Fires have been in the news lately, and rightly so. With the number of acres burned in these historic fires, the information I found about fires in Sherman County in earlier years hardly seems noteworthy. However, any fire is devastating, as those who have been a victim will acknowledge. Some of the fire stories are shared now.

On January 24, 1888, the Omaha Daily Bee reported on a fire in Loup City that was discovered in the “the livery barn of Miller and Graham on the northeast corner of the square…before anything could be done the building was in ashes and also the office of the Loup City Lumber company. Four horses and all the vehicles, harness, etc., were burned…The origin of the fire is unknown but is supposed to have been an attempt to burn the town, by incendiaries.”

Both the livery barn and the lumber company were fully insured for the total loss—$2500 for the livery barn and $500 for the lumber company, or about $86,000 and $17,200 today. At that time, there was no volunteer fire department, no fire-fighting equipment, no fire whistle, no telephone, etc. The population of Loup City was 826 in 1900.

The Omaha Daily Bee article said that this was the first fire in Loup City. However, on November 7, 1887, a fire was set “to the office of J. H. Senff on the west side of the public square and another fire was set or attempted in the store of H. J. Shupp in the Porter building on December 30, 1887” and was reported in the Sherman County Times when the County Board voted in February 1888 to offer a $500 reward (about $17,200 today) for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who set these fires.

A fire at the residence of J. F. McGwire, five miles from Hazard, was reported in January 1888. Fortunately, most of the items in the building were saved, according to the newspaper.

Sherman County’s neighbors in Arcadia suffered a costly fire in November of 1890. Eight business buildings were destroyed. Two men were attempting to save some of their business goods but were “blown nearly across the street by the explosion of a ten-pound keg of gunpowder, and immediately after cartridges of all kinds, which were kept in stock, commenced to explode, rendering it unsafe to enter the building.” Turning Back the Clock, Sherman County Times, November 30, 1950.

In July 1892 the sun’s reflection from a tin pail set a buggy on fire that was in front of Gasteyer’s Store. It was reported that the fire was discovered before any damage was done.

The Sherman County Historical Museum is now open by arrangement with one of the volunteers listed below.

Members will resume the Sunday afternoon schedule next Memorial Day weekend. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, or Elsie Kieborz for a membership application. The Sherman County Historical Society’s mailing address is P.O. Box 362, Loup City, NE 68853; their Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society. The website is www.shermancountyhistoricalsociety. com.

The Sherman County Historical Museum has been asked by Nebraska Game and Parks to be one of fifty trails in Nebraska that represent Nebraska’s history. By May 1st, the museum will have a Trail Trek sign on display and will leave it up until September 30th. Since this is America’s 250th anniversary, the museum is honored to be one of the selected sites. The Facebook link is https// www.facebook.com/ YourParksAdventure/ A.D. Norling’s store is often a reference point in Litchfield’s news articles. For example, the Litchfield Monitor referred to his store when reporting the fire “in an old building back of A. D.

Norlings” in February 1909 that could have taken the whole block had it not been for the crowd’s quick action. Or in February 1910, when Sherman Porter advertised “We have moved to the New Building south of Norling’s store…” Norling did own a ranch in the Litchfield area, specifically the NW/4 of 26-14-16 in Harrison Township. Sometimes he and his family lived on the ranch, and sometimes he leased it out.

In October 1916, Norling and family moved to Ord to run a store he had purchased. Then in March 1917, he was reportedly enlarging the cellar in the Litchfield store so he would have room for the stock he was bringing from Ord. In April, the family closed the Ord store and moved back to Litchfield. In June, he purchased a new Ford car, one of several purchases he made—a new Buick in April of 1920 and a new Edison “talking machine” (a wax cylinder phonograph) in September 1920.

Store hours changed with the times. The first October 1919 announcement said he was closing at 7:00 p.m. except for Saturdays.

The next week the announcement said that he (and other Litchfield stores) was closing at 6:00 p.m., except for Saturday. In March of 1920, store hours were 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., except for Wednesday and Saturday nights when the stores would be open until 10:00 p.m.

Apparently, those were the spring and summer hours as hours effective November 1st (1920) were closing at 6:00 p.m. except 10 p.m. on Saturday.

Andrew Daniel Norling, age 82, died in 1938 at Litchfield. He is buried in the Litchfield Cemetery. His wife, Mary “Mamie” Parry Norling, died in 1965, and is buried beside her husband. Their two children were Oscar and Alfred.

The Sherman County Historical Museum is now open by arrangement with one of the volunteers listed below.

Members will resume our Sunday afternoon schedule next Memorial Day weekend. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, or Elsie Kieborz for a membership application. The Sherman County Historical Society’s mailing address is P.O. Box 362, Loup City, NE 68853; their Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society. The website is www.shermancountyhistoricalsociety. com.

February 24, 2016

Kenny Maschka was named the “Knight of Year” and his wife Lois the “Sweetheart of the Year” at the annual Knights of Columbus Sweetheart Banquet.

Sam Krolikowski was the overall champion racer at the annual Pine Wood Derby.

Edward McCarville and Charlene Lewandowski were crowned Rose Lane Valentine’s Day king and queen.

Kim Dorsey advertised that as of March 1st he will close Dorsey Plumbing, as he is now manager of the Loup City Golf Course.

The forty-eighth annual production sale at the Jerry Dethlefs ranch will be selling 106 Big Stout two-yearolds, twenty-four quality yearlings and twenty top quality females.

February 22, 2006

Ashton farmer Daniel Hurt was named the Outstanding Farmer of the Year by the Organic Crop Improvement Association. He has been farming organically for thirty-five years and has been certified for the past seventeen years.

Ted and Rosemary Golus and Pete and Anna Curlo were crowned “Knight of the Year” and Sweetheart of the Year.” Ted has been a Knights of Columbus member for sixty-one years and Pete for sixty-two years.

E.J. McCarville and Vivian Turek were crowned the Loup City Senior Center Valentine king and queen at the Tuesday Valentine’s Day party held at the center.

Lucas Obermiller closed out his high school wrestling career with a fifth-place finish at the Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament.

Red Raiders cheerleaders “Fans of the Month” are Marcy Sekutera (wrestling), Carl Krolikowski (boys basketball) and Al Smith (girls basketball).

Rose Lane Home Valentines royalty were princess Veronica Moraczewski, queen Gracie Kurtz, king Louie Kaslon, and prince Edward Larson.

Joe Ernst was pictured with the new drum sent to him by pen pal Terrie Bailey. Ernst lost his drums in a house fire in September. Bailey has been corresponding with Ernst’s class and is Chief Mate on a USS Navy ship. She had recently visited the class.

February 21, 1996

Ryan Lewandowski and Tina Curlo were crowned the 1996 Loup City High School Sweetheart Dance royalty at Saturday night’s dance held in the high school gym. Rebecca Panowicz and Matt Kaminski were crown bearers.

Vonnie Dzingle’s stolen truck was spotted by Ann Timm where it was parked on a street near Anderson Wrecking in Kearney.

Julie Baltz, Nick Burns, and Jenny Kaslon were among forty-two LouPlatte Conference senior students scoring a twenty-six or higher on the ACT.

The Loup City quiz bowl team earned first place in the eleven county meet held at the ESU in Kearney. Team members were Matt Bills, Doug Hofts, Chris Trompke, Shane Eloe, Abby Obermiller, Andrea Hiatt, Clinet Whipple, and Derek Mc-Connell. Sponsors to the team were Jim Reeves and Deb Supanchick.

Richard Drabek and Florence Dolan were crowned the Loup City Senior Center Valentine Day royalty.

Elsie Rickerson baked a special birthday cake for Florence Ericson’s surprise birthday party.

A retirement party was held for Joyce Kieborz to honor her thirty-one years with the United States Postal Service.

February 26, 1986

Patty Eurek is the new Loup City Chamber of Commerce president. She replaces Joannie Zweiner who served the post for two years. Jim Kuehl was presented the Community Service Award at the Loup City Chamber of Commerce banquet.

By a 5-4 vote the Loup City School Board approved spending $3,192 on a weight room and maintenance building. Most of the twenty citizens present at the meeting were against spending money for the project and expressed their displeasure.

Kevin Kryzcki and Sandra Jerabek were crowned the 1986 Sweetheart Dance king and queen at the Saturday night dance.

Mrs. Henry Wilson prepared several casseroles to serve the members of the Happy Circle Club at their meeting held at her home Thursday afternoon. Each of the members attending had the opportunity to create her own casserole after the business meeting was held.

All thirty-five members of the Loup City Volunteer Fire Department attended the annual Valentine meal and dance Saturday night at the Colony Club. Ten-year service awards were announced after the meal for John Michalek, Virgil Klimek, Art DeWolf, and Ron Czaplewski.

Loup City High School freshman wrestler Dave Eurek (119) qualified for the Nebraska State Wrestling Meet.

The Rockville column noted Audrey, DeWayne, and Roger Thomsen were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Gary Wicht home to celebrate the birthdays of Karen and Ronda Wicht.

The Trojan boys won the Cedar Valley Conference Tournament.

