MRS. E.R.CHAPPELL, OF BOY SCOUT TROUP 199, WAS PRESENTED HIS EAGLE BADGE AT TEH COURT OF HONOR AT THE WESTMINSTER UNITED PRESBYERIAN CHURCH. DR. ROBERT BUTLER SPOKE TO INTERESTED CITIZENS ON TEH SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT ON SMOKING. HIS PRESENTATION WAS FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION COMPRISED OF MRS. HARLEY COLE, RICHARD WILSON, GENE ARMSTRONG, AND TEH REV. FRANK ISKE. WILLIAM H. MEIER, FORMER DEMOCRATIC STATE CHAIRMAN, CALLED FOR A PARTISAN LEGISLATURE. HE SAID HIS PARTY RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR ORGAINZED POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN TEH NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE AND PLEDGED FULL EFFORST TO AMEND THE CONSTIUTION AND CORRECT THE DEFECT.
THIRTY YEARS AGO~~1974:
THE MINDEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VOTED TO CONTINUE USE OF THE MUZAK SOUND SYSTEM FOR THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE. THE COST OF THE SYSTEM WAS $24 PER MONTH AND PAID FOR BY THE CHAMBER. THE MINDEN JAYCEES AWARDED MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES TO THE WINNERS OF THEIR SHOOTING EDUCATION PROGRAM. WINNING FIRST PLACE WERE: SHANE MONTHEY, SUZANNE JOHNSON, KENDALL FAVINGER, GARY REED AND ROYCE HANSEN. FAVINGER WAS AWARDED A NEW BB GUN FOR THE TOP SCORE IN THE PROGRAM. A RECEPTION WAS HELD AT THE HOSPITAL FOR LONG TERM CARE DIRECTOR OF NURSES HELEN BUCKNELL, FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE HOSPITAL.
TWENTY YEARS AGO~~1984:
GIRLS' STATE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MINDEN AMERICAN LEGION UNIT 94 WERE MELANIE VORDERSTRASSE, DAUGHTER OF MARVIN AND PAT VORDERSTRASSE, AND NANCY HOVE, DAUGHTER OF ANDREW JR. AND ELLAN HOVE. QUALIFYING FOR STATE SPEECH COMPETITION FROM HILDRETH WERE TROY CASPER, JAMIE ALBERTS, OREE HINRICHS, BRENDA SWARTHOUT AND JANELLE HARMS. KAREN HARTMAN AND MATT KOCH WERE WINNERS OF THE FIRST OPTIMIST DISTRICT ORATORICAL CONTEST.
TEN YEARS AGO~~1994:
PIONEER VILLAGE FOUNDER HARLD WARP DIED IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. AT THE AGE OF 90. WARP WAS BORN ON A FARM SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF MINDEN. HE FOUNDED PIONEER VILLAGE IN 1953. STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEES FROM HILDRETH AND WILCOX PROPSED COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHICH WOULD INCLUDE FRENCH, SPANISH, CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, ADVANCED BIOLGY AND COLLEGE PREP ENGLISH AT HILDRETH AND AGRICULTURE EDUCATION, NEBRASKA LITERATURE, CREATIVE WRITING, JUNIOR HIGH ENGLISH AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN WILCOX. AMERICAN LEGION POST 94 CELEBRATED ITS 75TH YEAR OF EXISTENCE.
SEVENTY YEARS AGO~~1934
THE UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CELEBRATED ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY. THE FREDERICKSBURG LADIES AID ELECTED THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS: MARIAN NIELSEN, PRESIDENT; GERTRUDE BORGAARD, VICE PRESIDENT; MATHILDA PETERSEN, TREASURER; AND HAZEL MEYER, SECRETARY. THIRTY-FOUR MEMBERS WERE ENROLLED. RUTH BERGER, YOUNG EVENGELIST FROM KANSAS, WAS IN CHARGE OF REVIVAL MEETINGS HELD ON THE NOERTHEAST CORNER OF THE SQUARE EVERY NIGHT EXCEPT THURSDAY.
SIXTY YEARS AGO~~1944:
AN EXPLOSION OCCURED AT THE HASTINGS NAVAL DEPOT, REACHING A MAGNITUDE FELT AS FAR AS LINCOLLN. THE EXPLOSION OCCURED IN A RAILROAD BOX CAR THAT WAS ON A SIDING NEXT TO A COOLING SHED FOR BOMBS AND MINES. SMALL EXPLOSIONS WERE FOLLOWED BY THE EXPLOSION OF THE COOLING SHED. SEVERAL PERSONS LOST THEIR LIEVES AND MANY INJURIES WERE REPORTED. STAFF SGT. DOYLE C. JOHNSON RECIEVED AN AIR MEDAL, THREE OAK LEAF CLUSTERES, A BRONZE MEDAL AND THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. HE SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN ENGLAND. THE COMBINED CHOIRS OF THE CHIRSTIAN, PRESBYTERIAN, METHODIST AND UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES GAVE AN EASTER CANTATA, "THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE" DIRECTED BY MAJORIE CHIRSTENSEN.
