Information taken from archived files of the Blue Valley Blade and the Seward County Independent for the fourth week of March.
1925
A number of farmers were seen in the fields last week getting ready to sow oats, and everyone is getting the spring fever.
Miss Olive Harvey of the Extension Service at Lincoln met with delegates from the various groups of women who are taking up the dress construction work this year and discussed the care and use of the sewing machine and its attachments.
On account of the high wind and darkness caused by the dust storm on Monday afternoon, school was dismissed abut 3 o'clock and the scholars hurried to their homes. This cyclone weather makes folks nervous.
1935
The question as to whether Seward needs a city auditorium is being discussed a good deal these days, and it certainly keeps one guessing when adherents of both sides of the question take a broadside at us. Good arguments have been thrown at us from both angles, and we are going to have too had a time making up our on mind to try to influence others.
Now that it looks like spring will really be with us, the baseball bug has started to circulate, and players and fans are wondering as to whether Seward will again enter the Blue Valley League, or play independent ball this year.
1945
Under a headline, “News Shorts Concerning Local and National Affairs:” The Yanks now rule Iwo Jima. All organized Jap resistance has stopped, but there are few isolated pockets of the 'nips left. The battle is called the bloodiest the marines have gone through.
In compliance with the request of War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes that amusement places close at midnight, the War Manpower Commission is seeking maximum observance of the edict. Only the 24-hour restaurants are permitted to continue serving food after midnight but amusement devices such as radio, juke box, pin ball machine, slot machine, punch board and any other games must be discontinued at midnight.
1955
Gene Aegerter was named president of the Seward Jaycees at the organization's annual election. He succeeds Jack Dedrick.
Plans are now underway for possible administration of polio vaccine to 1st and 2nd grade children in Seward county this spring, if the Salk vaccine is licensed by the National Institute of Health.
With less than five days left during its visit to Seward, the Chest X-Ray mobile unit has had only 572 persons take advantage of the free service. At least 1200 more persons must be X-rayed to bring the total up to Seward's quota, according to officials in charge of the project.
Guy Evans was named president of the Seward Country Club at the group's annual meeting last week. He succeeds Dale Lester.
1965
Telephone numbers at Tamora will be changed on April 1 to seven numerals. The new seven digit numbers are necessary for nationwide direct distance dialing. This new service is scheduled for the Seward area in April, 1967.
Nancy Coufal returned to Seward Saturday evening after a week of activity as a Junior Miss contestant in Mobile, Ala. Highlight for Nancy was when she was given the trophy of having the highest scholastic achievement of all the 50 entries.
A record crowd of 1,240 persons attended the three performances of the Operetta, “My Fair Lady” at the Seward High School last week. This is believed to be the largest attendance at any school program in Seward, outside of sports events.
1975
Seward Rotary's Fiftieth Anniversary was celebrated March 25, 1975, exactly 50 years to the day from the first meeting in 1925, with a dinner at the Seward Country Club attended by some 100 Rotarians, Rotary Anns and guests. A trio of Rotarians, the Cog'nwheels, made up of Will Tewes, Dr. Glenn Kraft and Clark Kolterman provided entertainment with songs from the various decades covered by the Club's 1925-1975 history.
Seward County is one of 12 out of Nebraska's 93 counties which does not have a museum. In recent weeks, efforts by members of the Seward County Historical Society have intensified in order to construct a museum in Goehner.
1985
Seward Police Chief Marlin Sturgis warns parents and children of Seward that two incidents have been reported recently in which children were approached by a man and asked them to go with him in a car.
A photo caption read: This building on Ulysses' Main Street has seen a lot of history pass by since it was first built. As the top of the building shows, it was once an Opera House and has housed many other ventures through the years. Now, the opera house and two other buildings that occupy one block are being torn down. The demolition will be a slow process, as bricks are being salvaged for resale.
The Seward Schools will not make the shift to an eight-period day for the 1985-86 school year, but study will begin immediately on the possibility of a shift for the following year.
1995
Seward city planners have yet to agree on a route to get people from northeast Seward to Highway 34, and even though there seems to be a consensus that such a route is needed, they haven't come to terms on whether the road should bypass Seward or bring people toward the downtown area.
2005
Community members are hoping Seward High School will add a baseball team in the future. Tina Smith and Erich Helge asked the Seward School Board to consider the addition for the 2006 season at the March 14 board meeting.
Attracting industry, improving Milford's parks and facilities and expanding the downtown business area were just three suggestion made by members of Milford's Comprehensive Development Plan Steering Committee on March 10.
2015
Several Star Street residents voiced complaints about flooding during a public hearing at the latest Seward city council meeting. Star Street, located just east and downhill of Seward Elementary School, usually floods when it rains and receives runoff from the school property.
The Seward County Commissioners discussed hiring additional employees for the sheriff's department and a comparability study that may help bring in new hires.
After two years as principal at Seward High, John Schwartz is leaving. Schwartz is returning to the Papillion-LaVista school district, where he worked before coming to Seward, to be the assistant superintendent of teaching and learning.