February 19, 1976 Ellen Mrkvicka and Ken Smedra were crowned the 1976 Sweetheart Dance king and queen Saturday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Murl Badura were named the Catholic Family of the Year at the Knights of Columbus Sweetheart Banquet. 184 Knights and their wives and dates were in attendance. 66 Café catered the meal. Michael Owens of Arcadia was named the “Knight of the Year.”

The Loup City FFA dairy products team of Mark Gorecki, Betty Lou Shotkoski and Julie Smith and welder Steve Glinsmann qualified for the State FFA contest.

A son, Scott Michael, was born Friday to Shirley and Mike King.

The Loup City Dramatic Club met at the Harriet Gallaway home Tuesday to elect new officers. Last year’s officers Margaret Erdmann, Marion Ryan, Jane Owens, and Velma Rowe were elected.

Members of the newly formed Loup City Medical Clinic Board are Bill Pospisil, Ed Bazant, Gene Lindgren, Fred King, and Marcia Wardyn.

February 24, 1966

The Raiders continued winning with a 49-49 “nail biter” win over Fullerton. Cecil Travis sank a two point shot with less than a minute left then put in the two deciding free throws to seal the game.

Loup City High School nurse trainees Barbara Gancos, Ruby Morgan, Marjorie Czaplewski and Jean Lonowski were “capped” Monday afternoon by Sister Mary Ann. The girls have completed the first unit of training as nurses assistants at Sacred Heart Hospital.

Mike Crist put in twenty points to lead the Arcadia Huskies to a 5044 win over Taylor.

Alec Baillie was named “Best Male Actor” and earned a superior rating at the LouPlatte Conference Dramatics contest held at Grand Island Central Catholic.

January military enlistees were Larry Haddix and Thomas Jasnoch.

You are probably wondering if anything is going on at the Sherman County Historical Museum during these fall and winter months. If you are thinking nothing is happening, you would be in for a surprise.

Friday mornings will find volunteers doing lots of things! Volunteers might be putting up a new display; they might be taking down a display; they might be taking items to other buildings; they might be working on grant applications; they might be having committee meetings; or members might be working on other museum-related activities. Members certainly never run out of things to do. Of course, museum and research center work is not limited to Friday mornings. Some volunteers have found that other times work better for their schedules and will complete museum “jobs” at their preferred time.

By the way, additional volunteers are always welcome.

The Research Center in the Hanshew Building is another example of volunteers working on various projects.

Wednesday afternoon is a good time to come visit the historical museum’s members at that location. One member will probably be found scanning photos and documents and filing the same; another member will probably be found fulfilling research requests. And there’s always time to look up whatever walkin guests ask about their Sherman County relatives and perhaps a Sherman County event.

Speaking of the Research Center, have you stopped to look at the window display for Valentine’s Day? Several vintage valentine cards are on display and are definitely a trip back in time.

A reminder that potential item donations are discussed and decided upon at our monthly meeting, the third Monday of each month.

Members and non-members are all welcome to attend our monthly meeting at the Elsner/ Clark Exhibit Hall at 1:30 p.m.

The A. D. Norling story will continue next week rather than this week. A couple valentine events are waiting to be told!

The Litchfield Monitor reported that a Valentine’s party at Trumble’s Hall brought a large crowd in 1926.

(Where was Trumble’s Hall?) In February 1922, the same newspaper reported “Ice all up, corn all shucked, everything done until spring work opens up. The price of corn and hogs is going higher each day which is causing the farmer to look happy and prosperous again.”

The Sherman County Historical Museum is now open by arrangement with one of the volunteers listed below.

Members will resume our Sunday afternoon schedule next Memorial Day weekend. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m.

until 4:00 p.m.

To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, or Elsie Kieborz for a membership application. The Sherman County Historical Society’s mailing address is P.O. Box 362, Loup City, NE 68853; their Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society. The website is www.shermancountyhistoricalsociety. com.

ONE OF THE SHERMAN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM’S vintage valentine cards.

A.D. Norling came to Sherman County in the spring of 1881 from Illinois. After arriving in the west at age twenty, he worked in the Colorado silver mines, worked on a cattle ranch in Nevada, and then returned to Illinois to study pharmacy. He was a witness for men filing Homestead claims while living in Bentora in 1886 and again while living in the Hazard area. In March of 1892, he started a new business, Norling & Co., with Dr. J. L. Goff as his partner. Dr. Goff’s ads in The Litchfield Monitor listed him as a homeopathic physician; A. D. Norling was a druggist. Lester Kisling, a jeweler, had a business in Norling’s Drug Store for a time.

(A May 1896 newspaper ad says the business is “Empire Drug Store”, with drugs, medicines, school books, cigars, and Nebraska land for sale.)

Norling travels to Chicago and Colorado several times. In May 1896 Norling returned to Litchfield with “mountain fever” after one of his extended stays in Colorado. In November of that year, he adds a full line of groceries, boots, and shoes to his business.

Soon he reports that he had added “amunition”( sic) and loaded shells. Six months later he buys the hardware stock of Lars Holdt. By September of 1897, Lars Holdt is clerking for Mr.

Norling.

Several times Norling’s store escaped disasters. In late May 1896, clerks of a nearby store smelled smoke and discovered that a fire was smoldering inside the back cellar door at Norling’s store. In February of 1909 a chimney fire behind Norling’s business was discovered about 10:00 p.m.

The “bucket brigade” soon extinguished the fire, but citizens were advised to “have these fire traps looked after.”

Reports indicated that the fire, if not for the quick action of people, could have taken down the whole block. Another time, in September of 1916, when part of Norling’s lighting plant was leaking gasoline and a fire was started. Again, the quick response of locals saved Norling’s store as well as several other buildings.

There’s more to A. D.

Norling’s story—continued next week.

The Sherman County Historical Museum is now open by arrangement with one of the volunteers listed below.

Members will resume our Sunday afternoon schedule next Memorial Day weekend. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, or Elsie Kieborz for a membership application. The Sherman County Historical Society’s mailing address is P.O. Box 362, Loup City, NE 68853; their Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society. The website is www.shermancountyhistoricalsociety. com.

December 9, 2015

The Loup City School Board presented the three leading priorities coming out of a recent “Community Engagement” meeting for future of the district. The top areas were the return of the Pre-K program, curriculum changes, and the K-3 building issues.

Santa and Mrs. Claus visited the Loup City Community Center Sunday as part of the Loup City Area Chamber of Commerce “Christmas Cheer” activities. Allera Baker was pictured excitedly telling Santa what she wanted for Christmas.

The family of Ed Root requested a card shower to honor his eightieth birthday.

Long time Mason City resident, Charles Zimmer, died November 24th at the age of seventy- four. He ran Zimmer Garage in Mason City for forty years and was a well-known Model T Ford enthusiast.

The Village of Litchfield proceedings reported the trustees instructed Will Gibbons to immediately impound dogs found unleashed and running at large, even if the owners were known. Trustee Beck suggested the change that was approved to set the siren to only go off once a day, and not on Sundays.

Area youth participating in the 2015 Pheasants Forever youth mental hunt were Caden Kusek, Cinch Heikel, and Austin Cronin.

The Loup City High School one act play “Suzie Scrooge” qualified for the state meet at the C2-4 District contest. Named as Outstanding Actors were Morgan Curlo, Taylor Griffith, Joe Hervert, Kennedy Lewandowski, Jaden Miller, Kyler Peterson, Dylan Spotanski, and Ana Stobbe.

December 7, 2005

The Loup City High School one act play “Soda Pop” qualified for the state meet. Actors earning acting awards were Jody Mitteis, Calla Harrington, Jeff Bochart, Katie Kowalski, Jordan Kuszak, Casey Hill, Brett Kowaski, and Kyle Holcomb.

Arcadia High School one act “The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet” won both the Central Valley Conference and district meets. Acting honors were awarded to Dustin Scott, Marshall Keough, Anna Keough, Anthony McClary, Bob Roth, Brittany Sheeks, Mitch Fuss, Derek Myers, and Mia Shakirova.

Lucas Obermiller (125) earned a gold medal at the Ravenna Invitational wrestling meet. Trevor Ritz (160) and Michael Walrath (171) earned bronze medals.

Joe’s Market advertised an eight ounce tin of Whale Cove oysters for $1.39.

The Lady Trojans opened the season with a 31-52 loss to Amherst. Melanie Slocum was high scorer with fifteen points. The boys also lost 30-77. Blake Siegel was high scorer with nine points.

Dick McFadden listed sixty head of 450-550 head of black and black faced steers and heifers on next Tuesday’s Loup City Commission Co. sale.

December 6, 1995

Harry Rademacher was the top winner in the Loup City Chamber of Commerce Christmas Bonus Dollars contest. He received sixty-two dollars in chamber cash from Central Filling Station.

Elks Free Throw Contest winners were Brittany Badura, Brett Chmiel, Samantha Badura, Lance Nagorski, Ashley Obermiller, and Joshua Badura.

Loup City High School senior, Jeremy Kuszak, died December 2nd, at the Ord Hospital after a life long struggle with Addison’s disease and asthma. Loup City High School one act play director Dr. Mike Krysl announced he was withdrawing from the state one act play contest competition after learning of the death of Jeremy. Kuszak played Ariel, “an angelic spirit of the elements” in the Shakespeare play “The Tempest.”