FIFTY YEARS AGO~~1954:
MIKE OLSEN, SON OF MR. AND MRS. MELVIN OLSEN, A HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR, WAS DELEGATE TO THE GOVERNOR'S YOUTH SAFETY CONGRESS IN LINCOLN. OLSEN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VIRGIL NELSON, CITY CASHIER AND MEMBER OF THE MINDEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE WILCOX VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PASSED AN ORDIANCE GRANTING THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA NATURAL GAS COMPANY A 25-YEAR FRANCHISE TO OPERATE IN THE VILLAGE. GALE STRATMAN ENTERTAINED THE HILDRETH ALL-STARS AT A MEETING, LED BY RODNEY HINRICHS.
FORTY YEARS AGO~~1964:
ROBERT CHAPPELL, SON OF DR. AND MRS. E.R.CHAPPELL, OF BOY SCOUT TROUP 199, WAS PRESENTED HIS EAGLE BADGE AT TEH COURT OF HONOR AT THE WESTMINSTER UNITED PRESBYERIAN CHURCH. DR. ROBERT BUTLER SPOKE TO INTERESTED CITIZENS ON TEH SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT ON SMOKING. HIS PRESENTATION WAS FOLLOWED BY A PANEL DISCUSSION COMPRISED OF MRS. HARLEY COLE, RICHARD WILSON, GENE ARMSTRONG, AND TEH REV. FRANK ISKE. WILLIAM H. MEIER, FORMER DEMOCRATIC STATE CHAIRMAN, CALLED FOR A PARTISAN LEGISLATURE. HE SAID HIS PARTY RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR ORGAINZED POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN TEH NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE AND PLEDGED FULL EFFORST TO AMEND THE CONSTIUTION AND CORRECT THE DEFECT.
THIRTY YEARS AGO~~1974:
THE MINDEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VOTED TO CONTINUE USE OF THE MUZAK SOUND SYSTEM FOR THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE. THE COST OF THE SYSTEM WAS $24 PER MONTH AND PAID FOR BY THE CHAMBER. THE MINDEN JAYCEES AWARDED MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES TO THE WINNERS OF THEIR SHOOTING EDUCATION PROGRAM. WINNING FIRST PLACE WERE: SHANE MONTHEY, SUZANNE JOHNSON, KENDALL FAVINGER, GARY REED AND ROYCE HANSEN. FAVINGER WAS AWARDED A NEW BB GUN FOR THE TOP SCORE IN THE PROGRAM. A RECEPTION WAS HELD AT THE HOSPITAL FOR LONG TERM CARE DIRECTOR OF NURSES HELEN BUCKNELL, FOR 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AT THE HOSPITAL.
TWENTY YEARS AGO~~1984:
GIRLS' STATE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MINDEN AMERICAN LEGION UNIT 94 WERE MELANIE VORDERSTRASSE, DAUGHTER OF MARVIN AND PAT VORDERSTRASSE, AND NANCY HOVE, DAUGHTER OF ANDREW JR. AND ELLAN HOVE. QUALIFYING FOR STATE SPEECH COMPETITION FROM HILDRETH WERE TROY CASPER, JAMIE ALBERTS, OREE HINRICHS, BRENDA SWARTHOUT AND JANELLE HARMS. KAREN HARTMAN AND MATT KOCH WERE WINNERS OF THE FIRST OPTIMIST DISTRICT ORATORICAL CONTEST.
TEN YEARS AGO~~1994:
PIONEER VILLAGE FOUNDER HARLD WARP DIED IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. AT THE AGE OF 90. WARP WAS BORN ON A FARM SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF MINDEN. HE FOUNDED PIONEER VILLAGE IN 1953. STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEES FROM HILDRETH AND WILCOX PROPSED COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHICH WOULD INCLUDE FRENCH, SPANISH, CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, ADVANCED BIOLGY AND COLLEGE PREP ENGLISH AT HILDRETH AND AGRICULTURE EDUCATION, NEBRASKA LITERATURE, CREATIVE WRITING, JUNIOR HIGH ENGLISH AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN WILCOX. AMERICAN LEGION POST 94 CELEBRATED ITS 75TH YEAR OF EXISTENCE.
