Clara Heumphreus is celebrating her 90th birthday on August 13, and her family is inviting you to join in with a card shower. Please address your letters to 820 Shole Avenue, Cambridge, Nebraska, 69022-3545 5T 7/20, 27, 8/3, 10, 17

While tedious, the dam work was dangerous, and a man died in the trench. “Junior Cross and I were sitting on my tractor,” recalled Loyd, who witnessed the accident. “We were watching Jim Baker, the first electrician out there. Jim dug a hole and set a light pole in, but instead of tamping it down he just turned and started climbing the pole. He was at the top when the pole twisted and fell across his chest. By the time we got to him, he was awake and in good spirits. They took him to the hospital, but he died before he got there… He was twenty-one years old.”

staff and patrons of the courthouse. Darla Walther, the Frontier County Clerk, explained the motivation behind the project.

25 Years Ago August 6, 1998 Southern Valley Schools open at the high school site and the elementary sites in Beaver City, Orleans and Oxford on Wednesday, August 19. School administration this year is Mr.

100 Years Ago August 16, 1923 Gasoline took a six-cent drop and is quoted this morning on the local market at .18 cents. J.E.

10 years ago Onamae Hays of Edison showed her registered purebred Holstein cow to the Grand Champion honors at the Furnas County Fair. Onamae is the daughter of Mr.

10 years ago Halle Stephens daughter of Kip and Sonja Stephens of Arapahoe recently won the Norton Idol Singing Competition in Norton, KS! Arapahoe Public Schools will begin the new school year with a new superintendent at the helm. Charles Curnyn replacing Larry Weaver who served as interim superintendent for the past two years.

10 years ago Bill Monter presented Janet Schutz with the metal gate post sign recognizing her family as an Ak-Sar-Ben Pioneer Farm Family. Royalty for the Elwood Rodeo were Queen Shianne Hoatson and Princess is Sarah Dannehl was crowned Friday evening at the Elwood Rodeo.

10 years ago Southwest FFA’s Lindsey Sughroue, Brenton Ellis, Adam Easton, Asic Helberg, and Austin Miller worked as clowns for the mutton bustin’ at the Red Willow County Fair. After 30 years in the McCook Public School System, Indianola Lynda Baumbach had no intent of returning to work after she retired in the spring of 2012.

Beaver City - In May 1972, eight Beaver City business leaders formed Apollo Industries to “produce and manufacture all types of products for sale.” Today, many younger locals may have never heard of Apollo Industries, but the company is still making a difference, although the focus has changed.