75 Years Ago—1950
Workmen were doing a cleanup job in Concordia after a part of town was flooded. Torrential rain, which totaled 4.67 inches in 90 minutes, sent water spilling through a break in the dam of a small lake in the south of town… a consignment of White Face heifers, which averaged 330 pounds, brought $28.05 at the Concordia Sales Pavilion… pedestal arrangements of white snapdragons and gladioli and tall candelabra flanked the alter at a pretty spring wedding when Miss Imogene Snavely married Mr. Robert Trost at the Huscher EUB church… May 13 was “Official Straw Hat Day” in Concordia— time to put away that battered, winter-weary felt and strut in a new straw… Jamestown assessor Ted French reported at the end of his assessment that Jamestown had added 32 residents to reach a population of 511… a new nuisance, powder post beetles, had eaten the bottom drawers out of a bedroom set in the Price home near Wayne. It was thought that the beetles were already in the furniture when the Prices purchased it and were brought it into the house that way… after regional events, three Concordia tracksters qualified for the state meet competition: Fred Drury (broke the school record in shot put with a throw of 46.8), Mickey Bethel (javelin), and Kay Clark (pole vault)… Bob Wagor, member of the NCK Trap Shooters’ league from Concordia and surrounding towns, won the Class D championship trophy at Kansas Northern Zone shoot in Newton… work had started on a complete remodeling job for Palmquist’s drug store… Miss Madeline Bradford had been elected to teach at District 72, the Minersville school, for the 1950-51 term, and she would receive $200 per month for an eight-month term… at $1,170.41, Danenbarger’s was the low bidder on the installation of a heating plant for District 12 school, located six miles south and two miles east of Concordia… “Ma and Pa Kettle Go To Town,” starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride, was showing at the Strand…
60 Years Ago—1965
June 1 was the target date for the opening of Ace Hardware in its location at the Ben Bolt building and the business would be run by Gill Fitzgerald… Miss Mary Bray of Concordia was one of 24 high school seniors accepted for the Summer Honors Institutes of the college of liberal arts and sciences of the University of Kansas… draft choices for Concordia’s K-18 baseball teams: Moose—M. Brichalli, Tom Runge, Gary Hobbie, Rick Yarnell, Greg Hatton, Jim Hamel, Tom Johnson; Kiwanis—Greg Bryant, Mike Reed, Don Winter, Chris Hamilton; Elks—David Price, David Vignery, Joe Minor, Jeff Joler, Steve Culbertson, Kevin Smith; Jaycees—Terry White, Mike Hepperly… Marion Collins of Concordia had been elected a director for three-year term to the board of Central Baptist Theological Seminary at Kansas City… Miss Carol Evans’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Myers, announced her engagement and approaching marriage to Arlen Edmonds of Clyde…
50 Years Ago—1975
Ground-breaking ceremonies for the Frank Carlson Library were held in Concordia, with Senator Frank Carlson turning the first spade of dirt… on May 1, the Concordia Weather Bureau completed 90 years of service in the area. The service had grown from an upstairs one-room-with-a-thermometer, a warning flag at the top of an 80-foot pole and a rain gauge at the newspaper office, to an all modern building with the latest equipment… Duane Lewis, Tom Pearson and Rich Adams, Concordia High School students of Wayne Dempsey, drafting instructor at the high school, all brought back trophies from their entries in the drawing competition at the Fort Hays Kansas State College Industrial Arts Fair… Marymount College of Kansas students from the area received degrees: Peggy Owensby, BS in nursing; Ronald Deneault, BA in economics and business administration; Mrs. Eudora Petersen, BS in nursing; Mrs. Marilyn Hessee, BA in English; Mrs. Marlene Seward, BS in nursing; Ellen Paulsen, BS in elementary education… Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Charbonneau announced the adoption of their daughter whom they had named Valicia Kaye… both CHS students, Dan Hittle won third place in entomology and Dan Whitney was seventh in agronomy at the State FFA Contest in Manhattan… Joe Jindra of Glasco received one of Cloud County Community College’s filmmaker awards for his movie “Tie a Yellow Ribbon”… Jackie Fisher, Jim Lowell, Mark Eaton, Mike Briggs, David Martin, Alan Souchek, Scott Houser, Brian Predmore and Darcy Kunze received first place Rotary club bowling tournament team trophies… Darrel Hosie, Cloud County Extension Agent, was initiated into Epsilon Sigma Phi, honorary Extension fraternity… Panther tracksters Doug Montoya (9:58 in the two mile) and Joel Davenport (20-8 leap in long jump) qualified for the Kansas High School State meet by virtue of their performances in the Class 3A Regional Contest…
25 Years Ago—2020
During its annual Employee Award Banquet, Cloud County Health Center honored employees for their years of service: Beulah Nobert, 40 years: Carol Chartier, Sister Susan Stoeber, 30 years; Midge Duvall, 25 years; Danny McReynolds, 20 years; Pat Johnson, Cindy Fazel, 15 years; Susan Jackson, Rose Anderson, 10 years; Mary Fairfield, Betty Blochlinger, Pam Blochlinger, Jennifer Barleen, 5 years… Aaron V. Bombardier, sophomore at Concordia High School and member of Boy Scout Troop 31, received his Eagle award at a Court of Honor at the First Christian Church in Concordia… Bret and Melinda Trecek, Concordia, announced the birth of their daughter, Lauren Melinda, born May 6… Rising Clouds Good Sams Camping club members George and Lily Warburton, Clyde; Dave and Carmelita Berndt, Glasco; Liz and Mel Steinle and Lee and Esther Myers, Concordia, attended the Kansas State Good Sams Samboree at Hutchinson… CHS senior Maria Letourneau signed a letter-of-intent to dance for the Cloud County Community College Thunderbolts… Local markets for 5/15/2020: Wheat…$2.53; Milo…$3:53; Corn… $2.00; Soybeans… $5.00; Oats…$1.30…
10 Years Ago—2015
The Brown Grand Theatre received the Medallion Award for Excellence in Rehabilitation for its exemplary efforts in historic preservation… Callahan Figgs and Elijah Steffen, eighth graders at Concordia Junior High School, received KSHSAA Citizenship awards at the junior high school awards assembly… Concordia High School senior Matthew Whitley signed a letter-of-intent to compete in track and field at Northwest Kansas Technical College… Concordia High School seniors Braden Johnson, Ashton Lawrence and Caleb Strait were awarded scholarships from First United Methodist Church… Mary Ann Collins won $22,000 in the Kansas Lottery 2by2 game in April, and Mike Bates won $22,000 in the February 2by2 game…
5 Years Ago—2020
The “Caring for Cloud County “ initiative, established by CloudCorp, Cloud County Tourism, the Concordia Chamber of Commerce and the Community Foundation for Cloud County to benefit small businesses, had generated nearly $14,000 in sales of gift certificates and Chamber Bucks… Salina Regional Health Center and Cloud County Health Center announced the addition of Jeff McCroskey, PA-C to their staff… Apple One Media from Belleville was installing new signage at Farm Country Ford…
