50 YEARS AGO:

Jim Rempe, Oconto mail carrier, called the Courier office Monday morning to report that since he started carrying mail in February 1975, he has killed nine rattlesnakes and saw six that he didn’t get. Seven of those were in the same four-mile stretch south of Oconto.

His route takes him 102 miles each day.

Over 420 students, boys and girls attended the District F.H.A. Convention in Cozad Oct. 6. Awards given include: LoAnn Urbach, Callaway, 1st - Creed Speaking; Julie Hirsch, Callaway, 2nd - Creed Interpretation; and Most Meaningful Project - Callaway.

20 YEARS AGO:

Once Callaway and Arnold both agree on a contract, the villages will share village marshal Jed Schmidt. The decision was made at the Oct. 4 village board meeting.

Long-time Nebraska Department of Roads employee Bernard Fay of Callaway, who is battling cancer, was presented a plaue of appreication for his 28 years of service to the NDOR by his friend and former boss Les O’Donnell in a ceremony at the Fay home.

* The photo below appeared in the Oct. 15, 1975 issue of the Courier.