Marge Petersen directed the Loup City High School swing choir presentation at the Rose Lane Home Christmas party.

Loup City High School wrestlers Brian Jasnoch and Tim Obermiller earned second places, and Kenny Martin third at the Ravenna Invitational wrestling meet.

The Raider girls won their first two games of the season with a 73-45 win over Anselmo-Merna and 55-31 win over Pleasanton.

The First National Bank of Arcadia advertised they are paying six percent on a twelve month CD, and offering a free turkey to anyone opening a new account.

The Trojan one act play “Quilters” won the D-9 District contest. Cast members are Susie Becker, Erika Epley, Beth Sawyer, Wendy Beck, Heather Reissland, Angie Brandt, Gina Wardyn, Brandi Zeller, Brian Hammond, Scott Sawyer, Heather Stoltenberg, Angie Greene and Lynn Kucera.

Mandy Axman scored twenty-three points in the Trojan girls’ 75-35 opening season game against SEM.

December 5, 1985

Wrestling has been reinstated as a winter sport at Loup City High School. Head coach Jeff Schultz has twenty- one boys and three girls checked out. Kerri Michalek, Sheryl Mostek, and Robin Eurek volunteered to help as mat maids.

Highs were in the low teens every day this past week.

Ron Mostek was named to the LouPlatte All Conference football team. Ed Holm and Aaron Jacobsen were honorable mention.

New Social Security checks are now arriving that are lighter, more colorful and can be folded. The heavy green punch card style check that has been used for the past forty years were officially replaced in November.

Jim Gembala presented all the Sherman County Historical Society Christmas party attendees a 1986 calendar titled, “Jim Gembala’s Poor Farm 1986.”

Dan Skibinski advertised, “Strayed from Don Kaminiski’s, west on Ridge Road, four mixed steers, 600 lbs.”

Cedar Valley Conference (CVC) football honors were earned by John Kucera, Ed LeFever, and Todd Wardyn of Litchfield and Kevin Einspahr and Kevin Bose of Arcadia. Trojans Barb Wilson and Wendy Wilson, and Husky Judy Holm were named to the CVC volleyball first team.

Many friends came to honor Andrew Bonczynski on his ninety-ninth birthday Monday afternoon.

December 11, 1975 Loup City High School boys’ basketball has three returning letter winners, Mickey Goc, Kent Holm, and Tim Piontkowski. Over thirty boys checked out for wrestling including eleven returning letter winners: Loren Badura, Mike Bandur, Alan Bolich, Gary Bolich, Paul Eurek, Bill Klimek, Fred Mrkvicka, Norman Quandt, Lester Roberts, Jon Sekutera, and Dave Williams.

Two local men were arrested for breaking into Roger Pemberton’s car while it was parked in front of Coast to Coast. The men stole a twelve-gauge shotgun, a .22 caliber rifle and a pair of overshoes.

Arline Clark was presented a plaque by District Manager Frank Kovarik for her twenty- six years of service to the Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co.

The Loup City Senior Handi-Bus office is now in the Loup City Municipal Building. Jerome Chelewski will be keeping the books for the bus.

Allen Kuhl advertised he has 2000 three to six foot Scotch pine and 150 five to eight foot Austrian pines for sale at his tree farm.

Janelle Owen was the only eighth grader on the Arcadia six week honor roll.

The Village of Litchfield trustees approved a motion to allow Marv’s Bar to open at 6:00 p.m. on Sundays and stay open until midnight until the first of the year.

New kindergarteners Lori Barent and Dickie Burmood visited Austin School where they will be attending in January. December 8, 1965

The Raiders opened the winter sports season with a 77-54 win over Broken Bow. Rich Guzinski was high point man with twenty- three points.

The front page was full of servicemen reports. Pvt. Leon Stanczyk has completed his Combat Engineering courses at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Sgt. Paul Burmood is hospitalized with a severe case of malaria. He is serving in Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division, Air Mobile. Pvt. Norman Gappa has finished his Combat Engineering classes in soil and concrete evaluation at Fort Leonard Wood.

Eleven year old Jill Charlton died as a result of a horse riding accident on her parents’ farm. She had rode bareback to her cousin Susan’s home to look at doll clothes. On the way back, her horse ran into a closed wire gate, throwing her over the fence with the horse then flipping over the fence and landing on her.

Larry Rickerson of Arcadia was one of twenty-seven Nebraska bowmen to report success in the recent deer hunting season.

The Rockville column noted Denise Dethlefs entertained Maria Quandt, Julie Stenka, Julie Kwiatowski, and Margelee Thomas for her birthday celebration Wednesday evening.

Golden Rule ran a large ad that included men’s cowboy boots for $16.95 and “Always Rite” men’s shoes for $6.95 to $12.95.

Royce Chipps advertised, “Please-whoever has my branding heater and burner, please return it. There are many customers who want to use it.”

The Whitehead Agency has moved to the house on the corner west of the library.

November 25, 2015 Mark and Patty Eurek were presented plaques honoring their twenty-five years of continuous service with the Sherman County Community Foundation. In that time over two-million-dollars have been give out to Sherman County communities in the form of grants, scholarships and community projects.

Rose Lane Home owner Jack Vetter presented the American Health Care Association bronze medal award for excellence to Loup City administrator Nicki Woznick.

The Family of Harold Obermiller requested a card shower to honor his ninetieth birthday.

Litchfield School student artists Caydence Feldman and Gavin Cole had their artwork chosen for displaying at the Nebraska Association of School Boards conference.

A photo ad read, “Wish this Wheelin’ and Dealin’ farmer a happy 75th birthday. Send cards to John Guthard at Hazard.”

The notice of incorporation for the Sherman County Senior Center, Inc. was published.

The Loup City High School one act play “Suzie Scrooge” won the Osceola Invitational. Morgan Curlo earned the Best Actress honors.

Confirmation was held at St. Josaphat’s Church for Jessica Eurek, Cohen Lewandowski, Adam Wagner, Grant Lewandowski, Conagher Jonak and Ryan Fowler.

November 23, 2005 An 11:45 fire last Saturday morning did much damage to a rental home at 1205 L Street owned by Tim Obermiller. Residents Ryan Lonowski and James Teichmeier escaped without injury. Fire Chief Roger Bochart reported the fire was caused by a kerosene heater.

Becki Teichmeier and Peggy Root were honored at Rose Lane Home for their twenty years of service.

Loup City Schools third grade student Kelci Coffin wrote she was thankful “for my dirt bike…and her collectible wolves and my baby sister Kyli.”

The Sherman County foundation 2005 Tour of Homes will feature the homes of Ralph and Cindy Baker, Gary and Lori Eurek, Dick and Pam Harrington, Boyd and Carolyn Kelsey, LaVern and Phyllis Mroczek, and the Fredrick Hotel.

Four-year-old Evan Tyma is the Lil Pre-School Star of the Week. He “knows his colors and is learning to count.”

Jason Jakob was honored by Golden Harvest for achieving a ten percent increase in soy bean sales.

Virginia Setlik sent a letter to the editor commenting on the disrespect of drivers between Kearney and Loup City when encountering an ambulance. She wrote a number of drivers fail to slow down and pull to the side of the road when meeting an ambulance.

November 22, 1995 Fourteen-year-old Bill “the kid” Murphy finished fourth in the nation and second in the region in the National Midget Racing Association. He was named rookie of the year at the KAM Raceway and Eastern Nebraska Modified Midget banquet.

Sarah Bartley was the big winner in the “Talking Turkey” Loup City Chamber of Commerce puzzle contest.

The Ducks Unlimited banquet was Saturday night at the Colony Club. Gun drawing winners were Tony Swanson, Ken Loeffelbein, and Joe Loeffelbein. $595 was the highest bid for duck hunting print at the fund raising auction held after the meal.

The Raider one act play “The Tempest” won the LouPlatte Conference Play Contest. Cory Spotanski, Benji Klein, and John Cash were pictured in a scene from the paly.

The “Ramblin Roses” band is playing the annual Loup City Volunteer Firemen’s ball Saturday night at the Colony Club.

LouPlatte Conference All Conference honors were announced for Scott Jarzynka, Dan Flynn, Kevin Woznick, Dave Young, Arnie Palu, Matt Eilenstine, Marcy Krolikowski, and Julie Baltz.

The Litchfield High School FBLA is sponsoring a can drive for the Sherman County Food Pantry.

The Sherman County Commissioners spent time discussing ways to handle complaints about county residents obstructing public roads with barbed wire.

Scott’s Tree Farm opened for business on November 24th.

November 19, 1985 Five inches of wet snow on Friday added to the woes of local farmers trying to finish the harvest. Along with the snow came low temperatures with a low of five recorded Tuesday night. The low temperatures did freeze the ground making entry into the fields easier.

Ashton second grade student Mona McCarville knew how to prepare a turkey for Thanksgiving, “I need a bowl to cook the turkey. Put the oven at 200 degrees and bake for six minutes.”

The Immanuel Lutheran Church men’s club is sponsoring a salad supper with selections of wild game Sunday evening, December 1st. Advance tickets for the salad supper can be gotten from Garry Young for a $3.50 donation.

