Looking Back 3/6/25
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Mar. 5, 1925
Henry Becker of Kampsville, is one of the prominent Calhoun county exhibitors in the National Seed Corn Show which is now being held in Chicago. Mr. Becker is out after the Kittle trophy of $1,000 offered for the best ear of seed corn in America. The National Seed Corn Show is bringing home to corn growers the necessity for careful selection and testing of ears this spring in order to insure a normal crop for 1925. E. B. Heaton, General Manager of the show, estimate that if farmers will pick out their seed corn and test it for germination before planting it will mean a total increase of one billion bushels next harvest time.
Mar. 9, 1950
Work started Tuesday on the remodeling of the Hardin town hall, which has been leased from the town by George Varble, operator of the Apple Blossom Theatre. The structure will be completely renovated and additions made to the back and front of the building. It will take about six weeks to finish the project. Howard Herron, local carpenter, has the contract to do the work. The interior will be finished and decorated in a modern design for comfort and pleasure of the show’s patrons. Mr. Varble secured a 15 year lease from the town on the building. When finished the place will seat nearly 100 more than the present site in the Rastello Building, according to present estimates.
Mar. 6, 1975
The contest among Calhoun men for ability to grow the best beard started this week. The Beard Committee selected the dates as March 5 to July 5. On the afternoon of Saturday, July 5, the second day of the Sesquicentennial, the judges will take a look at all of the beards and award prizes for longest beard and the best trimmed beard. Fred Pohlman Jr. of Golden Eagle, Chairman of the Beard Contest, issued the following statement: “Men, throw those razors away.”
Mar. 8, 2000
The area received a surprise snowfall on Friday morning, March 3. The snow began falling early and blanketed the Hardin area with one to two inches of snow in the grassy areas. The most unusual thing about the snowfall was the size of the flakes that fell. At times, the snowflakes were as big a round as golf balls. The first day of spring is just around the corner on March 20 and with the warmer temperatures we’ve been having some flowers have since started blooming. Could that have been the final snowfall?
