50 years ago
Oct. 28, 1954
Miss Bonnie Harder, senior, was crowned Homecoming Queen last Friday night at the Hillsboro-Peabody football game. She was escorted by football captain Paul Pankratz.
An employee of the Kansas Cooperative Creamery, egg house division, got a major shock last week when doing the routine work of candling eggs. The egg case being worked on yielded some things that have "no yolks" — $1,000 in currency, some valuable papers, and two watches in an old purse. The owner was quickly notified and seemed happy to have the property returned. It seems that the egg case had been used as a place of security during storms when the family retired to the cellar, and although the owner knew that the currency, papers, and watches had not been removed from the previous storm cellar visits, the egg case was inadvertently sent to market.
The student snack shop, the Blue Jay, located on east B Street, was opened on Oct. 19. President F.C. Peters cut the opening ribbon at 10 a.m. after he had outlined the purpose of the shop. The Blue Jay shop is operated by a committee of four — Mrs. Elton Berg, manager; John Faul, student council president; and students Joel Enns and Shirley Penner.
Carol Franz of Hillsboro was recently elected as chairman of the Girls Service Club. This group of Tabor College girls serves other campus organizations and function wherever help is needed.
There will be fun, food, and frolic for the grade school youngsters of Hillsboro Friday as the Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce again sponsors its annual Halloween party. The organization provides treats and prizes each year at Halloween for "small fry," thus eliminating the "tricks or treats" reign which is usually observed.
