1959: Thorell is awarded National Scholarship
July 10, 1924
WAUSA — A special train load of cattle went to Chicago last weekend and Swan Olson topped the bunch receiving $10.10 for his two loads. The Hjalmar Carlson family moved their household goods to their farm home northeast of town.
July 12, 1934
WAUSA — Eleven students from Knox County are registered for the cur- rent session of summer school at the University of Nebraska. The students from Wausa this summer are: Harry S. Hegstrom, studying the degree of master of arts; and Lloyd B. Sellin, enrolled as a junior in arts and sciences.
July 12, 1934
WAUSA — Wausa finished the first half of the N.E. Nebraska League season Sunday by defeating the Crofton Ball Club on the Wausa diamond, by a score of 11 to 6. It looked like the Wausa club had recovered from the slump they were in for a time for they played a fine game, having only two errors against them. Wausa finished the half with nine games won and two lost giving them a game average of 818 and if they play ball the rest of the season they should have a fine all-season average.
July 14, 1949
WAUSA — After 49 years of ownership A. Anderson sold the Wausa Gazette to H. V. Anderson of Correctionville, Iowa.
July 14, 1949
WAUSA — The Pinochle club held a picnic in the park for members, their families, and later were guests in the Milton Berg home for ice cream and cake.
July 14, 1949
WAUSA — The local firemen went on a wild chase to a grass fire that had been turned in by neighbors of Warren Pearson as he was burning the field off. He had it all under control.
July 14, 1949
WAUSA — The Chicago Railroad Co. is offering special tours to the fair in Chicago for 2, 3, or 4 day vacation tours.
July 14, 1959
WAUSA — The Wausa Swedes split a pair of games this past week when they beat Hartington 11 to 4 and dropped a 2-1 game to Winside. In the Sunday night game played at Hartington, the Swedes hammered out 10 hits to Hartington’s 7. Leading hitters for Wausa were Erickson and Carlson, who each had a single and triple and Oswald and D. Goeden, who each had a double and a single. D. Goeden and Oswald comprised the Wausa battery.
July 14, 1959
WAUSA — The Wausa Schools have been notified by the Eastman School of Music at Rochester, New York that Richard Thorell has been awarded one of the five Rochester National Scholarships awarded to members of the class entering the Eastman School of Music in September of 1959. It is definitely an honor to be awarded one of these scholarships since there are only five given and they go only to outstanding students with excellent qualifications.
July 9, 1964
WAUSA — Rain and hail hit this area last weekend and brought the July precipitation total up to four inches.
July 9, 1964
WAUSA — Firemen were called out a couple times, first to the DeVerne Krueger farm, where a cold bolt of lightning hit a barn, no dam- age and while the equipment was still out ,they were called to the Leroy Benson farm where a large stack of baled hay was burning- loss 750 to 800 bales.
July 12, 1984
WAUSA — The Wausa Woman’s Club recently welcomed Vern and Kim Randall and their newborn son, Nicholas Vernon, to the community. The family lives on the farm of Mrs. Randall’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Fred Whaley, four and three quarters miles east and a half mile south of Wausa. They moved here from North Platte.
July 12, 1984
WAUSA — Steve Doerr of Wausa is a winner of the 1984 Ak-Sar-Ben Good Neighbor Award for rescuing Royal Swanson from his burning car that was jammed by a snow bank last Dec. 20.
July 23, 2009
BLOOMFIELD — Bloomfield is the annual host for the Knox County Fair, which has been rated among the top three fairs in the state of Nebraska. It features four nights of fun-filled times. You will have the opportunity to see some of the top-billed performers in county music for four nights of the fair. The fair also features one of the finest midways around and has a livestock and exhibit show as good as you will see in the Midwest. The Knox County Fair once again hosts the Colgate Country Showdown on Thursday evening. This features top acts from the states of Nebraska and Iowa as they make their way in the entertainment world.
This year’s fair is being dedicated to: Dale Finck Family, Wausa. Dale was an active Fair Board Member for 17 years and retired from the board in November 2008. LoCash Cowboys will be here Friday, Aug. 14, followed by the Outback open air dance. Heidi Newfield will appear at the grandstand at 8 p.m., Sat. Aug. 15 after the performance, Soundz Unlimited will be performing at an open air dance. And last but not least, Jack Ingram will close the fair at 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16. The Knox County Fair not only highlights the awareness of agriculture as an important and continuing industry in the count, but also provides visitors with a unique family experience.
