125 Years

Thursday, December 27, 1900

A New Thing in Sabetha. There is to be a great watch meeting in G. A. R. hall Monday evening, December 31, to watch the old century out and the new one in. The evening will be filled with addresses, singing, etc., with intervals of social relaxation. Rev. Merton Smith, the evangelist, will conduct it. All plan to come and take the opportunity to do what none of us will ever do again, watch a new century come in.

We see by the daily papers that Mr. Graham, of Powhattan, presumably our friend F. E. Graham, is at the head of a firm which has secured the lease of the surplus Kickapoo lands for the next three years. We hope they will reap a good profit on the venture.

E. W. Sargent arrived from Wyoming Saturday evening, for a Christmas visit with his sister. The office where he last worked has been closed and he has choice of four other offices. He will probably go back to Bitter Creek, Wyoming, where he was formerly located.

100 Years

Wednesday, December 30, 1925

Skating on the Nemaha river and on Murphy’s lake is the best that it has been in years. Probably twenty-five were at Murphy’s Sunday afternoon. The ice is smooth, hard and there is a great expanse of it. Ice probably is six inches thick. For the benefit of readers in other in other states, Kansas is having zero temperatures during the holidays.

Guise Sold Mules. Henry Guise weakened in his policy of selling mules last week, and Marion Sparks, the Kansas City mule buyer got a load of twenty head at a lower price than Henry wanted. Under Henry’s rules he never argues price on mules. He drives them out into the feed lot at his home and says “What you gimme?” The buyer likes to tell about the awful condition of the market, the lack of demand and so forth. Usually Henry never gets away from “What you gimme.” Last week it was Christmas time, and Henry engaged in plain and fancy conversation with Sparks. Sparks wiggled the conversation around until he named the price on the mules. Henry has fourteen head of mules left that Sparks didn’t get.

75 Years

Wednesday, December 27, 1950

The Carter Oil Co. last week staked a new oil well location on a 20-acre offset due east of the Oreon Strahm No. 1. It will be known as the Garry Graham No. 1 and is near the center of a north-south 80-acre tract that is adjacent on the east to the Oreon Strahm 80. The description is NW SE NW 13-2-14.

A huge crowd, estimated at well over 2,000 persons, packed the main street of Sabetha for the third awarding of 25 turkeys by the Sabetha Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon. With almost 300,000 contest entries filling the huge hopper close to the breaking point. Bob Popkess, master of ceremonies, called only 25 different names in announcing the 25 winners. Not one winner was absent.

50 Years

Wednesday, December 31, 1975

A special presentation of the bicentennial flag to the city of Sabetha was made last week at the annual SHS Christmas musical concert. Pictured above left to right are Rozan Zweifel of Topeka who made the presentation to Sabetha Mayor Bill Leman (right). Lyle Lancaster, next to Ms. Zweifel, spoke briefly as a member of the Sabetha bicentennial committee and his son, Allen Lancaster, gave a brief historical report on the flag. A large crowd was present for the concert which included vocal numbers by the Girls Glee and the Chamber Choir under the direction of Richard Shelton and several instrumental numbers by the high school band under the direction of Jerry Huff.

TOPEKA-General Bernard W Rogers, Commanding General, United States Army Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia, will be the featured speaker at the Bicentennal Annual Banquet of the Native Sons and Daughters according to the announcement made today by John Crofoot, president of the Native Sons. The Native Sons and Daughters Banquet will be held at the new downtown Ramada Inn in Topeka, Kansas, at 6:30 p.m. January 28, 1976, on the eve of Kansas Day. “We are pleased and excited to have this distinguished native Kansan and military leader as our guest,” Crofoot said in making the announcement. “General Rogers has expressed his pleasure for the opportunity to return to Kansas and have a part in this event.”

A special meeting was held in St. Joseph on December 10 between Kansas and Missouri Highway Departments and other interested parties for the discussion and planning of a new U.S. Highway 36 four-lane modern bridge to be built between Kansas and St. Joseph. This new bridge will be built south of the present two-lane bridge which was constructed in 1928 at a cost of $470 thousand. The first stage of the new bridge will cost approximately $29 million dollars.

Wedding bells rang more times in 1975 than they did the previous year, indicated by licenses issued from the office of Probate Judge Francis Holthaus. In 1973, 116 licenses were issued; in 1974 – 86; and in 1975, 95 were issued. June was truly the month of brides in 1975. It was the major month of the year, with 16 licenses. Next close month was April, with 13.

25 Years

Wednesday, December 27, 2000

Twelve Nemaha County farm families, including one from the Sabetha area, received Century Farm accolades at the Kansas Farm Bureau’s recognition program held recently at the Century II Convention Center in Wichita. KFB has honored 385 family farms across the state that have been in existence for at least 100 years.

PHOTO: This pickup truck, parked on Virginia Street, surrounded by snow and with more snow falling, appears to be going nowhere, at least for the immediate future.

Tara Sauer of Sabetha is one of 15 students at Highland Community College named HCC Foundation Scholars for 2000-01.

10 Years

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Freshly Fallen. The first sticking snowfall of the winter season falls on Monday, December 28. This snowfall provides a white backdrop at many locations in and around Sabetha.

On Wednesday, Jan. 6, another session of the Good Grief Group will begin. They will meet at 5 p.m. in the Hospice Conference room on the second floor of the east wing at Sabetha Community Hospital. The Good Grief Group is a safe and confidential forum for those experiencing grief. It offers a place to express feelings, find hope and receive helpful information. “Good Grief. I feel like I am losing control of my whole world!” This is a common feeling among the Bereaved.

Sabetha Police Chief Robert Wahwasuck introduced new police officer Scott Anson to the commission. Wahwasuck gave his police report. Following the police report, commissioners and Wahwasuck discussed a potential traffic control solution at the intersection of Highway 75 and Main Street.