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1954Mary Weisel, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ben Weisel, won the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) chapter’s Good Citizenship award.The Rev. Milton Matuschka of Bertrand accepted a call to the pastorate of Grace Lutheran Church in Fairbury.A new lodge, kitchen and improvements in the handicraft shop at Camp Jefferson were to be financed by at $15,000 gift from the Hested and Lee Stores companies. Charles C. Bailey, Jefferson County YMCA secretary, said the camp had been used by 1,784 persons during 1953.1964Nebraska Sheriffs and Peace Officers elected Jefferson County Sheriff Frank Knocke as vice president.The Nebraska Department of Roads was making a traffic check on Highway 136 and 14th street, after a conference with Mayor Ted Scherbarth and other Fairbury officials about making the street four-lane from K Street west to the via-duct. The city was to pay one-fourth the estimated $300,000 cost.Joe Bishop, Wayne Schultis and Henry Pohlmann were elected to the Jefferson County Extension Service board.1971Peg Tilgner of Daykin and Kathy Drewes of Plymouth were members of the University of Nebraska —Lincoln women’s volleyball team, which had qualified in a 28-team national championship field.1974Prompt medical attention at the scene was credited with saving the life of Bernard Kellie of Endicott, after the car he was driving was demolished by a Union Pacific train at the Fourth Street grade crossing.State of Nebraska funds were allocated for replacing the Frederick Street bridge on the road to Crystal Springs. The narrow horse-and-buggy-era structure had deteriorated after flood damage.The Jefferson Memorial Hospital Auxiliary presented the hospital with a device for monitoring the breathing of new-born infants.1981Fire destroyed the Bob Henning farm home northwest of Gladstone.Fairbury’s Industrial Development Corporation reelected Boyd Leonhardt as president.1984New officers of the District No. 8 school board included Richard Zabel, president; Sally Judd, vice president; Superintendent Ron Oswald, secretary; Helen Graves, recording secretary; and Imogene Cummins, treasurer.Pastor James Shulz was the new minister of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Fairbury. The Nebraska Technical and Community College Association’s first “Out-standing Faculty” award went to C.L. “Red” Grovert, long-time Fairbury.Junior College and SCC coach and administrator. Former employees of the bankrupt Rock Island Railroad began receiving “long-awaited” severance paychecks, through the Federal Railroad Retirement board. Linda Schwab was the new honored queen of Fairbury’s Job’s Daughters.John Penner of the Plymouth vicinity received the Nebraska Pork Producers’ top award.Harold and Beulah Churchill marked the 38th anniversary of their cafe at 315 Fourth Street, at that time the longest continuously-operated family business in Fairbury.

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