Butch Woznick and children Karen, Paul, and Kevin were pictured with the twelvepoint white tail buck he shot during last week’s deer season. He took the deer on a farm five miles south of Loup City. The dressed deer weight was 225 lbs.

Incorporation papers were published for the Loup City House of Prayer, Inc.

Loup City High School FFA members Michelle Spotanski, Sandra Jerabek, Kirk Skibinski, John Kaslon, and Dale Trompke and advisor Steve Grosshans attended the National FFA Convention in Kansas City.

Loup City police officer Robert Fines’s resignation was accepted by the Loup City City Council.

November 20, 1975 Loup City Produce and Seed has been purchased from Bernard Maxson by Pat Jack, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Jack of Loup City.

The vote was 374 to 237 to allow the City of Loup City issue bonds to purchase the Loup City Medical Clinic.

The City of Loup City and the Loup City Chamber of Commerce teamed up to create a skating pond in the vacant lot across from the Times office.

Lawrence Hansen retired after serving twenty-eight years as a Rockville rural mail carrier.

The first snow storm of the season started with a heavy fog, then rain turning into sleet followed by high winds and snow creating treacherous roads and closing area schools.

A surprise potluck dinner was held Sunday evening at the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jonak Sr. home to honor their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

A total of ten deer were checked in to the Loup City station during deer hunting season.

Mike and Andy Mostek were overnight visitors at the Gilbert Lewandowski home.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kusek hosted a birthday dinner at their home to honor Paul’s mother Mrs. Adolph Kusek.

The Sherman County Farm Bureau took out a large ad stating, “The Farm Bureau believes inflation hurts every farmer. Join the battle against excessive government spending, government price controls on farm products, food boycotts and overreaching environmental demands”.

The twenty-year class prophecy for senior Doug Day was “would be head auctioneer at the sale barn.”

November 25, 1965 Loup City High School seniors Alex Baillie, Jaci Tucker, Mary Franckowiak, Barb Kantor, Joe Jablonski, and Sandy Kusek were pictured practicing for the senior class play “In 25 Words or Death.”

Loup City businessman Ray Pinkney, age 60, died Tuesday following a heart attack. His death occurred in his office at the Sherman County Courthouse shortly after he had given the oath of office to local high school juniors attending county government day.

Col. John D. Haesler has been presented honorary pilots wings and a yellow flying suit by the Chinese Air Force commander Hsu-Shing in a ceremony at Taiwan. Haesler was honored for his work improving the Nationalist China Air Force. Haesler has twenty-four years of service starting with being a P-47 pilot in WWII.

Mild weather continues with highs in the mid-fifties and low sixties all week.

Rich Guzinski was named to the Class C All State Football Team as a running back by the Omaha World-Herald and the Lincoln Star. Junior Travis and Tom Kaminski were named to the honor roll squad.

Trojan basketball coach Ron White has high hopes for the coming season with the return of two 5’7” senior guards, Dale Krotz and Don McNeel. His starting forwards are juniors Ken Fread and Marvin Wardyn.

The editor wrote in opposition to the new Federal taxes, “that force higher wages and these twin forces increases prices”. He noted a report that showed $101.55 a year will be added to most Federal tax bills because of the new Medicare law and the increase in Social Security rates.

The ladies of St. Josaphat’s Church are selling Christmas trees out of the store front located the first door east of Smith’s IGA.

Recent visitors to the Sherman County Historical Museum and Research Center were the three offspring of Norman and Marjorie Stephens. Norman’s father was Lamont L. Stephens, attorney. Lamont wrote of Rockville’s early days with great detail in the July 1, 1948 edition of the Sherman County Times when Sherman County was celebrating its seventy- fifth anniversary.

In his article of that date, Lamont reminds us that the first settlement in Sherman County was near Ashton; the second settlement was near Rockville, and the third was in Loup City. On July 28, 1872, Charles E. Webster, wife, and five children, and William H. Stephens Jr. and wife (Anna Thoresen) “arrived at the point where Rock Creek flows into the Middle Loup River… These nine people constituted the second settlement in Sherman county (sic).” Lamont is the youngest of William Harrison Stephens’ Jr. children.

William Harrison Stephens Jr. was from Illinois; he married Anna Martha Thoresen in May 1872. Three days after their wedding, they began the journey to Nebraska in two covered wagons.

The Stephens and Webster families began traveling together when they left Iowa, covering ten to twenty miles a day. They arrived in the Rockville area on July 26, 1872.

These two families selected neighboring homesteads in what would become Sherman County. Mr. Webster homestead the NW/4 of 8-13-13; Mr.

Stephens filed on a farm a mile farther up the river.

They remained neighbors their whole lives.

The Stephens family spent the first winter in a dugout; then built a small log cabin out of cottonwood logs found near the river. Later, a larger log house was built with additions of frame and sod. This log house contained the country store and Rockville post office.

In 1896 a brick home was built to replace the log house.

The Rockville Centennial book, 1886 – 1986, reminds us that “early homes were dug-outs, sod houses, or log cabins. Pawnee Indians were still roaming the plains and they were frequent callers at the homes of pioneers. They usually did no harm or caused no trouble as long as they were given food.”

The Sherman County Historical Museum is now open by arrangement with one of the volunteers listed below.

Members will resume our Sunday afternoon schedule next Memorial Day weekend. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, or Elsie Kieborz for a membership application. The Sherman County Historical Society’s mailing address is P.O. Box 362, Loup City, NE 68853; their Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society. The website is www. shermancountyhistoricalsociety. com.

The Rebel volleyball team won the C2-11 District contest and qualified for the state tournament. The Rebels won two hard fought fiveset match against North Platte St. Pat’s and, in the district final, against Hemingford. This is the first time Loup City is back in the tournament since 1974 and 1994 for Arcadia. Team members are Jessica Eurek, Sydney Harrington, Madison Dodson, Sarah Lueck, Callie Dethlefs, Kinley Kryzcki, Shyann Kusek, Whitney Gappa, Kennedy Lewandowski, Sheridan Holcomb, Montana Markus, Mackenzie Dahlberg, Kaylee Rasmussen, Addison Henry, and Head Coach Dusti VanSlyke and assistants Amelia Jonak and Trysten Dexter.

Joe Hervert was named the Overall Best Supporting Actor at the fourteenth annual Parade of Plays contest held at Loup City.

Clinton Obermiller and his wife Andrea finished first and second in the Rose Lane Home Ghost and Goblins Fun Run.

Loup City Schools has installed twelve smart boards in classrooms replacing the old chalk boards.

Spartan football coach Brad Kjar commented, “One of the major drawbacks that I have seen about eight man football is that the crowds have too much access to the field.” The Spartans lost 44-64 to Amherst in the semifinal state playoff game.

Nearly twenty “Trunk or Treats” lined the Mason City main street on Halloween afternoon.

Joyce Goc earned her fifteen-gallon pin and Jerome Lobner his ten-gallon pin at the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit.

November 9, 2005

Loup City Utility Supervisor Kevin Holcomb was pictured putting the final touches on the Loup City Booster sign that was relocated to the corner of 8th and O streets. The sign was originally located at the middle school.

Records were broken in many area towns this past Wednesday when high temperatures soared to eighty-two in Loup City.

The Town and Country Bank in Litchfield is offering a 4.50 percent APY eleven month CD with a $2500 minimum.

Mathew Tuma was the Lil Pre-School Star of the week. His teacher wrote “He usually has something to tell us, like what he saw on the way to school or what he did at home.”

The Trojan Superintendent first quarter honor roll listed seniors Farrah Fread and Jenny Unick.

Day’s Auction listing for the Gerald and Joann Pierson farm auction included a ‘chicken plucker.”

Carolyn Heil wrote about how her husband Loren and his friends at Hawk School would dump pails of water down gopher holes while a fellow classmate would stand “poised over a hole with a baseball bat to clobber the unsuspecting resident of the hole should it decide to exit.”

November 8, 1995

The Barbara Augustyn Physical Therapy Scholarship has been established at Creighton University by Rev. Andrew Augustyn.

Shirley King was the “scariest” and Del Peck had the “best costume” at the annual Loup City Chamber of Commerce Halloween parade.

Mason City placed first in the 300 and under division of the Nebraska Community Improvement Program in housing and tourism category.

Martha Nelson celebrated her 100th birthday at Rose Lane Home.

Melvin Bendykowski died from injuries after his 1972 pickup rear ended a 1993 pickup on a county road seven miles north of Arcadia.

Rich Peters was pictured with “the Grim Reaper” as all the employees of the Sherman County Bank dressed in black to “help” him celebrate his fiftieth birthday.

Montana Express is playing the singles dance Saturday night at Gin’s Tavern.

Loup City High School FFA members Brian Kaslon, Richard Jakob, Shane Norseen, Jenny Kaslon, Tara Baker, Jessica Skibinski, Tally Norseen, and Tina Curlo will form the Courtesy Corps at the National FFA Convention at Kansas City.

Dene Placek and Shirley Walrath attended the Grand Ole’ Opry Show in Nashville.

Don Treffer advertised, “Will cut cedar trees out of pastures. Will cut all trees regardless of terrain. Reasonable rates.”

