The Leigh World publishes a weekly column entitled Looking Back at the World, which is comprised of articles taken from earlier Leigh World files. A special thank you to the Leigh World for allowing me to reprint those articles. The following are selections from that column:

October 15, 1943 - republished October 8, 1997
Mrs. Louise Gernstein entertained at dinner honoring her son, Harold, and Jerald Held, who are serving in the Navy and are now home on a furlough.

Although the house was not occupied, fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the house on the Asche Brothers farm, about six miles northwest of Leigh.

Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Lillian Tedford and William Plessner, which occurred in Lincoln.
    The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.E. Tedford and received her schooling here. The bridegroom is the son of Louis Plessner and is at present stationed with the armed forces at the Lincoln Air Base. The couple will make their home in Lincoln.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Eller at the Lutheran Hospital at Columbus. The little lad weighed eight pounds and three and three-fourths ounces, and has been named Gene Douglas.

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October 23, 1943 - republished October 8, 1997
William Eller, 85, a brother of Frank Eller of Leigh, died early at his home at David City and was buried at Bellwood.
    Mr. Eller was a pioneer of that community. He was stricken with a stroke of paralysis and another stroke brought about his end. He is survived by grown children, three sons and a daughter; and also one brother, Frank Eller, of Leigh.

Walter Church, 57, filed a suit in district court for $48,947.50 damages against the street railway caompny as the result of an accident in which his wife was killed and he was injured.