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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1974
Page
3
The column lists families from Nebraska and nearby states visiting relatives, vacations at Lake Tahoe and Yosemite, nursing placements, and weekend trips to Kansas City and Oregon. It notes engagements with hotel stays, incoming guests, and local events including bowling openings, dances, and a chicken fry gathering, reflecting small town social life in mid‑summer.
Election officials remind candidates to file by August 1st or August 9th depending on the post. Shirley Wilken oversees director filings for River Public Power District and Sam R. Peppler is named for Subdivision No. 6. Township officers must file with county election officials, while natural resource district directors file with the state level office. Forms are available at the election commissioner and secretary of state offices.
Schuyler Colfax County Sheriff Richard Kruse investigated two mail boxes damaged when a car pushed them over in the rural Weigh area Tuesday. The boxes belong to Joe Blake and Gerald Held. the vehicle also struck a metal container near Held’s box, damaging the oil pan and likely causing a spill. Citizens with information are urged to contact the Sheriff’s Office.
HLEDIK Joseph Hledik eighty died this morning at Schuyler Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Services will be 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Prucha Funeral Home Howells and 9 a.m. at St. John Catholic Church Howells with burial in the parish cemetery. Rosary at 8 p.m. Friday at the church. The body lies in state at the funeral home after Friday. HOUFER Mrs Christine Houfer ninety two died Tuesday night in Schuyler Memorial Hospital. Services 2 p.m. Friday at Calvary Baptist Church Schuyler with burial in Schuyler Cemetery. The body lies in state at Svovala Funeral Home Schuyler. Additional obituaries include Misek born Marek Colfax County daughter of Vaclav and Anna Dolenal Misek. She married Adolph F. Honfek Sept 2 1902 in Schuyler. Surviving are three sons Arnald of Norfolk Adolph J. Jane Gerald of Stanton one daughter Mrs Jerry Helen Bment of Schuyler two sisters Mrs Frank Anna Honfek and Mrs Frank Pauline Kassel of Schuyler ten grandchildren 31 great grandchildren five great great grandchildren. A New husband one son, and two brothers preceded her in death.
Hospital admissions include Marvin Kuta Columbus Mrs Stanley Bacgosadr Duncan Anan Podany Humphrey Marlene Schroader Rising City Dismissals list several, with births at St Mary Hospital detailing five newborns and their parents. Boone, Butler, and other county hospital birth notices appear with names and dates. Obituaries note Loseke Tindall Kay Delmar Carter Labenz Nadrachal Curry Briese Orshek and more, with ages, hometowns, appending funeral details and survivors. A Lincoln item mentions a potential suit over education funding.
For the second year in a row a Columbus Area Artist won Best of Show in the ANAC state competition held in Kearney. Quient Sehatiet's acrylic Ridge Farm topped 960 entries. 17 Columbus entries earned awards and a traveling companion exhibit will travel the state next year.
Results list scores for multiple age groups at the Butler County livestock judging competition in David City. Top exhibitors include Inder Meysenburg, Reh, Bickel, Birkel, and Novak, with scores ranging from mid 180s to low 240s across 12 and under, 14 and over, State Fair, and adult divisions. Key names: Jin Meysenburg, Join Red, Terry Novak, Greg Urbanek, Joe Kreizinger, Gib Papi.
Licenses issued include Dale Greisen and Marilyn Dohme at St Tider Church on July 27, Kyle Thoman and Adrienne Johannes at St John Lutheran Creston on July 28. Court fines list motorists from multiple states with varied penalties. Community notices cover club meetings, an arraignment, a minor incident, and a hotel council installation. Fire calls report two blazes and minor vehicle damage from a hit and run.
Mrs Hobbensiefken hosted a Monroe birthday gathering Monday with guests from Columbus including Mrs Wallace Tessendorf Mrs Floyd Mueller Mrs Verna Blessen and Mr Darrell Kingston. Also present were Mrs Goldie Hagenbuck and three July honorees Mrs Mary Mureek Mrs Theodore Borchers and Mrs Stella Nobbensiefken. The Wattsville Club met Tuesday with Mrs Fred Borchers. games were played and the door prize awarded to Mrs Bertha Wurdeman. Ed Nickolite received the card of the month signed by all attendees.
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