The Lady Trojans set a record with a sixteen-win season with only five losses. The team ended the season with a three set loss to North Loup Scotia in sub-districts. Tenise Gilming led scoring with sixteen and Leah Kucera had fifteen kills.

November 7, 1985

Shirley King and Kathy Kurtzhals, members of the Loup City Community Improvement Committee, were pictured with the thirdplace Nebraska Community Improvement Program plaque and the honorable mention award in Human Services for their work in trying to keep the hospital. Mason City won the Housing Special Award and was honorable mention in the Building/Industry category.

Halloween vandalism of a local math teacher’s pickup was pictured showing the windshield covered in latex paint. The owner’s home has been pelted by apples and pieces of pipe the nights of October 30 and 31.

Reiter Hardware advertised a Zenith four head video tape recorder for only $349.

The Trojans ended the season with a 6-2 record after the 12-20 loss to Cedar Valley Conference champion Greeley. John Kucera was 12/28 in passing for 185 yards. Todd Wardyn had an interception and Ed LeFever led in tackles.

The equipment and fixtures of the 66 Café will be auctioned off on Tuesday.

Ed and Tamara Jonak held a birthday party for their one year old daughter Lindsey at their home Sunday.

Butch Woznick advertised, “If you don’t want your deer hides, call me.”

November 6, 1975

Judge S.S. Sidner lifted the injunction declared the Sherman County Supervisors could approve the bond needed to qualify Bill Whear as county sheriff.

The Loup City City Council approved the purchase of the Whitehead Service Station and property. The building was located at 8th and O streets.

Lee Ann Sickles, alto, John Runyan, tenor, and Roger Raymond, bass, will be among the 450 Nebraska high school students chosen to sing in the All State Choir at the Nebraska Music Educators Convention.

Russ Lane is now the acting Loup City Police Chief. The council voted to pay him a salary of $650 a month.

Reinert Reinertson was honored for his thirty years of service in Sherman County 4-H. He started the Hazard Livestock Club 4-H in 1944 with six members.

The editor thanked Dorothy Kwapnioski for taking his son Joseph and his girlfriend Sherri around town for trick and treating.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Hurlburt will host a Sunday afternoon open house in the Arcadia Legion Club to honor their parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary.

Jeff Couton, Kelly Dusek, and Theresa Kuta brought treats to the Austin School Halloween party.

Litchfield Boy Scouts Monty Woolery, Rick Hoover, Mark and Scott Lewis and Tom Unick finished fourth out of twenty-two packs in the wilderness skills competition at a campout held at the old Indian site eight miles northeast of Cushing.

Clarence Siwinski took out a large ad for “VX6”, a battery additive “to restore active life to your car battery and extend its life.”

November 1, 1965

The Litchfield Volunteer Fire Department took delivery of a new 250 gallon capacity fire truck.

Friends and neighbors gathered at the Vince Grabowski farm on Monday to harvest his corn and repair fences. Grabowski has been hospitalized following a farm accident.

The Raiders finished the season with an 8-1 record winning their final game over Shelton 38-7. Rich Guzinski scored the first touchdown of the game. The Raiders scored 250 points during the season to their opponents scoring fifty-one points.

Jerry Gogan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gogan, has completed his Peace Corps training and is now in Chile.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Farnham celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary November 4th. Over fifty friends and neighbors dropped by their home to congratulate them.

An open house will be held Sunday afternoon to show off the new library at the Loup City Central Catholic High School.

Litchfield High School students are presenting the play “The Little Do That Laughed.”

Twenty members of the Loup City Farmers’ Cooperative met Tuesday evening and voted to begin a project to raise $35,000 to build a dry blend fertilizer plant in Loup City. The cooperative will be selling fifteen-year bonds with an interest rate of six percent to raise the needed money.

If you are required to take a distribution from your IRA yet this year, you should visit with your tax preparer and/ or IRA trustee if you are interested in donating part or all your required minimum distribution (RMD) to a qualified nonprofit organization.

The IRA donation needs to be properly structured so that the donor does not have to pay income tax on the donation, but the distribution could still qualify as part of the RMD.

The Sherman County Historical Society is a qualified 501(C)3 nonprofit organization which has received qualified IRA donations in the past month. And, as mentioned before, donations allow the historical society to continue maintaining the Sherman County Historical Museum and Research Center.

Last week’s column shared information about Robert H. Mathew Jr., Sherman County’s distinguished United States Naval Academy attendee. He was born July 17, 1918 and died May 1, 1972 at only fifty-three years of age. Bob had two brothers, Henry and Paul. You might remember Paul practicing law in Loup City. Paul’s wife, Gertrude, was a teacher at Loup City High School. Bob and his wife are both buried at a cemetery in San Diego County, California. His grave marker inscription says that he was a Captain in the United States Navy, having served in three wars, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

The United States Naval Academy Yearbook entry for Robert Henry Mathew, Jr reads “… Bob left the home town golf course, theatre, beer parlor, and the croquet court on the front lawn to become a midshipman, and from his perpetual smile evidently enjoys the new life. That smile is set in the middle of a round face, giving the fitting nickname ‘Moon.’

“Moon always manages to stand lower in the class than many of the collision cases, and he’s been on the wrong side of the fence with the Executive Department on numerous occasions, too, but you will not find a man with fewer enemies.”

Reading between the lines, it seems that he liked to have fun—and was called out a few times. Does anyone have a story to share about this?

The Sherman County Historical Museum is now open by arrangement with one of the volunteers listed below.

Members will resume our Sunday afternoon schedule next Memorial Day weekend. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, or Elsie Kieborz for a membership application. The Sherman County Historical Society’s mailing address is P.O.

Box 362, Loup City, NE 68853; their Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society.

The website is www. shermancountyhistoricalsociety. com.

In 1889 the Kansas City Times reported on a main street barber who had copyrighted a “unique hair-dresser’s fashion plate” showing forty-eight different views of hair styles. There were three or four styles of pompadour (hair swept upward and backward from the forehead, such as that revived by Elvis Presley in the 1950s), the “Saratoga,” the “Horse-shoe,” the “feather edge,” the “high peaked,” “society,” “square pompadour,” “tight clip,” “medium clip,” and “Bill Nye” styles.

There were seventeen different styles of trimming the beard.

Styles mentioned were “Greeley,” “English,” “Vanderbilt,” “Turko,” “Senator,” “German,” “Scotch,” “American,” “French,” “Ladids,” and “Bridle;” three kinds of “Prince Albert,” “Favorite,” and “Clergy,” and several slight variations from these.

Can you imagine yourself sitting in the barbershop, looking through a catalog (fashion plate), and picking out the hair and/or beard style you wanted?

Apparently, all you had to do was call out the number and the barber knew which style you wanted.

Did you ever wonder why barbershops have a red and white pole? The question was answered in the January 1st issue of The Loup City Northwestern in 1897. “In the old days the barbers were the blood-letters.

Our ancestors were great believers in this custom, and when they were not feeling particularly well it was their custom to go to the nearest barber shop and have some blood removed from their veins. The operation of blood-letting required the use of a small pole or stick, which the patient held in his hand, and two bandages—one to wrap around the arm before the cut was made, and the other to bind the wound after the bleeding was over. Two bandages, ready for use, were kept wound around a red pole, and displayed in the door or window as a sign to the public.

After a time instead of going to the trouble of winding strips of cloth about the pole, white stripes were painted on the pole to represent the bandages, and from that day until this, barbers have always used this kind of sign.”

A village usually listed their businesses as part of their advertising to attract new residents. The number of barbershops was included in the listing. In 1890, Loup City had two barber shops; in 1897 they had only one barber shop. Ashton had a barber shop in 1895. In January 1901, R. H. Cornelius was moving from Donavan (Doniphan) to Ashton and was going to also stock candies, toys, cigars, and tobacco, plus open a lunch counter in his barber shop. However, Ashton often listed the need of a barber.

Other Sherman County villages also suffered from the lack of barbers, as they seemed to come and go rather frequently. Whenever a new barber moved into a community, it was news! Men who were learning the barber trade were also in the news. It wasn’t uncommon for barbers to move to another location to continue practicing their barber skills, and then to return to the Sherman County community in a few months. More information will be shared next week.

The Sherman County Historical Museum is now open by arrangement with one of the volunteers listed below.

Members will resume our Sunday afternoon schedule next Memorial Day weekend. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, or Elsie Kieborz for a membership application. The Sherman County Historical Society’s mailing address is P.O. Box 362, Loup City, NE 68853; their Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society. The website is www.shermancountyhistoricalsociety. com.

September 9, 2015 Alex Calleroz was crowned the 2015 Arcadia Fall Festival Queen. Her attendants were Courtney Gould and Hannah Miller. The Staab Welding float titled “Destination Hawaii” earned the grand prize award.

Christina Andrews and Nicholas Baker announced their engagement and upcoming wedding.

The family of Darwin and Rae Lee requested a card shower to honor their parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary.

A fiftieth wedding anniversary open house for Eldon and Esther Adams will be held Sunday at the United Methodist Church.

Josie Ference earned an eighth-place medal and Abbie Badura a twelfth-place medal at the Gibbon Cross Country Invitational.

The Arcadia Village Board of Trustees hired William Gibbons for the Arcadia Water, Street, and Sewer position.

