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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1975
Page
4
Social arrivals from Neenah Eureka and Blair visit Mrs. Guettler and other families. Smaller items mention pony carnations promotions, car dealer ads, vacation closures, and community greetings involving Hilgers, Pace family, the Pingers in Omaha, and Patricia Mirr returning from Bethesda cancer research. Also mentions Koczar vacationing, Kucera graduation, Cadets, Kiwanis honors, and illness cases in Albion Clarkson Hospital.
List of recent hospital admissions and dismissals in several towns including Columbus Silver Creek and Leigh. Birth announcements report multiple newborns with weights and dates from mid August at Boone County Hospital and area facilities.
Parade chairman Robert Campbell announced winners for Norwegian Days. First place went to Best young peoples entries Landen and Thompson families in Norwegian costumes, Indian canoe, and Happy Birthday America. Best float entries Genoa Newman Grove Methodist Church Sunday School Lindsay Sues 4-H Club. Best band Clarkson Albion. Best expression of theme Loretto patriotic and Sons of Norway Norwegian.
District 3 announces start on August 25 from 8 30 to 11 30 a m with regular hours 8 30 a m to 3 p m and kindergarten dismissed at 11 a m Arraignments and community notices follow including a fire and accident report and club meetings across Columbus Platte County and Cornlea with listed dates times and venues and names of local officials and organizations
Fines and costs were levied Thursday in Platte County Court for offenses from Columbus and neighboring areas. Names include Michael McAdams of Omaha and Arlynn Knudsen of Niobrara with varying sums for speeding and traffic violations plus several other individuals from Kansas Minnesota and Nebraska for infractions such as no valid registration failure to yield and parking violations.
In Platte Center the Rev. Gerald Meier of Festus Missouri and the Rev. Joseph Miksch of Omaha visited the Miksch families and joined in con celebrating mass at the Albert Miksch home. The Meier sons Bruce and August returned to Council Bluffs Iowa after days with the Miksch family. Rev. John C. Starostka joined the mass and Rev. Trafford Maher arrived from St. Louis to stay with the Gleason family. Mrs Reichmuth of Leigh and Mrs Hollatt of Humphrey visited the Fugger home.
Police logs show eight accident reports with three injuries on Friday. Two-car crash at 20th Street and 28th Avenue injured Larry Zulkoski and Keith Van Diest, damages $2300. Other Friday through Sunday incidents include hit and run at 1472 31st Avenue, damages noted, and multiple minor collisions. Bellwood Three R School hires staff and announces August 25 start with junior high football for seventh and eighth grades.
Multiple obituaries list Curt Livingston 23 Albion worker killed in an accident with services to be held at Funeral Home Albion and cemetery. Born March 18 1952 in St Edward to Addison and Ramona Livingston. Survived by wife Lora Caul daughter mother sister Gayle Majerus brother Jeff. Funeral details incomplete. Other notices include Anton Novak 82 Leigh died after illness with service at Miller Funeral Home. Elizabeth Pruitt 90 Humphrey funeral at St Francis Church with rosary. Elizabeth Hough obituary notes Newman Grove ties. S.A. Swanson obituary notes Arapahoe church service and Hastings burial. survivor listed.
A rear end crash on a county road southwest of Schuyler sent Donald Thompson to Memorial Hospital with back injuries. Dust reduced visibility as a pickup trailer hauling a demolition car struck by a vehicle driven by James Lovell.
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