Worth County History for June 30th, 1948 -- Scary accidents are nothing new.

June 30th, 1948
Scary accidents are nothing new, but one of the scariest of all time happened two miles south of Grant City on June 22nd, 1948. A collision between Frank Snyder of Bethany and Dale Bressler of Grant City knocked down and snapped a power pole and knocked out power to Grant City for over an hour. Rescue workers risked their own lives by moving power lines so that they could rescue the victims from the cars. Thankfully, nobody was killed.
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The Tiger Inn, owned by Cliff Hamblin, caught fire on June 28th and burned down. There was a near total loss of stock.
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Japp Dalbey set a course record for the Grant City Golf Course for the time with a score of 28. He got birdies on the 2nd, 4th, 7th, and 9th holes.
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Highway 46 from Hatfield to Route 69 near Eagleville got a hard surface for the first time.
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The willingness of people in the area to give for cancer research is nothing new. Worth County was recognized for giving 162% of their quota to the American Cancer Society, or $533.85, which was among the highest in the state.
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There were weekly band concerts every Saturday night in the Worth County Courtyard. Walter Cummings was the band leader. They played a mixture of patriotic and popular tunes. Numbers played for Saturday, July 3rd, 1948 were the Star Spangled Banner, Klaxon March, Harmony Queen Overture, E Plurbus Unum, Trombone Toboggan, It Had to Be You, The New Colonial March, 2nd Connecticut March, Now is the Hour, On the Mall March, and the Washington Post March.
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Home Oil Supply, managed by Rex Fisher and Leah Wolf, became Boll Implement Company, run by Victor Boll.
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Negative campaigning was just as much of an issue in 1948 as it is now. If you’re wondering about the vicious nature of the attacks on Obama’s citizenship, there were dossiers about the candidates’ personal lives thrown out there just as much in 1948 for public consumption.
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An offbeat news story -- a rat got into a radio and tangled up the wiring so that the owner could not hear any radio stations, but could hear all of the long distance telephone calls coming to and from the local telephone office.
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Kelso Park west of Grant City was still there -- it was used for the annual Farm Bureau Picnic on July 9th, 1948.
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Stevens & Spainhower Motors of Grant City proclaimed that the new 1949 Ford was “truly a NEW car -- all ties with the past are broken!”
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Eighmy & Willhite Motors said that the new Studebakers featured the “1st new idea in car styling in years!”
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Sheridan had its own lumberyard -- Snowden Lumber Company, with locations in both Grant City and Sheridan.
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Dalbey Lumber Company -- “We simply remind you a home will endure for over 300 years and still have substantial value after having given shelter to generation after generation. Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, a home is the investment of the century because it costs less than anything else of importance.”
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Showing at the Grant City Theater, sponsored by Standard Motors of Grant City: “So you want thrills?” and “Woody Woodpecker.”
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Myrtle’s Chick-a-Dee Cottage, located in the house just north of the LDS Church in Allendale, featured home style chicken and pork chops by reservation only every day at noon except for Sundays at 2.
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Murray Thompson, GOP Candidate for Governor, made a campaign stop in Worth County on July 5th to meet supporters.