Sutton Nebraska Museum: June 2019

Sunday, June 30, 2019

A major storm struck Sutton on July 1, 1994 with heavy damage to numerous city structures and considerable crop damage in the area.

Initial opinion was mixed as to whether or not the storm had included a tornado. There was evidence to support that notion.

This article and photos appeared in The Clay County News issue of July 7, 1994.

This 1936 photo is to the northeast from the library looking at the Light and Pump Station. The station later burned at about the time Barbee's veterinarian office behind the library flooded.

Jim Barbee, Sr. and Jim, Jr. built the new vet office on the site of the station later joined by younger brother Larry.

Thanks to Darlene Moore for this photo from Wayne's collection.

The July 14, 1994 issue of The Clay County News included an article about long-time high school science teacher and principal, Paul V. Woller.

Mr. Woller was a medic with the 109th Evacuation Hospital which began treating casualties from the Normandy Invasion while still positioned in England. They soon landed in France to follow the action across Europe.

This 1969 newspaper item forecasts the construction of the Co-Op store on the east side of Saunders Ave., on the site of the Hanke house and tailor shop.

Seventy-five years ago this month, X-Ray technology came to Sutton, Nebraska.

This link takes you to an article about the portable Keleket X-ray machine describing its operation. Not sure this is the model Doc Nuss installed in his office in 1944, but the photo is dated 1944, so let's go with it, for now.

Would love to find a contemporary photo of the Doc's unit.

The current Clay County Court House was built in 1919. This item in the Harvard Courier describes prudent behavior on the part of the county supervisors at the time.

Postage rates returned to their pre-war levels after World War I. As of July 1, 1919 the 2-cent stamp carried letters and the penny post card was back.

The Sutton News tells us about the real estate news and the work going on downtown to upgrade Sutton businesses.

An interpretation: The local war economy was doing fine, likely sparked by nearby military installations (Air bases in Harvard and Fairmont and the NAD).

The Sutton City Council reorganized much of the official city functions in late 1943. Here, the cemetery board recognized their new charter replacing rules and regs from 1909.

This item appeared in the June 14, 1944 issue of The Sutton News.

The Sutton Historical Society's blog dates from May of 2008.

At the end of June 2019, we have 650 posts with 181,000 pageviews and are averaging more than 2,000 pageviews a month.

The geographical distribution of pageviews for the Sutton Museum's blog, all-time, is:

Very nearly 1/2 of the pageviews come from outside the U.S. Not sure what that means.

This item appeared in The Sutton News on June 1, 1944 describing changes to the Home Economical department to include "Vocational Homemaking" material.

Part of the plan was to remove the Home Ec department from the high school to "a separate cottage." Was this when the Cottage School began? And is this how it became named the "Cottage School?"

The Cottage School lived most of its lifetime as a school for elementary students in K-6 who lived north of the railroad tracks (or was School Creek the boundary?). Inquiring minds wish to learn.

Sunday, June 30, 2019

A major storm struck Sutton on July 1, 1994 with heavy damage to numerous city structures and considerable crop damage in the area.

Initial opinion was mixed as to whether or not the storm had included a tornado. There was evidence to support that notion.

This article and photos appeared in The Clay County News issue of July 7, 1994.

This 1936 photo is to the northeast from the library looking at the Light and Pump Station. The station later burned at about the time Barbee's veterinarian office behind the library flooded.

Jim Barbee, Sr. and Jim, Jr. built the new vet office on the site of the station later joined by younger brother Larry.

Thanks to Darlene Moore for this photo from Wayne's collection.

The July 14, 1994 issue of The Clay County News included an article about long-time high school science teacher and principal, Paul V. Woller.

Mr. Woller was a medic with the 109th Evacuation Hospital which began treating casualties from the Normandy Invasion while still positioned in England. They soon landed in France to follow the action across Europe.

This 1969 newspaper item forecasts the construction of the Co-Op store on the east side of Saunders Ave., on the site of the Hanke house and tailor shop.

Seventy-five years ago this month, X-Ray technology came to Sutton, Nebraska.

This link takes you to an article about the portable Keleket X-ray machine describing its operation. Not sure this is the model Doc Nuss installed in his office in 1944, but the photo is dated 1944, so let's go with it, for now.

Would love to find a contemporary photo of the Doc's unit.

The current Clay County Court House was built in 1919. This item in the Harvard Courier describes prudent behavior on the part of the county supervisors at the time.

Postage rates returned to their pre-war levels after World War I. As of July 1, 1919 the 2-cent stamp carried letters and the penny post card was back.

The Sutton News tells us about the real estate news and the work going on downtown to upgrade Sutton businesses.

An interpretation: The local war economy was doing fine, likely sparked by nearby military installations (Air bases in Harvard and Fairmont and the NAD).

The Sutton City Council reorganized much of the official city functions in late 1943. Here, the cemetery board recognized their new charter replacing rules and regs from 1909.

This item appeared in the June 14, 1944 issue of The Sutton News.

The Sutton Historical Society's blog dates from May of 2008.

At the end of June 2019, we have 650 posts with 181,000 pageviews and are averaging more than 2,000 pageviews a month.

The geographical distribution of pageviews for the Sutton Museum's blog, all-time, is:

Very nearly 1/2 of the pageviews come from outside the U.S. Not sure what that means.

This item appeared in The Sutton News on June 1, 1944 describing changes to the Home Economical department to include "Vocational Homemaking" material.

Part of the plan was to remove the Home Ec department from the high school to "a separate cottage." Was this when the Cottage School began? And is this how it became named the "Cottage School?"

The Cottage School lived most of its lifetime as a school for elementary students in K-6 who lived north of the railroad tracks (or was School Creek the boundary?). Inquiring minds wish to learn.

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