• Aug. 8, 1946

Ed Popp received six new bicycles for distribution to Register-Tribune route carriers. They had been working for the bicycles for six months, with a small amount being held back from their pay each week. Those receiving the bicycles were Ed Popp, Jr., James Crysler, Jermaine Bryant, Robert Brummer and Bill Boetel.

Les Getting, local livestock order-buyer, reported what was believed to be an all-time high price paid for hogs on local markets, when $23.75 per cwt. was paid for top butcher hogs.

A proposed community picnic and booster trip to Lake Okoboji was called off on the...