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1994: Wamberg to retire from Wausa school district
March 2, 1939
WAUSA — The Nebraska Federation of Women’s Clubs are planning a tree planting and beautification program for the rural school grounds of the area, according to Mrs. S. A. Lutgen of Wayne, Nebraska, President of the Third District. Shade trees, shrubs, vines, and hardy flowers plus a few demonstration tree windbreaks will be planted. The program, which is getting underway this spring was originally conceived by Mrs. Lutgen and it is now being considered as a statewide project by Mrs. Walter Klechel, President of the State Federation. It is hoped that the showing this year will arouse interest enough to carry the work to completion in years to come, thus removing Nebraska from the list of states in the Great Plains where more than ninety percent of the 2 9,000 rural schools are completely at the mercy of the continuous winds which frequently whip up into blizzards in winter and sandstorms in spring and fall.
March 4, 1954
WAUSA — The “Doctor for Wausa” committee, in a recent meeting of the group, decided unanimously to build a new office building for our new doctor who will set up his practice here in August. This latest action was brought about by a drastic revision in the contractor’s original estimate for remodeling the Commercial State Bank building rooms into suitable quarters. It was at first thought that the remodeling could be carried out for a sum of around four thousand dollars.
However, after plans agreed upon by the new doctor and the committee were incorporated into the rooms, it was readily seen that nearly double that amount was needed. The Bank’s original offer was made because no other building was adaptable to providing for a doctor’s office and their offer to remodel for this purpose was a generous gesture to the people of this community.
Feb. 27, 1964
OSMOND — Osmond citizens who flatly stated, “Osmond’s hospital will not go”, met recently in a concerted effort to form a development corporation. Purpose of the proposed corporation would be to initially obtain funds from a lending agency to finance construction of a new hospital wing and purchase new and additional equipment. The present operators of that institution request more modern, fireproof facilities.
March 2, 1989
WAUSA — Nearly 600 persons were served free pancakes and sausages at the annual Appreciation Feed in the Wausa Community Auditorium Saturday, Feb. 25. Mild weather after a few chilling days helped lure people to the annual event. At the serving line 586 persons were counted. But Chairman Dave Carlson said some of the volunteers may not have been recorded as they ate late in the day.
Pancakes, sausages, Swedish egg coffee and milk were served. The day’s ingredients were 90 pounds of flour, 160 pounds of sausages, 800 cups of coffee, 10 dozen eggs, five cases of syrup and 33 gallons of milk, according to Carlson.
March 3, 1994
WAUSA — Dale Wamberg, the principal and activities director of Wausa High School for 27 years, will retire from that position and a total 42 years as an educator at the end of the school year in June 1994. The District 76R Board of Education, meeting Tuesday, Feb.
15, accepted with regret his resignation. The School Board also voted to “express its profound appreciation to Mr. Wamberg for his many years of loyal service to the Wausa School District. ” Wamberg, 63, was born in Wausa and graduated from Wausa High in 1947. He and his wife, Mary Ann, will remain at their present farm home north of town where is grandparents, the Nels Johnson settled. He graduated from Wayne State College and earned a Masters degree in Education from the University of Minnesota. Wamberg began his professional career after serving two years in the U.S. Army, in the United States and Germany. He was a teacher and coach in Wynot and Niobrara, then superintendent of schools in Elgin. He returned to Wausa for his present position in 1967, after 10 years in Iowa, as a school administrator in Moorhead and Climbing Hill. Sports has been an avocation as well has a vocation for Wamberg. As a soldier in Germany, he played on an Army baseball team which finished second in European Command. He played on the Wausa Swedes baseball team and for many years manages and coached Little League and Junior and Midget American Legion baseball. Dale and Mary Ann have six grown children. “We plan to remain in the Wausa area,” the retiring principal said, “and spend some time catching up on things.”
March 3, 2004
WAUSA — Fred and Gertrude Wilbeck just celebrated their 68th year of marriage together - but only their 17th anniversary of that event. The couple was married Feb. 29, 1936, on Leap Day. Although they married in the 1930s, they still fondly remember the early days together. They both remember meeting at a barn dance for their first date. Dancing has kept them close all of these years. They even went and cut-the-rug at Bloomfield with Lawrence Welk’s band playing.
March 4, 2009
WAUSA — Wausa FFA members celebrated National FFA Week Feb. 16 - 20, a week used to promote agriculture and the FFA in order to recruit new members to the program. The week began Tuesday with the Teacher Appreciation breakfast. It was also Blue and Gold day, when all FFA members wore their official FFA jackets to school.
Six students drove their tractors to school on Drive a Tractor to School Day, and several wore hats for Farmer of Cowboy Hat Day.
Thursday was the biggest day of the week for the FFA members, hosting a Petting Zoo in the breezeway between the high school and elementary buildings.
