1997 Sandy Creek Volleyball Champs

The Sandy Creek Lady Cougars won the Class C-2 State Volleyball Championship in November 1997.

This article appeared in the Clay County News on November 20, 1997, page B2.

 

1897 History of Clay County from The Harvard Courier Newspaper

This major history of Harvard and Clay County was published by The Harvard Courier newspaper on November 20, 1897.

The 1947 County Assessors Go To Work

The April 3, 1947 issue of The Clay County News described the work and the guidelines for the county assessors as they prepared to evaluate county property.

1950 Census Enumeration Districts for Clay County

The 1950 Census data will be released on April 1, 2022. Staff at various companies including genealogy websites will begin indexing the date and releasing searchable data bases over the following weeks.

Raw data will be available quicker, accessible by Enumeration District (ED) which you must know to find data by location.

ED's for Clay County data in the 1950 census are as follows:

18-1                 Town of Clay Center
18-2                 Town of Edgar
18-3                 Edgar Twsp
18-4                 Eldorado Twsp
18-5                 Town of Spring Ranch
18-6                 Town of Fairfield
18-7                 Fairfield Twsp
18-8                 Town of Glenvil
18-9                 Glenvil Twsp
18-10               U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot
18-11               Town of Harvard
18-12               Harvard Twsp
18-13               Inland Twsp
18-14               U.S. NAD
18-15               Town of Trumbull
18-16               Leicester Twsp
18-17               Town of Saronville (Lewis Twsp)     
18-18               Town of Saronville (Sutton Twsp)
18-19               Lewis Twsp
19-20               Town of Ong
18-21               Logan Twsp
18-22               Lone Tree Twsp                     
18-23               U.S. NAd
18-24               Lynn Twsp     
18-25               U.S. NAD
18-26               Marshall Twsp           
18-27               School Creek Twsp    
18-28               Sheridan Twsp
18-29               Spring Ranch Twsp
18-30               Town of Sutton (East)
18-31               Town of Sutton (West)
18-32               Sutton Twsp

 

Verona School Sale - 1972

The Verona School was sold on March 10, 1972. The sale bill appeared in the county papers - this clip from the Edgar Sun.

1996 All-County Football Team

The Clay County News named these as the All-County football players in 1996. The article appeared in the November 28, 1996 issue of the county paper.

The 1946 Harvard Football Team Capped a 4-year Dynasty

The Harvard football team had a heckuva run from 1943 through 1946, four years with one defeat, one tie, and a bunch of wins. 

Note the military ranks of the coaches in '44 and '45. Must be a story or two behind that.

This article appeared in The Harvard Courier newspaper on November 21, 1946.

 

1921 - One-Time Fairfield Man at Center of Sordid Affair.

We included a summary of this story in the newspaper column and promised to post the full article here. Sort it out if you can.

 

1971 Class C District Track Meet Results

 We promised this post in our column today, May 12th 2021 - the district track meet results from 25 years ago.

Ong Wins 1946 County Basketball Tournament

The favored Ong Red Devils took the 1946 Clay County Basketball Tournament held at the Sutton High School Auditorium. 

See the Story of the 1946 Ong Basketball Team Below.

Cute tournament trivia: The winner of the tournament and the winner of the losers' bracket received plaques. "Runner-up received nothing."

This account of the 1946 Ong Red Devil's Basketball Team is taken from the Ong Centennial Book  1886-1986.

Edgar Farmer proposes a Farmers Strike Making National News - 1946

Edgar and Clay County made national news in an Associated Press news story about an Edgar meeting of 216 farmers led by V. Hubert Johnson, a local farmer. Johnson proposed a national “strike against strikes” with farmers withholding products from the market in protest of the numerous strikes in various industries. 

Two weeks later this follow-up story appeared in The Sutton News on February 14, 1946

Gamble's Store Opening in Edgar - 1946

A new Gamble Store owned by Clarence Clouse opened in Edgar in the old J.G. Walley building on the First of February 1946. Mr. Clouse was an Edgar resident since 1932. The first Gamble store opened in St. Cloud, Minnesota in 1925 (Bert Gamble) and there were 513 company owned stores, 1487 authorized dealer stores, 14 warehouses in 24 states. 

1970 Clay County Census Report

From the January 7, 1971 issue of The Clay County News - 1970 Census report for the county.

 

Lillian King, Wife and Mother of County Newspaper publishers

Lillian King was the wife and mother of the long-time publishers of The Clay County News. She died in 1971

 

1971 4-H Queen & King - Valentine & Kauk

4-H honors have been perennially news for the whole county. This story is from January 14, 1971.

Threat of Tuberculosis in Nebraska in 1970

This item from The Clay County News in December 1970 reminded folks that there still was a threat from TB. 

1970 King Papers - National Newspaper Week

 The Clay County King Newspaper group paid this tribute to the 1970 National Newspaper Week.