The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

85 Years Ago

May 13, 1936

Eighth grade commencement exercises for elementary schools in the west end of Phillips County will be held Thursday evening at the Church of the Brethren in Haxtun with 50 students. Students from Haxtun include Stuart Exstrom, Fred Meyers, Delbert Anderson, Pete Lubchenco, Leslie Chryst, Margie Nell, Maxine Collins, Robert Reynolds, DeVerne Brooks, Eileen Gipple, Helen Hunt, Betty Groover, Alice Davis, Marjorie Elliot, Earl Critchlow, Catherine Pond, Katherine Wisdom, Muriel Monk, Harlan Spanjer, Della Belle Riley, Dale Haskins and Doris Peterson.

Bryant News - The school election was held at West Bryant School on Monday evening. Arthur Lewman was elected treasurer and Dick Salvador secretary.

Haxtun High School Happenings: The freshmen are winding up their first year at Haxtun High School by going to the river for a frolic. The sophomores bring their year to a close by celebrating at Sterling Saturday. The juniors will do a Highland Fling at Julesburg's skating rink. And the seniors - poor things - will graduate Friday night.

70 Years Ago

May 16, 1951

1951 graduates of the Haxtun High School: Alice J. Beedle, JoAnn A. Biesemeier, Joanne C. Buss, Rachel A. Carper, Phoebe A. Cowen, Helen M. Felderman, Orville C. Forell, Gerald D. Freemyer, Helen L. Fryrear, William E. Glenn, Darrell R. Gruben, Marjory A. Gueck, Jackie D. Hill, Robert L. Hinde, Marvin L. Holstein, Patty L. Jones, Glen V. Koch, Charles W. Kurtzer, Elsie M. Maine, Willa M. Olson, Helen E. Potter, Robert G. Rasmussen, Phyllis L. Salvador, Phyllis J. Sullivan, Shirley A. Swisher, Darrell D. Smith, Sylvia A. Strehlow, Martha M. Switzer, M. Darlene Waterman, Lavern H. Westerman.

Commencement exercises for the eighth grade graduates of the Haxtun school will be held May 18. Graduates: Janet Burnworth, Carole Clark, Bonnie Faules, Marilyn Hahn, Janice Intermill, Charlotte Johnson, Elizabeth Knippenberg, Bonnie Mae Ruch, Shirley Zigler, Kay Adamson, Lloyd Brown, Gale Burmester, Paul Hartman, Ronald Pope, Richard Potter, Clifton Spelts, John Stapleton, Glen Waln, Ervin Weserman, Darryl Yorke and Maynard Yost.

Fairfield eighth grade graduates: Leland Eckman, James Stansburg, August Bjorklun Jr., Ronald Hadeen, Evelyn Westerman, Bessie Jean Knode and Astrid Franson.

45 Years Ago

May 13, 1976

Douglas Earl Lick and Anthony Lyle Ham are valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the 1976 Haxtun High School senior class. Other graduates: Juanita Marie Booher, Susan Rae Ridenour, Vincent Anthony Parshall, Mary Ann Schropfer, Jonathan Eugene Kain, Steve Dean Smith, Jennie Ann Timm, Kelley Dean Hunt, Kathy Kay Orcutt, Teresa Christine Hill, Thomas Daniel Wilson, Tammy Jean Dee, Steven Alan Starkebaum, Melinda Sue Miller, Joanie Rae Koch, Sandra Rae Lambert, Daniel Howard Clark, Janelle Marie Knott, Carol Sue Ruch, Jeffery Dean Franson, Debra Ann Gibbs, Judy Kay Hinde, Bradley James Michael, Deborah Jo Wolff, Larry Dean Fisbeck, Candace Kay Salvador, Mark Gerald Rogers, Virginia Kay Weers, Ronad Dale Kurtzer and Cynthia Kay Lundgren.

Sandra Brekel and Gloria Bornhoft lead Fleming High School as valedictorian and salutatorian. Other graduates: Lyle Darcy Schmidt, Josephy Evan Thomas, Vicki Sue Bledsoe, Bruce Fitzjohn, Kendra Sue Kinzie, Lourdes Patricia Lopez, Leon Dwight Wiebers, Deborah Lee Wilson, Susan Dianne Uhrig, LuAnn Elizabeth Helgoth, Darlene Dee Davis, James Paul Bornhoft, Kelly Paul Davis, Dean Grauberger, Brian Wilbur Kipp, Mark Alan Lambert, Brian Paul Mitchell, Joseph William Schaefer, Glane Carl Hicks and James Daniel Etl.

30 Years Ago

May 16, 1991

Mark Meakins, a senior at Haxtun High School, is a recipient of the Jostens Foundation Leader Scholarship award. He is the son of Richard and Pat Meakins, Haxtun. Anita Fetzer has been awarded the Department President's Scholarship for junior members from the American Legion Auxiliary. She is the daughter of Dave and Joyce Fetzer, Haxtun.

High winds, hail, heavy rains and even tornado action were part of a storm which hit the Holyoke area Thursday, May 2. Tornado damage was also reported in the town of Grant, Neb.

10 Years Ago

May 11, 2011

Haxtun Hospital District is proud to announce that Dr. Joseph Spurlock will begin his medical practice in Haxtun starting in August 2011.

For the Fleming Wildcats, this season's road to the Regional Tournament has been paved by 19 wins and three losses. The Wildcats sealed their fate last week during the District Tournament at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling where they added two wins and one loss to their record.

Finally, after several years of review, public comment and discusion, the Haxtun Town Council passed a new ordinance regarding nuisances. The ordinance pased unanimously during a meeting on May 2.