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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1976
Page
9
Local notices list weddings dances visits and social events across communities. Annette Pearson and Davy Hanson wed at New Havens Ballroom August 21 91, couple’s wedding dance announced. Nearby names include Sharon Minar Jon Minar Mrs A F Minar Mrs Elmer Ohlman and many more residents visiting relatives and attending events.
Cynthia Sue Rutten of Albion is the National VFW Auxiliary College Scholarship recipient from 8 000 Junior Girls Unit members. A recent Albion High School graduate, she will study secretarial science at Northeast Technical Community College.
UPI report from Washington says farm export sales will level off near 22 billion dollars in fiscal year 1977 after seven years of gains. The Agriculture Department projects imports rising 16 percent to 11.7 billion, trimming the agricultural trade surplus to about 10 billion and marking the smallest since 1973. Even with lower wheat, soy, and meat export volumes, higher prices will lift oilseed and meat values to about 5.2 billion, and cotton exports are expected to rise in volume and value.
Columbus Hospital lists admissions including Donald Lee and the Sneed brothers Jerry and Jesse. Dismissals cover LeRoy Gillespie, the McKnights of Omaha, Jeffrey Wortman, Terry Diederich, Elmer Loseke and Mrs Anna Styskal. Births record a boy to Thomas and Mrs Spragg with eight pounds seven ounces and a girl to Randall Stecher born at Leigh pen and one ounce, and a boy to Ronald Weyer at Evergreen Trailer Court weighing seven pounds three ounces.
Mrs. Rose Beller born August 30 1876 in St Louis Missouri will turn 100 as she resides at St Joseph Nursing Home in Norfolk. She raised eight children and thousands of descendants while known for sewing crochet and quilt making with family guests from Oregon Wyoming Illinois Iowa and Arizona joining the celebration.
Deaths and funerals for David City Humphrey Potter Schuyler and Morse Bluff figures include Louis A Voboril 75 of David City and Freda Hastreiter 77 of Humphrey. Emma M Reznicek 73 of Schuyler also noted with service details and survivors. Funeral arrangements span St Mary Church Appleton cemetery Duesman Home and Kucera Rezaiek Chapel.
A coop fire two miles east and one percent north of Columbus burned Wednesday night with unknown cause. Two injuries occurred in a motorcycle collision at 20th Street and 33rd Avenue, no hospital admission. Multiple accidents in Columbus and a hit and run in Platte County are noted with modest damage. Burial licenses and local notices include marriages and a surgery in Omaha. Humane Society reports overcrowded shelter with various small dogs.
In Columbus Kurt Nyffeler faces a $50 fine for boat registration lapses with suspension if no violations arise in 12 months. Bradley Busler’s case is under advisement. St Edward Mark Drog gets $30, probation, and a defensive driving course after speeding. Norfolk Ralph Krueger is guilty of speeding and fined $15.
Columbus Nebraska was assessed on August 2 1813 by an act of Congress.
Congress on August 2 1876 appropriated two hundred thousand dollars to complete the Washington Monument. Funds authorized to accelerate the project and finalize the obelisk honoring the nation in Washington.
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