75 Years—1950
County Farm Bureau Agent Wilson Thomas said that he had been unable to find any signs of the greenbug menace to wheat and oat crops in Cloud County, and expressed an opinion that “if the greenbug is making inroads in this area, he’s probably as unhappy as anyone else about the high winds and dust we’ve been having the past few days”… Vernon Martin of Martin’s drug store observed his 25th anniversary in business in the same location, and gave pencils and sherbet to his customers all day in honor of this event… ten thousand trees from the State Forest nursery at Hays were distributed to 30 Cloud County farmers for shelterbelt and windbreak plantings… vocal entrants from the high school for the district music meet were selected by judging— Girls, high voice: Theo Ferguson, Martha Peterson and Constance Wilcox; Girls, medium voice: Phyllis Hormel, Elaine Gile, Shirley Taylor. Boys, high voice: Max Clayton, Jerome Johnson; Boys, medium voice: Dick Brummett, Dean Snavely; Boys, low voice: Ralph Lewis and Bob Powers… Bob Conn and his Swingin’ Sentimentalists provided the music at a public dance at the V.F.W. Home (POW Camp)… Jackie Christie, Lois Gillan and Diane Alexander, all of Concordia, took part in the annual Y-Orpheum one-act play contest at Kansas State college… Concordia public high school students Kale Carlson, Keith Sherwood, Kent Sherwood, Edward Swenson, Daryl Burt and Bruce Trost entered a dairy judging contest in Salina… Mrs. Albert Hubert gave a birthday party for her little son, Ronnie Lee, who was one year old. Guests were Cecelia, Gerald Lee, Francis Giroux, Duane Hubert, Carolyn and Harold Malmquist, and Mary Gaylene Giroux…
60 Years—1965
A track was completed and brought to grade and work already was underway on one of the barns at the old POW camp where Concordia was to have a horse racing track complete with a grandstand and barns to house 200 horses… Carl Peck of Concordia, first year student at Kansas University Medical Center, had been named group leader to Germany for the 1965 summer program of “Experimenting International Living”… the Reverend and Mrs. M. O. Wheaton of Wichita had been hired to be administrators of Sunset Home, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Spangler… men leaving Concordia for pre-induction physical examinations for the armed forces were James Mendenhall, Rodney Nelson, Dennis Wright, Robert Brooks, and Thomas Cunningham… Notre Dame students who entered the Music Festival at Concordia public school included the girls chorus, mixed chorus, vocal ensembles and band, and these solos: Beverly Fleming, clarinet; Richard Gagnon, trombone; Maurene Richard, alto saxophone; Karla Stangel and Sheryl Fleming, piano; Linda Bombardier, Susan Kennedy, Gayla Mayfield and Cameron Marcotte, vocal… winners at the Martin Drug open house were Dale Busby, automatic electric blanket; Andrew Tankersly, coffee percolator; Mrs. Clarence Taylor, walnut carving set; Mrs. Marjorie Ashby, Lawrence Johnson, and Mrs. Alvina Crawford, boxes of candy…
50 Years—1975
Chaput Brothers announced the new funeral home, located west of the present home, would be known as the Chaput-Buoy Funeral Home… Dennis Erkenbrack, head basketball and track coach at West Smith County high school, had been hired as head basketball coach at Cloud County Community College… Master Chief Photographers Mate David Child, 1951 graduate of Concordia high school, signed on for six additional years of Naval Service… Master Sergeant Jerry Morrell, 1960 graduate of Concordia high school, had been selected Outstanding Instructor of the Year in his Air Training Command’s School of Applied Aerospace Science at Sheppard AFB, Texas… Rhonda Bohm, senior at Concordia high school, was declared the best dramatic interpretation performer in Western Kansas at Newton… Camp Fire Girls of the Horizon club of Concordia were collecting Betty Crocker coupons to help get a bus for the Kansas School for the Deaf… 6-3 senior Stuart Leon was named the outstanding senior player for the 1975 Concordia high school basketball season… Dick Ryser, Concordia, a student in the College of Architecture and Design at Kansas State University, had been selected to participate in a 30-week work study internship program at Leo Daly Architects in Omaha… Miss Solomon Valley, Debbie Andrews of Concordia, was hostess at an RC Tasting party in the downtown Boogaart Supermarket… Rodney Lowell completed an intensive one-week course in Kansas City, Mo., in the design and construction of grain storage and drying systems…
25 Years—2000
Misty Chestnut was crowned 2001 Cloud County Junior Miss… Paul and Mary Boyer, Concordia, announced the engagement of their daughter, Amanda, to Jason J. Townsdin, son of Ritchie and Donna Farrell, Concordia, and the late James G. Townsdin… Steve Champlin won the Concordia Area Chamber of Commerce “Pot of Gold” giveaway… Lance Link received the trophy for placing first in the Knights of Columbus State Free Throw Competition… Spencer Farha received the Outstanding Senior Basketball Player award at Concordia High School, and teammate Russell Herman received the Ed Walters award for the best free throw percentage… Jared and Deb Monzon, Concordia, announced the birth of their son, Corben Christopher… members of Davies-Crook Post 76 of the American Legion had selected Matthew Cyre, Christopher Franklin, Ken Keil, Bret Nelson, Charles Steimel and Zachary Stover as Boys State candidates…
10 Years—2015
Open casting call auditions for the shows, “Mad Breakfast” and “When a Door Jam Malfunctions,” were held at the Brown Grand Theatre… March Students of the Month at Concordia Middle School were Gracie Lambert, fifth grade, and Gavin Thomas, sixth grade… Jason Martin was the new owner of Ecowater of N.C.K. … Concordia High School junior Cooper Holmes was named the Class 4A-Division II Player of the Year by Sports in Kansas… Zach Strait, Gunner Rairden and Cameron Miller, members of the CHS wrestling team, received All-North Central Kansas League recognition… the Lehmann family of Concordia held a Beefmaster Field Day and Bull Show at the Cloud County Fairgrounds… Macy McMillan and Riley McMillan, Concordia, served as pages for Sen. Elaine Bowers in the Kansas Senate… Eldon Wisdom was constructing a log cabin out of power poles on the east edge of Concordia… LeRoy LeDuc, Clyde, celebrated his 80th birthday…
5 Years Ago—2020
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, students in the United School District 333 Concordia schools began the Continuous Learning Plan of taking classes online… the Cloud County Health Center Board of Trustees honored retiring board member Doug Funk… Concordia High School senior Jacob Rosenbaum was named the recipient of the Outstanding Senior Basketball Player award… Concordia High School junior Hunter Schroeder, who placed second in the Class 4A state tournament, was the recipient of the Outstanding Wrestler Award… Charlene Lesperance celebrated her 90th birthday… a gallon of regular gas at Short Stop was $1.97…
