Fifty Years Ago in Local Scene and Economy
Fifty years ago elevators ran full blast as corn sold at 3l per bushel with plentiful arrivals. Dick Folkers hosted a new girl arriving November 19 at his house. Odell Optic suspended publication due to lack of support. Odell now has The Odell Oracle. Jake Zook received two coal cars, both gone by Thursday noon, a boost for local dealers. Wm. Green of Diller chaired county commissioners. The Record nearly failed years ago with a mispriced issue. A strong wind toppled Andy Colman’s corn crib. he secured workers and stacked corn to weigh it down. C. W. Pearce and W. A. Boggs were sole agents for Prices’s Patent Fence Posts in Jefferson County, cast iron with hinged bases.
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Dick Folkers
Jake Zook
Andy Colman
C. W. Pearce
W. A Boggs
Prices
Jefferson County
Grocery Lineup Notes Parsnips Turnips Carrots and More
Parsnips white and firm. Turnips fresh sweet solid purple. Carrots crisp medium size. Beans large Idaho White 98 grade per lb. Apples Winesap bulk red and firm per bushel. Sago new bulk 14 oz pkgs. Pinto beans very fine cost. Honey Western Colorado comb each 19 cents. Noodles Goodies Egg per pkg 8 cents.
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Idaho
Colorado
Cistern Work At Diller Mentioned In Local History notes
Fifty years ago this week work began on the town well cistern in Diller. The cistern provided reserve water for years and remains beneath a cement slab south of the sidewalk between the Citizens State Bank and Colman Hotel site.
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Diller
Citizens State Bank
Colman Hotel
Seymour Tonemaker Harvests 2000 Bushels in 19 Days
The Record from forty years ago notes Seymour Tonemaker husked and cribbed 2000 bushels of corn in 19 days, averaging just over 115 bushels per day, a productive local effort highlighted in the news.
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Seymour Tonemaker
School Notes Dist 64 Sees Teacher Return
Dorothy Barta reports Lucille Fasse is back after a three week absence. Perfect attendance so far goes to Doris and Duane Wolken Harold Jones Verneal Fasse Evelyn and Ralph LeRoy Walker Harriet and Milton Thomas Rosali and Eldon Fanders Dale Stahl. Third and fourth graders study food shelter clothing in geography. Sixth graders finish their third unit in history. News reporter Evelyn Hudson.
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Doris
Duane Wolken
Harold Jones
Verneal Fasse
Evelyn and
Ralph Jr
LeRoy Walker
Harriet
Milton Thomas
Rosali
Eldon Fanders
Dale Stahl
Evelyn. Hudson
School Notes District 56 Pupils Honor Roll and Events
Monthly notes show several students with perfect attendance and spelling marks. The first grade completed pre primer work while the seventh grade finished Colonial Days history booklets. A birthday cake celebration honored second grader Donald Belding. School closes next Thursday for Thanksgiving.
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Donald Belding
Origin of the word academy traced to Greek grove
A Literary Digest note links the term academy to Plato who taught in the grove of Academe. The grove is said to have been owned by the mythic Academus, who befriended Castor and Polydeuces, after which the land was kept inviolate.
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Academy
Plato
Academe
Academus
Castor
Polydeuces
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Ella St
Lloyd Hurst
Beatrice
Odell Optic
Odell
Becau
O's
Odell Oracle
Wm. Green of
Board of County Commissioners
Clark’s Store
Nebraska
Sloss Ranch
Harbine
Harlin Hadley
Emo
Dorothy Barta
Lucille Fasse
Pearl Sparks
Evelyn Behrends
Larie
Gerald
Donald
Deloris Belding
Shirley Ann Jones
Darlene
Mary Elizabeth
Dwaine Freitag
Norma
Ronald Weers
Larie Belding
Darlene and
Mary E. Freitag
Salem
Beatrice Lumber & Coal Co
Herbert Hern
By Sophie Kerr
Sevios
Allen’s
Blackbird
POLY
Morton House & Date Pudding
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