The Way It Was

100 years ago

Ground-hog failed to see his shadow

If the ground-hog came out this morning he did not see his shadow, and according to the weather prophet, we will not have six weeks of cold weather.

We take it for granted that the ground-hog is an early riser, at least on such an important day. Evidently the groundhog also desired to get in the band wagon early with other of natures prophets. With no prospects of six weeks cold weather the ordinary man feels pretty good about Vernon County's climate.

50 years ago

Two auto dealers quit business

Two Nevada automobile distributors recently announced plans to quit business.

The Stafford-Elliott Lincoln-Mercury dealership, closed effective Feb. 1. CO-owner Howard Elliott said today that a sale of fixtures will be held in the near future; however, no definite date has been set for the sale. Elliott also added that he has no immediate personal plans for the future.

J.W. Stafford, also CO-owner of the agency has announced that he will continue to manage the Kansas City Star newspaper distributorship in Nevada.

The second auto dealership to close will be Mason Motors, Chrysler-Plymouth dealer.