Derek Linden of Litchfield bested twenty- three other twelveyear- old boys competing in the Nebraska State Fair tractor pull contest to bring back the first place trophy. His victory took three full pulls.

September 7, 2005 Anna Keough was crowned Miss Fall Festival 2005 after the annual Arcadia Fall Festival parade. Lacey Larsen was her attendant. Greenland Distributing float titled “The American Farmer” won the parade grand prize.

Mike Gilming is returning to the Litchfield School as a half-time superintendent. Other new staff members are Sarah Edwards, Barb Kratzer, and Keith Albright.

Thirteen-year-old Tanner Palu has “aged out” of the tractor pull competition. He competed at the state and national level five different times.

Kyle Holcomb and Julie Kurtzhals won the annual Red Raider Booster Club fall sports rally senior eating contest.

Dr. Winchester cited rising fuel costs as one of the reasons for the increase in the proposed general fund levy for the District 1.

Mike and Steve Glinsmann are selling seventy-five 375- to 500-pound Angus steers and heifers at Loup City Commission Co. next Tuesday.

September 6, 1995 Sara Sell was crowned the 1995 Arcadia Fall Festival queen. Kori Kieborz was her first attendant. Heavy fog hung over Arcadia early on parade day but by the time the parade finished the sun was out. The Duane Scott float titled “John Deere Green” won the parade grand prize.

Richard Jakob showed the Nebraska State Fair Grand Champion 4-H Market Steer. His is the first entry from Sherman County to win such an honor.

The Middle Loup Irrigation shop suffered $20,000 in losses in a fire this past weekend. Workers were able to remove all the equipment except a welder.

Over 500 people ate at the annual Loup City Volunteer Fire Department pork feed.

Loup City High School English teacher Lori Nelson was the lucky winner of the Loup City High School Student Council “Kiss A Pig” sale campaign. She won with ninety-six tickets in her name. Close runners-up were Wayne Klein and Emily Bond.

The Rockville news reported Matt Williams was an overnight guest at the Joe Smolla home. His mother, Susan. picked him up Sunday afternoon.

The engagement pictures and stories of the upcoming weddings of Camille Jorgensen and Nick Badura and Darlene DeMuth and Gary Dethlefs led the social news.

The Raider boys won the Gibbon Cross Country Invitational Cross Country meet. Medalists were Randy Krahulik, third; Cory Spotanski, fourth; and Kevin Golus, twelfth.

Frank Burkhart advertised, “1979 Bronco, good tires and looks good. $2000 firm.”

September 5, 1985 The Loup City City Council named Ann Jacobsen, Leon Kuhlen, LaDonna Ericson, and Alex Smedra to the new Loup City Health Care Board. The Loup City Hospital Auxiliary members voted unanimously to change their name to the Loup City Health Care Auxiliary.

Jenny and Wesley Sell were on the Arcadia Fall Festival parade grand champion float made by Larry’s Body Shop. The float was titled “Head’n for the Good Life.” The 1995 Fall Festival queen was Judy Holmes. Her attendants were Valerie Armour and Karen King.

Starting Friday, September 6th, a new Nebraska law requires the use of seat belts and child restraints in all operating vehicles on Nebraska roads.

The Monday night Loup City American Legion stag will feature baked steak.

Seventy-two people attended the Mason City Community Club meeting Monday evening. Robert Roberts and Oram Johnson showed slides and gave a presentation about their recent Alaska trip.

M. R. McKenzie became the owner of a special Arcadia Centennial 30-30 Winchester rifle Saturday after submitting the successful $900 sealed bid.

Trojan returning volleyball letter winners are Barb Wilson, Tammy Schroll, Kelly Axmann, Wendy Wilson, and Linda Wilson.

September 4, 1975 Ray Grudzinski appeared before the Loup City City Council to give testimony in opposition to the proposed bond issue for the medical clinic and city funding some of the help being given to the Vietnamese doctors and their families. He felt taxes were too high now and we did not need to be spending taxpayer money this way.

Vicki Anderson was crowned the 1975 Fall Festival Queen. Her attendants were Shirley Hunt and Janitta Wagoner. The Calvary Baptist Church float won the parade grand prize.

Pastor Earl Reed was awarded a free trip to Israel by El Al Israeli Airline in commemoration of the signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. In later issues of the paper Reed would write articles about the success of Israel and his observations about the country.

Dean Cole joined the Times staff as an assistant manager.

Immanuel Lutheran Sunday School teachers for the 1975-1976 year are Mrs. Harlan Quandt, kindergarten; Mrs. Jim Bauer, pre-confirmation; Mrs. Richard Obermiller, Confirmation A; Merle Glinsmann, Confirmation B; Harland Quandt, junior Bible study and Mrs. David Glinsmann, school superintendent.

The Times editor came out strongly in favor of the passage of a bond issue for the medical clinic noting there is a reason the town has been unable to retain doctors and is currently having trouble recruiting doctors.

Mark Smedra was pictured holding a forty-two-inch-long banana squash.

The Polish All Star women’s softball team was awarded the sportsmanship trophy at the Calloway Tournament. Team members are Mary Dooley, Janice Eurek, Donna Donovan, Beth Lonowski, Pat Bolen, Sheila Palu, Phyllis Janulewicz, Janelle Czaplewski, Connie Miller, Diane Larsen, Beth Bollwitt, Shirley King, Nancy Fergussen, and coaches Jerry Bollwitt and Bill Donovan.

September 9, 1965 Lawrence Burman has returned home from Missoula, Montana after spending the summer working for the United States Forest Service. He has begun his junior year at Kearney State College. Charlene Chipps is also beginning her junior year at Hastings College where she also serves as a counselor.

A son, Terence, was born to Mr. and Mrs. David Fredrick.

A severe lightning storm Monday night caused a fire that destroyed a large stack of baled hay on the place Ralph Lewandowski rents north of Ashton. The storm also caused a fire at the Sherman Dam that destroyed a just-completed and fully-furnished cabin owned by Ed Barrett.

The Arcadia Fall Festival parade theme was “States of the United States.” The grand prize float was titled “Boston Tea Party” entered by Pleasant Valley.

Alfred (Alf) Brown was one of the early, early settlers in Sherman County.

Brown was born in Ohio in 1841, had a seventh-grade education, fought in the Civil War for four years, married, and then farmed in Ohio for seven years. In the middle of October 1872, he, his wife, son Ora, and several other friends and relatives moved to the St. Paul area at the urging of his friends. Two of those friends, Nick and Jim Paul, had organized the town of St. Paul and made it the county seat of Howard County.

He was urged to “get one of Uncle Sam’s free farms”—a homestead patent in Nebraska.

Brown’s years of army service would count the same as if he had lived on the homestead, thus making a homestead claim more appealing.

The group loaded their wagons on a freight train in Ohio and then bought tickets for Grand Island on the passenger train.

Upon arrival in Grand Island, they found rides to St. Paul on wagons loaded with goods for the merchants. At that time there were only a couple stores in St. Paul. Each of the families needed a place to live temporarily. Alf and his family lived with Nick Paul the first winter.

Three of the men went looking for homestead land in Sherman County: Alfred Brown, John Harkins, and J.L. Hawk.

After Alf had selected his homestead land, he had to go to Grand Island to file a claim on the selected land.

In 1873, Loup City had only one house— home of Martin Benschoter— and another one was being built.

Benschoter was giving away lots in Loup City to anyone who would build a house on the lot.

Alf and John Harkins got busy and built a house on one of those free lots for Alf and his family. The house was sixteen-by-sixteen, dirt floor, one door, and one window, and roof of brush, hay, some timber to hold it up and covered with dirt. The logs were chinked with mud. This was the third house in the town now called Loup City.

Cyrus Rosseter was building a larger house of logs for a hotel.

Brown remarked that it took three days to make the round trip to either Grand Island or Kearney with a team of horses. Those two towns were the closest places to get lumber, he recalled.

Next week’s column will have Alfred Brown’s recollection of the April 1873 snowstorm. Does Dead Horse Creek ring a bell?

The Sherman County Historical Museum is now open by arrangement with one of the volunteers listed below.

Members will resume their Sunday afternoon schedule next Memorial Day weekend. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, Elsie Kieborz, or Patti Kowalski for a membership application.

The historical society’s mailing address is P.O.

Box 362, Loup City, NE 68853; their Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society.

The website is www. shermancountyhistoricalsociety. com.

August 26, 2015

New Loup City Kindergarten teacher Debbie Moroney was pictured greeting her first new student Heidi Mead on the first day of school.

“The original world famous Polish steeple chase” held during Ashton Days netted $2,100. Co-sponsors Daryl and Mitzi Kuszak and Linda Becker were pictured handing out $300 checks to seven Ashton area organizations.

The Lorissa Panowicz and Robert Aumen engagement and coming wedding announcement led the social news page.

A card shower was requested for Bob Siebke of Litchfield to honor his eightieth birthday.

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts paid a visit to Loup City Thursday afternoon and after greeting Loup City Mayor Alex Baillie, met with over fifty citizens in the Loup City Community Center for a question and answer session. Many of the questions involved taxes and other concerns citizens wanted to hear some answers about.

