Jefferson County
Nebraska History 1941-1950
Timeline
1942
R.A. Hoffman was conducting
weekly auctions of household goods in the former Lambert dry
cleaner building, 6th & E St. (2)
Oil companies were leasing
land in the south part of the county. (2)
Buck's Bootery closed
because Manager Everett Mason had been inducted into the Army.
Present site 4th & E, now the E Street Thirft
Store.(2)
Scrap rubber was sought, due
to the war in the Pacific. Local service stations paying a cent per
pound. (2)
C.L. Geer at the Diller
lumberyard were building wooden grain bins.(2)
Ivan Sleigh succeeded L.J.
Markham as manager of the Brown-McDonald store in
Fairbury.(2)
Coffee and gasoline were
being rationed due to World War II.(2)
1943
A marble shaft as a memorial to the late E.J. Hested of Fairbury was dedicated at Camp Jefferson. The chain stores had contributed generously to the YMCA sponsored camp.(2)
Motorists were urged to have auto tires re-capped, with new tires in extremely short supply.(2)
Farm labor in short supply due to WWII, town residents were helping with harvest.(2)
Enrollment in Fairbury Junior College
had dropped from 89 in 1942 to just 28.
Jefferson countians had broght in 4,000 pounds of old tin cans, which had been shipped for use in war-related industries.
Bern Rempel, who had operated a produce station at 312 D. St, Fairbury, bought the Frank Lea oil business at the southwest corner of Fourth and G. Sts. (no longer exists as open)
Ralph E. Hoffman discontinued his
auction service move to Oregon, later returning after the
war.
1944
Frank Bachoritch, Fairbury mayor, died. He had been a barber for many years in the Mary-Etta Hotel shop. Dr. J.H. Bond succeeded him as mayor.
Mrs. Elsie Schnuelle resigned as city clerk, moving to California.
George Johnson was acting police chief
while Chief Joe Cook was on duty with the FBI in
Washington.
1950
Fire damage at Fairbury is $200,000
windswept blaze levels the McLucas-Wiebe Lumber Yard at the south
edge of the business district. Reported by Beatrice Daily Sun,
March 7th.
