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1949The Johnny Fragers, owners of the Jefferson County Hatchery announced the hatching of a four-legged chicken.George Hackbarth was the new senior counselor of the local Council of United Commercial Travelers. Others elected were N.L. Hinderks, Keith Waring, George E. May, Lewis J. Mason, Corbett Summers, L.D. Pettigrew, John Achtemeier, Ralph E. Turner and Martin Bottger.1959Chosen to attend Cornhusker Girls State from Fairbury was Rebecca Traum, with Marilyn Franzen as alternate. A sudden snowstorm broke down a number of electric line poles. A state patrolman reported 42 cars stalled or in the ditch that evening, between Fairbury and Beatrice.Illnesses—three-day measles, scarlet fever and intestinal flu—caused junior-senior high school absences of up to 79.Dr. E.E. Metcalf, 89, of Plymouth Veterinary, died.Dick Gabel of Fairbury won a $1,000 prize in an essay contest based on the value of a portable typewriter.1969Boeckner Bros. were awarded the contract for the new 4-H home economics-secretary's office building at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, for $23,572.Civil Defense funds were paying for repair of a city water main under a log jam in the Little Blue River. An alternate line built some years earlier maintained the flow from Crystal Springs to the city.Gary Dick was president-elect of the FHS FFA chapter.Ray Wagner was Fairbury's only player on the Twin Rivers all-conference basketball team.L.K. Cramb, former editor of The Journal and community leader since 1933, moved to Oregon.1973Dave Schnuelle of Diller and Bob Siegel of Fairbury were picked on the South team for the Nebraska coaches' annual all-star game.Dale and Dennis Flagle of Fairbury won the Nebraska father-son bowling championship.All nine members of Steele City's 1918 graduating class attended the 55-year re-union.Fairbury Rotarians elected Roger Judd president. St. Michael's Catholic parish's new social center, north of the church, was blessed by the Rev. Francis J. Murphy, pastor.1979Dean Skokan was offered the position of Jefferson County attorney. He later resigned to become Dodge County attorney.Jefferson County's best spellers were, in order, Marc Seger (for the second consecutive year), John Quinn, Linda Schwab and Stuart Sass, grades 7-8; John Hill, Stephanie Epp, Russell Moerer and Tom Osborn, grades 5-6.The city council gave second reading approval to a cable TV rate increase from $6.60 to $7.15. No one appeared at the meeting to protest.The commissioners increased the county's payment for burial of indigent persons to $750, up from $400.“The Dinner Bell,” a total electric restaurant," opened at Daykin.1989Students chosen as winners in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA; contest to name a space shuttle were invited by NASA to visit Houston.

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