Today in History 5-2-22
Today in History
May 2, 2022
50 Years Ago
May 2, 1972
Gordon Huggerth, president of First National Bank for 52 years, was given a fishing pole and reel at his retirement party... Bryan Berner, Joanna McCollom, Lynnette Johnson, Rebecca Seward, Steven Lawton, Eric Christensen, John Rasure, Kimberly Johnson, Shelly Christensen, Nancy Olson, Janet Lawton, Melinda Roberts, Marsha Jo Bryant, and Kim Olson, piano students of Mrs. Wilbur Naylor, presented a recital... Mr. and Mrs. Vic Bulleigh were honored for their 25th wedding anniversary with a basket dinner... “Dirty Harry,” starring Clint Eastwood, was showing at the Grand Theater.
25 Years Ago
May 2, 1997
VFW Post #588 and Ladies Auxiliary were selling Buddy Poppies celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Buddy Poppy Program... JoDee LeDuc, business office clerk at Cloud County Community College, received the College Service Award for demonstrating outstanding or exemplary service to the college... Rans Lowell, Concordia fifth grader, placed sixth in problem solving at the Kansas Association of Teachers of Math Awards Celebration Day in Emporia.
10 Years Ago
May 2, 2012
Concordia Elementary School fourth-graders visited the Nazareth Motherhouse for a tour... Concordia High School graduate Cassie Lowell had been unanimously selected as the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Women's Golf Player of the Year... Courtney Lanoue, daughter of Don and Cheryl Lanoue, signed a letter of intent to dance for Cloud County Community College... wheat was selling at $6.17, corn was $6.14, and milo was $5.69 per bushel on local markets.
5 Years Ago
May 2, 2017
Abu Gafar M. L. Hossion, PhD., was hired to be the new chemistry instructor at Cloud County Community College... Concordia FFA graduating senior class members included Tristan Kearn, Ben Peltier, Allayna Hanson, Alex Wilcox and Davin Strait... Billy Lee Jackson had celebrated his 93rd birthday... auditions for the summer production of “Faith County” were held at the Brown Grand Theatre... wheat was selling at $3.43, corn was $3.02, and milo was $2.92 per bushel on local markets.
1 Year Ago
May 2, 2021
Blade-Empire staff writer Russell Gagnon won three Kansas Press Association (KPA) awards... Lyle Pounds, Motherhouse organic gardener, was readying succulents and hanging baskets to be featured at the upcoming plant sale... Concordia High School junior Tyler Hobrock placed in four events at the Smokey Vally Invitational: discus, javelin, shot put and high jump... wheat was selling at $6.80, corn was $6.81, and milo was $6.56 per bushel on local markets.