50 years ago
Evidently knowing there was no competition for him in winning the "lucky loot" of prizes set aside by Hillsboro merchants — Mr. Craig Lawton Leppke took his time cashing in on the title of "Little Mr. New Year, 1955," by not arriving at Salem Hospital till 7:40 a. m. Jan. 3. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Leppke.
Hillsboro telephone patrons will note a slight raise in their phone bills when they pay them for February.
Dr. H. F. Janzen, local physician, was installed as 1955 Kiwanis Club president at the regular meeting of the Hillsboro Kiwanis Club on Monday evening.
With weather the first of this week resembling April more than January, Hillsboro folks nevertheless welcomed the showers and misty, cloudy days.
Freak accidents with guns were responsible for sending two high school age youth to Salem Hospital New Year's day.
Shirley Suderman of Hillsboro has been invited by Secretary Roy Freeland of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture to receive special recognition as an honor guest at the Kansas Agricultural Convention in Topeka Jan. 12-14.
L. D. Moore, manager of the Central Kansas Co-Op Creamery Association here, for the past five years, has resigned that position.
The Hillsboro Hi Trojans edged Peabody Hi at Peabody this Tuesday evening, 42-40, in a Cottonwood Valley League game. The B team was defeated by Peabody 55-48.