Bobby Truhe met with Loup City Schools parents and students in the middle school gym to hear his one-hour presentation on computer law and safety. He discussed cyber bullying and sexting and answered questions from the audience.

Al Waskowiak advertised, “A cemetery lot at Evergreen Cemetery, $100”.

August 24, 2005

Sara Holcomb was named the Midland Collegiate Athletic Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year. She will be student teaching in Loup City’s elementary school this fall. She will join Dusti Sekutera who will be student teaching in the upper elementary school.

Loup City Schools enrollment is down ten people from last year to a total of 331. Litchfield enrollment is up four students.

James Trotter was named a grand marshall for Nebraska State Fair parades.

The old Liberty Theater building located at the corner of 6th and O streets was demolished Tuesday. This followed a heated discussion leading to a lengthy Loup City City Council meeting involving Kathy Bolich and Wayne Blazey and council members about the purchasing and plan to demolish the building. The council passed a resolution after the discussions to go ahead with their plans. The building was built in 1913 by Thomas Daddow.

The Red Cross Bloodmobile was twenty units short at their Wednesday visit. Lawrence Burman earned his seventeen-gallon pin.

The Golden Nugget in Boelus is having a “Grand Re-Opening” Saturday night with twenty-five cent draws.

Andrea Carkoski and her dog “Dolly” won the prettiest pet contest at the Sundance Feed Store in Grand Island.

August 23, 1995

Corrie Newtson, the eighteen-year-old daughter of Roger and Connie Newtson, was crowned Miss Miller Pro Rodeo Queen at the Miller Rodeo.

Enrollment figures show Litchfield School is up fourteen students over last year with an enrollment of 164 and Loup City Schools is down two students with a total enrollment of 495.

The Sherman County Bank advertised a three percent APY return on all ordinary savings accounts at the bank.

Joe and Shirley Waddell took out a large ad thanking the community for the support of their Coast to Coast Store. They have sold the inventory and fixtures to Kings Home Furnishings and Variety Store.

Mark and Sue Goc entertained a special supper Sunday evening at their home to honor their five year old daughter Amelia’s fifth birthday.

Hogs were donated for the Loup City Fire Department annual barbecue by Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Eurek, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Loeffelbein, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernestine Palu. The cost of a meal will be five dollars at the door.

Jo and Rick Hawkins and Sharon Cech placed the successful high bids for specially framed sheets of the new Marilyn Monroe commemorative postage stamp donated by the Mason City Post Office. The auction was held to raise money for the restroom/ concession stand project at the park.

Ed Daugherty is now the superintendent of school at Litchfield replacing long time administrator Eldon Epley.

Louis Walker and Sally Kaminski were hostesses for the Saddle Club meeting and card party held at the Loup City Senior Center Thursday evening.

August 22, 1985 Sisters Mary Ann, Janice, and Lorraine, Daughters of St. Vincent DePaul are now managing Sacred Heart Hospital and Rose Lane Home.

Litchfield is nearly finished planning a new sewer lagoon. The proposed monthly user rates for it will be $7.50.

Sherman County Fair Board president Bus Mason and Secretary Eldon Lambrecht received a $1,000 AK-SARBEN check to help build a beef barn and wash rack.

The weather has been unusually mild for mid-August with highs in the mid seventies and lows in the fifties. Friday night’s low was forty-two.

Judy Mroczek, daughter of Ray and Marge Mroczek, has accepted a job in Switzerland as a dental technician.

Father Cook and Knights of Columbus members Stanley Riskowski, Terry Kurtzhals, and Butch Woznick served seven gallons of homemade ice cream to Rose Lane Home residents on Thursday afternoon.

The thirty-second annual Arcadia Flower and Garden Club Show was held last weekend with a theme of “Centennial Portraits”. Blanche Cruikshank won the Tri-Color Award, Creativity Award, and Overall Artistic Award.

The old Litchfield School flag pole was moved to and set up at the Centennial Park by Vene Bacus and Frank Feldman.

Vene Tucker and George Heil were hosts for the Saddle Club meeting Sunday evening. Ten-point pitch was played by the twenty- one members present. John and Angie Tyma were high scorers and Ida Heil took home the traveling prize.

August 21, 1975 A petition is circulating asking for a public vote to place the ownership of the new medical clinic in the hands of Loup City.

A successful petition drive gathered 709 signatures for a special election to recall Sherman County Sheriff Virgil Kaminski. Kaminski is in his fourth term as county sheriff.

A new sewer lift station is being installed south of 8th and R streets. Seventy-five percent of the $300,000 cost is being paid by the federal government with the rest divided between state funds and local funds.

The Sherman County ASCS Committee has hired Tim Vonderfect as the new Sherman County Executive Director.

An anonymous letter to the editor ranted at the “mob let loose Saturday night and Sunday morning” by the Loup City Police Department. The writer also reported he saw someone driving the Head Start bus at 1:30 a.m. the same night.

The thousandth savings account at Sherman County Bank was by fifteen-year-old David Schnase. The first savings account taken out at the bank in 1969 was by Glen T. Epley of Ashton.

Mrs. Arnold Palu was the lucky winner at the quilt raffle at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church smorgasbord and bazaar held last Sunday.

Hal Thomsen was sworn in as a new member of the Litchfield Village Board of Trustees replacing Ed Spencer who had resigned.

August 26, 1965

St. Josaphat’s Catholic Church School will teach “new math” in the coming school year using the Science Research Association Greater Cleveland Model.

Sherman County Fair grand champion winners included Ewes, Janet Obermiller; Swine, Donald Jasnoch; Dairy, Jeanette Smedra.

Michael Kohls and Loren Lewandowski registered for the Selective Service in August.

The Raiders have fourteen returning lettermen: Andy Augustyn, Alex Baillie, Eldon Chelewski, Rich Guzinski, Joe Jablonski, Tom Kaminski, Ken Kosmicki, Ron Palu, Jim Rademacher, Jim Riskowski, Gary Sather, Gary Spotanski, Junior Travis, and Larry Zabloudil.

David Hensley reported 300 children took part in the Red Cross swimming classes held during July at the Loup City swimming pool.

The Six Fat Dutchmen are slated to play the VFW hall a week from Saturday. Advance tickets are on sale for $1.25.

The Liberty is showing the John Wayne film “Major Dundee.”

The St. Josaphat’s School ad reported Lawrence Morrisey will teach science and do all the coaching. Shirley Weight will teach the third and fourth grades. Anna Reinard and Mrs. Joseph Jaros are the cook. Bus drivers are Ralph Blazey, Vern Oseka, Ray Stenka, and Don Ference and Leo Dzingle is the custodian.

The Ashton news reported Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lindquist and family have moved into the former Ross Smith home.

Rockville teachers are Maxine Reinhard, Metha Booth, and Imelda Gressley.

Someone advertised an eighty acre improved acreage on the north edge of Litchfield for $8,000. Also advertised was a 160 acre plot of mostly pasture land a half-a-mile north of Litchfield for $75 an acre.

Polish Days 2025 are just around the corner. The Sherman County Historical Society will be open Saturday noon until 4:00 p.m., serving homemade ice cream and cookies.

And what a selection of ice cream—vanilla, peach, chocolate, and blueberry! The museum have smaller dishes at a smaller price for those only wanting one dip of ice cream. There will be drinks and homemade cookies, too.

On Sunday of Polish Days, the historical society will be open from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m., but the buildings will be closed for viewing during Linda Wilke- Heil’s presentation from 1:30 until 2:30. The museum will also be open on Sunday, May 30th, their usual Sunday hours of 1:00 until 4 p.m. As always, members can accommodate different schedules; just make your arrangements ahead of time.

The Sherman County Historical Society’s Featured Family for 2025, the Outhouse/Owens family, has given the museum a whole array of their family heirlooms. The family has donated a set of Haviland China, which was used for Sunday dinner and other special occasions at the A.

B. and Mary (Prather) Outhouse home. They have also donated the school bell that Meroe used at her first teaching job in rural Sherman County. Meroe took this bell with her to all her subsequent education positions.

The museum will have a separate display of Meroe’s contribution to the educational system.

I’ve often referred to a book that Meroe published, A Brief History of Sherman County.

What a treasure this book is! If anyone wants to continue with Sherman County’s history after 1950, get in touch with us. That is seventy- five years to summarize, but it would be a great resource for the future. Any takers?

Come see what else the Featured Family has donated. There are many, many items— and lots of stories about the donated items.

Albert Bernard (A.B.) Outhouse was born in Illinois in 1862, the oldest of seven children.

After his father’s death in 1882, A. B. and his mother were engaged in general merchandising and later in the implement business. As a twenty-year-old, A.

B. was elected mayor of Huey, Illinois.

Five years later he went to Omaha looking for a business location and became general manager and treasurer of Keystone Lumber of Loup City. He married a Huey, Illinois girl, Mary Prather, in November of 1887. They moved to Loup City and became very involved in social, civic, and business organizations.

He was a member of the Nebraska State Lumber Dealers’ Association for over fifty years, a city council member twice (1893-94 and 1904-1906), Loup City Mayor 1910 to 1915, as well as First National Bank president in 1933 when the bank first opened.

