Information taken from archived files of the Blue Valley Blade and the Seward County Independent for the third week of September.
1926
There is a gym class for everyone at the Y.M.C.A. Don't fail to take advantage of becoming associated with “Partner Gym.” The company is a guarantee to good health.
Did you ever taste real high-class corn-fed beef and be sure that was what you were eating? Now is the time to try it. The Hereford Baby Beef calf of Lessig Brinkmeyer of Seward, which was exhibited at the Saline County Fair and the State Fair, was purchased at the auction last week by Hentzen and Son. This beef will be ready to cut the last of this week.
1936
With Wahoo appearing on the local grid for the season's football inaugural Friday night, Coaches Kellner and Hansen have been working overtime to put their charges in shape for the initial test. New jerseys with large numbers on the front and back have been purchased for the team.
1946
Storing of the 1946 corn crop may prove a serious problem in Seward county due to the lack of lumber and other materials. Suggestions have been made that farmers who have need of material for storing corn make their wants kwown to the local lumber dealer and thus an estimate of material needed can be gathered and some effort made to obtain it.
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Wilson of the Wilson studio of Seward submitted samples of their work to the national convention of photographers, which met in Chicago Aug. 26th to 30th.
1956
The past year was one of the most successful in the 30-year history of the swimming program at Seward, with 1166 persons receiving free instruction this season.
Seward football fans who stay home Friday night while the high school team plays at Crete, will be able to keep up with the game through co-operation of amateur short-wave radio operators in the two towns. John O'Dell, phone 4111 in Seward, will be in short-wave communication with two Crete men who will have telephonic contact with the football field. Seward folks may telephone Mr. O'Dell for the score by quarters.
1966
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey has been scheduled to speak at the State Cornpicking contest at Utica on October 4. This is the first time in half a century that such a high-ranking government official has visited Seward County. President Teddy Roosevelt visited Seward in 1904, while running for his second term. He was scheduled to speak from the train depot, but a fast team whisked him to the town square where he delivered about a 15 minute address.
Mr. and Mrs. James Scott, Seward, were notified that their son, James, had sustained gunshot wounds to the right thigh while serving with the Marine Corps in Viet Nam. Jim, a 1965 graduated of Seward High School, was wounded by sniper fire while on patrol and is listed in good condition at a naval hospital in Da Nang.
1976
While many high school students spent their summer vacations at camp or on the baseball field, Will Roundey, Jr., was before the mast of a brigantine sailing ship. For the third consecutive summer, Roundney, 17, attended the Sail Training Organization, which owns two 64-foot two-masted sailing ships that sail the Great Lakes.
1986
The Garland Volunteer Fire Department and First Responder Team are setting up a pre-plan that will help them prepare for tragedies in the area. The plan involves collecting information about the buildings, homes and families in the Garland department's response area. Members of the department are visiting each of the residents to the area, collecting the information.
From a staff editorial: Is the future of education in Nebraska on the line this November when the voters go to the polls? The vote on Referrendum 400, which would affect the proposed school reorganization plan, is certainly important to the state, but it is a gross overstatement to say that the quality of education in our state stands or falls on the basis of that proposal.
1996
Seward's Concordia College is ranked in the top 10 among regional liberal arts school in the U.S. News and World Report best college values listing. The only other Nebraska college ranked is Doane College of Crete.
A photo caption read: More than 410 youngsters attended two dances co-sponsored by Seward Youth Center, Inc., and the Seward Optimist Club at the Seward Armory. Proceeds from the dances benefit the youth center building fund. These middle schoolers were having some fun doing the popular “macarena” dance.
2006
Ben Hiser, 14, Seward, has been selected to compete as part of the U.S.A. National Martial Arts Team on Oct. 5 in Hawaii in his first national martial arts tournament. The coming tournament will offer him the chance to face off against his toughest competition yet, and a strong finish could clinch him a spot at the Martial Arts World Finals in Beijing, China, in 2008.
The 2006 Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska hosted its final event Sept. 17 at Valentino's in Seward and gave checks away worth a total of $627,500. Bob Dickinson, whose family hosted the 2006 Cattleman's Ball near Milford, said the event was a huge success because of the volunteers and how well the communities in Seward County worked together.
2016
The City of Seward delegation brought home more honors than any other community in the recent Keep Nebraska Beautiful Conference in Lincoln, as the Seward area received six awards.
The epitome of a student-athlete, Concordia senior Chandler Folkerts received one of the highest honors attainable for a NAIA basketball player. The NAIA announced Folkerts, a native of Milford, as the winner of the 2016 Emil S. Liston Scholarship Award, which recognizes academic and athletic excellence by junior student athletes in men's and women's basketball.
