Out of Winfield’s Past

2015

WMU offensive linemen Max Huston and Sam Jennings were named to the second team in all-state Class A football.

2005

The WMU, Morning Sun, and New London school boards met Nov. 28 to discuss a study compiled by Guy Ghan detailing the pros and cons of consolidating the three districts.

Brooke Leichty and Jeremy Carter were married Sept. 10 in Mackinac Island in Michigan.

John Andrew Rhomberg was born to John and Amanda (Haight) Rhomberg on Nov. 11, 2005.

2000

Hollis McConahay will celebrate his 80th birthday on Dec. 14.

Joseph Henry Leach, age 48, formerly of the Mt. Union area, died Nov. 26 at Mt. Vernon, Missouri, where he has resided for the past three months.

1995

A run-off election will be held Dec. 5 with two candidates, Judy Buffington and Janet Everett on the ballot. They tied for the highest votes, behind Richard Hand who was elected, but did not receive the majority vote.

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Finke celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 10, 1995.

Courtney and Tony Davis are the parents of a daughter, Layne Nicole was born Nov. 17, 1995.

1990

The first real blast of winter for this area dumped some eight inches of snow and left roadways a sheet of ice for several hours. Area schools were closed.

Terry L. Phelps, age 32, was traveling on a gravel road west of Winfield when his pickup owned by Schmidt Construction struck and killed a deer.

Ken and Loree Stogdill of Crawfordsville are the parents of Taylor Johnson, born Nov. 21.

Herb and Cathy Wester are the parents of George Henry, born Dec. 2.

1985

Molly Clause of Des Moines, daughter of Leland and Kathryn McCosh, was one of the first recipients of a new national award for child abuse prevention efforts.

1980

Mrs. Dean Herrick was presented with the Iowa community Betterment Program Governor’s Leadership Award.

1975

Terry Rodgers, Mike Fenton, and Donald Boecker were injured when the 1974 Vega they were in went into a ditch, struck a field drainage tile, and rolled over onto its side.

David Linder was injured in a one-car accident when he went to sleep at the wheel of his new Ford Currier pickup about a mile and a half west of Mediapolis.

Ed Hudson was a delegate to the State Farm Bureau Convention.

1970

John Rodruck was elected president of the Winfield Chamber of Commerce for 1971.

1965

Major Arnold W. Hunger of Mt. Union recently received orders promoting him from the grade of Captain in the United States Air Force Reserve.

1960

Good neighbors husked and cribbed 65 acres of corn at the Clint Anderson farm.

1955

Iva Gae Peterson and Gerald Leroy Ostermeier were married at the Methodist Church on Thanksgiving morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry and Doris Sharp moved from a farm near New London to the former Oscar Lundquist property on South Main Street.