A. B. owned Sherman County farms and was a conservationist, promoted crop rotation and supported the Middle Loup Irrigation project. He died November 25, 1925, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage three months earlier.

The Sherman County Historical Museum will be open on Sunday afternoons from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m. through Labor Day. The Research Center (and Hanshew Barbershop) is open Wednesday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. Other times for either the museum or the Research Center can be arranged by giving the historical society a call at (308) 750-3325 or (308) 991- 0060.

To become a member of the Sherman County Historical Society, call Donna Trompke at (308) 750-3325, or contact Kathy Spotanski, Mark Nabity, RoseAnn Kowalski, Elsie Kieborz, or Patti Kowalski for a membership application. The mailing address is P.O. Box 362, Loup City, NE 68853; the Facebook page is Sherman County NE Historical Society; the website is www.shermancountyhistoricalso-ciety. com.

Loup City firemen Mike Coffin and Elmer Iske Jr. donned the new ice rescue suits and were pictured kneeling between other ice rescue equipment including a rescue boat. The $7,500 cost of the equipment came from community donations received by the department.

The Arcadia/Loup City wrestling team qualified five wrestlers for the state tournament. Wyatt Lane (120), Joe Hervert (126), Jordan Hovie (145), Thomas Spilinek (160) and Lane Hruby (285) Karen Greenland took Abbie Hulinsky and McKenzie Greenland to Rose Lane Home on Saturday to visit their great grandmother, Charlene Lewandowski.

The Loup City Senior Center had a Valentine’s tea on Wednesday afternoon. Carla Peters, Adeline Dzingle, Marge Sorensen, Carolyn Kelsey, and Irene Sok were pictured looking at the wedding pictures of local residents displayed around the room.

The Ansley-Litchfield wrestlers qualified Austin Johnson, Grady Stunkel, and Bo Slingsby for the state wrestling tournament.

The Loup City School Board approved the hiring of John Treffer as a bus driver for $1,532.56 a month. The board also approved the renewal of Principal Nick Hodges’s contract for $93,460.

A “great defensive first quarter” paired with Shawna Paitz scoring nine of her eighteen points helped the Spartans to a an 18-3 lead. The Spartans won the game 40-23.

February 16, 2005

Jane and John Maschka were named Knight and Sweetheart of the year at the annual Knights of Columbus Sweetheart banquet and dance. Henry Dembowski and Ted Golus were honored for their sixty years of Knights of Columbus membership. Wayne Blazey was awarded the One Rose One Life award.

Scott Sekutera was promoted to the rank of Master Sergeant. He is currently assigned to the US Air Force 380th Expedition Wing in Southeast Asia in support of Iraqi Freedom.

Four Loup City High School wrestlers qualified for the state tournament, including brothers Tyler and Trevor Ritz, their cousin Nick Spotanski, and Lucas Obermiller.

Knights of Columbus district free throw contest winners were Alivia Wardyn, Seth Skibinski, and Connor Dethlefs.

Kaci Kuszak was the Sherman County Bank Leap Into Learning “Star of the Week” because she “pays close attention and does what she is supposed to do.” She is also kind to others.

Joe’s Market advertised rib eye steak for $5.99 a pound.

Dennis Handy scored ten points and Dexter Goodner nine in the Trojans’ 25-38 loss to Greeley-Wolbach.

The Village of Litchfield Board of Trustees held a discussion about the enforcement of the current water ordinance requiring a minimum charge of twelve dollars per month and a thirty- six-dollar charge to turn water back on if water had been requested to be turned off.

Bruce Hald requested to raise rabbits within Litchfield village limits. After discussion, the trustees denied the request.

February 15, 1995

Del Peck, manager of the Loup City NPPD office, reported the recent power outage on Valentines Day was the result of a breaker failure.

Glen Weber resigned as a Sherman County Deputy Sheriff after serving less than two years. He cited a better job opportunity as the reason he is leaving.

Loup City High Schools students Nick Burns and Jeremy Kuszak have been selected as two of twenty- six Nebraska students to participate in a speech-theater class sponsored by the University of Nebraska Theater and Dance Department.

Henry Dembowski was named the Knights of Columbus Knight of the Year and Alice Lewandowski Sweetheart of the Year at the annual Knights of Columbus Council 5455 Sweetheart Banquet. Archie Dzingle, Alfred Krolikowski, Melvin Bendykowski, and Peter Curlo were honored for their fifty years of membership.

The Sherman County Senior Center Valentine’s king and queen were Frank Ryan and Marguerite Hurt.

A special open house will be held at the Hangout Sunday afternoon to honor the ninetieth birthday of Twila G. Evans.

Doug Setlik and Kenny Martin qualified for the Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament.

John Dietz rolled a 170 game to lead the Thursday Junior League action.

Loup City Athletic Director Wayne Klein reported to the board of education that Litchfield, Arcadia, and North Loup are no longer participating in the Loup City Holiday Tournament. Loup City has been invited to participate in the St. Paul Holiday Tournament.

February 14, 1985

A son, Benjamin James, was a special Valentine day arrival at Sacred Heart Hospital for Litchfield parents Darrell and Jodi Schall. He was also the first baby born at the hospital in 1985. Loup City Chamber of Commerce president Jean Zweiner presented Jodi with a twenty- five-dollar check.

Mark Eurek announced at the annual Knights of Columbus Sweetheart Banquet and dance that Joe Kowalski is the Knight of the Year and his wife Patty is the Sweetheart of the Year. The chef for the dinner was Janelle Badura, who was assisted by her parents, Murl and Delores Badura, and sisters, Amy and Shari.

Loup City High School speaker Mitch McCartney was awarded the CNFL Quadrathon Trophy at the Saturday meet in Kearney. Mitch earned first in original public address and second in extemporaneous speaking. With his other wins in the previous three CNFL meets, he had the highest point total of all speakers at the meet.

Alma Bredthauer was hostess for the WIFE (Women in Farm Economics) meeting Friday evening. Cindy McCarville chaired the meeting in which Chris Obermiller was welcomed as a new member.

The Arnie’s Bar women’s volleyball team was runner-up at the Loup Valley Women’s League Tournament. Team members are Ann Tepley, Marge Guzinski, Elaine Jehorak, Danis Willet, Carla Lonowski, Connie Urbanski, Janelle Mostek, Karen Howard, Cook McDonald, Nancy Harrington, and Coach Jim Ericson.

Balanced scoring by Trojans John Kucera, 13; Kirk Searcy, 10; and Keith Schroll, 10 led to the 53-51 win over Wolbach and a third-place Cedar Valley Conference Basketball Tournament trophy.

February 13, 1975

Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Clarence Oseka presented the Outstanding Knight award to Allen Lonowski at the annual Knights of Columbus Sweetheart banquet and dance Saturday night. Honorary lifetime Knights awards were presented to Shorty Czarnek and Pete Curlo. Phyllis Mroczek and Ruby Kuehl were presented the organizations first Certificates of Accommodation.

Loup City will have a new dentist in late May. Dr. Stephen Edelman plans to open a practice in Loup City after he graduates from UNL in May.

Sally Richie was named Teenager of the Month by the Ord Elks club.

The Loup City Volunteer Fire Department initiated new members Bill Van Pelt, Ron Mroczek, Jim Dooley, Kenny Loeffelbein, Leonard Woitalewicz, and Larry Farmer at the annual Sweetheart banquet and dance held Saturday night.

District 44 teacher Shirley King was pictured with her students and the cornhusker dolls they had made. Students pictured were Ann Marie Gallaway, Roseann Wilson, Roger Gallaway, Roger Wilson, Wayne Gallaway, and Martin Friesen. Also in the picture was a number of quilts Mrs. Lora Koker brought in to show the students.

Arnie Augustyn and John Obermiller qualified for the Golden Gloves Midwest finals.

Bob Sestak was the only sophomore on the Arcadia High School semester honor roll.

February 18, 1965

The Nebraska State Fire Marshall has ordered some downtown old wood framed store fronts to be demolished. The buildings include the old Times building next to Kowalski Feed on the south side of the square; the two story photo studio across the street and south of the Snack Shop; a two story building east of the courthouse now being used for storage, two joined storefronts south of the Snack Shop and the store front west of the courthouse currently used as a rummage store.

Seventy-four donors braved the snow storm last Wednesday to donate at the Red Cross Bloodmobile. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dorsey earned their gallon pins. First time donors were Archie Dzingle and John Pfifer.

Mrs. William F. Hammond pinned the silver wings on her son, 2nd Lt. Lawrence Hammond, at the February 5th UNL commencement.

Mrs. E. R. Jackson took out a large ad offering beginning organ lessons.

Don Kowalski headed the banquet planning committee for the Sunday evening Knights of Columbus Sweetheart banquet and dance. Knight of the Year honors were presented to Fritz Wesierski. A social evening of playing cards and dancing followed the awards presentations.

January Sherman County Selective Service registrants were Milan Trumbull, Lawrence Badura, Richard Kaslon, Loren Wrehe, Allen Roeder, Richard Linden, and Larry Haddix.

Alvin Sekutera advertised, “Lost. French poodle. May have been picked up by the road. Reward offered” The Liberty is showing the classic “Cleopatra” starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.