Nov. 28, 1895. . .
R. G. Turner is the proud possessor of a brand new Columbia Revolving Barber chair. Royal is a hustler and is now prepared to give the boys anything in his line in the latest approved styles.
D. D. Hamer and Sam Gregory conducted a very successful shooting match in town Wednesday. Some very good shooting was done and the event thoroughly enjoyed by those who participated.
100 Years Ago. . .
The two operettas given by the Osmond public school were very fine, and pleased all. The first part of the program was by the grades from 1 to 4, an operetta, “Under the Sugar Plum Tree,” and the songs and dances of the little folk were very pleasing and showed careful training. The big hit of the evening was the musical playlet, “The Indian Princess,” giving the well-known story of Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. The part of Pocahontas was taken by Harriet Senift, and that of John Smith by Gordon Senift. Music was furnished by the high school orchestra.
L. E. Eirinberg advertised his Dollar Day bargains in a full page, prices of all the following for only $1: Omar flour, 24 lb. bag; peaches in heavy syrup, 4 cans; red raspberries in gallon cans; bulk oats for chicks, special 25 lbs.; 2 Keep Kleen brooms; Hand Made cigars, the kind the men all like, box of 25; 5 lbs. fig cookies; men's work shirts; men's spring union suits, short or long sleeves; men's work gloves; any pair of men’s or ladies’ oxfords or pumps, $1
off; 6 yds. fancy checked and plaid ginghams; ladies' spring aprons;
ladies’ silk hose, all colors and
shades; 2 ladies' brassiers, pink or white; 3 yds. Jap crepe, for kimonos, bloomers or gowns.
Dave Buchanan moved the house on the Meyer farm east of town to the old Frank Fauss place south of town owned by Banker Norwood of McLean.
75 Years Ago. . .
Perhaps one of the most valuable items both as a keepsake and intrinsically ever to be advertised in the Lost and Found department of the Republican was the announcement of the finding of a diamond ring. The ring turned out to be the wedding ring of Mrs. Ben Luebbers of Osmond, who quite naturally was greatly pleased to get it back.
A somewhat discouraged Osmond Gun Club banquet committee looked out on snow-covered ground, heard of blocked roads and knew of the impassability of farm roads even as it decided in favor of going ahead with the 1949 annual banquet. Midmorning developments included a snowbound Minneapolis entertainer and a report that Paul Gilbert, game commission secretary, couldn’t be here. Only 183 of 250 members showed up for the evening of fun, food and entertainment.
Several farm properties near Osmond had been damaged by .22 rifles presumably in the hands of irresponsible boys. Window lights had been promiscuously destroyed and other damage done. Parents were urged to instruct their children handling such arms and the children are urged to respect the property of others under the threat of punishment.
Post 326 of the American Legion at Osmond announced that its nominee for attendance at Nebraska Boys’ State in June, Byron Kratochvil, had been accepted by state authorities.
An object in the high eastern sky apparently moving slowly to the east drew the attention of many Osmond persons one Monday afternoon. Its extreme brilliance caused the usual speculation. It disappeared after the setting sun’s rays no longer struck it. Inquiry disclosed that the object was a weather balloon released by a station at Atkinson.
65 Years Ago. . .
Something of a record may have been established here one week when in a three-day period, the Osmond Volunteer Fire Department answered four fire calls. The first came when a weed fire threatened to spread out of control near the home of Mrs. Bessie Pochop in the northwest residential district. On the following day, the department answered a summons to a point one mile north of McLean where fire did about $100 in damage to an automobile owned by Darrell Wragge of McLean. The same evening, a weed fire near the Frank Peschel residence and the Catholic school threatened to spread. The next day, the department answered a rural call to the Arnold Gutz place a mile east of Foster where a tractor was burning. Rear tires were burned and other damage done to the tractor.
Of more than 7,000 Pierce Countians contacted, only about 250 claimed no church affiliation in 1959, according to a church census committee. Members of the various divisions of the Lutheran church far outnumbered other church goers, with 3,640. Next in church affiliation numbers were Methodists with 1,580. Roman Catholics were third with 945 affiliates and the congregational church ranked four with 927 members. The rest included Presbyterian, 206; Friends, 62; Baptist, 17; United Brethren, 14; Grace Bible, 14; Christian, 8; Episcopal, 5; Latter Day Saints, 5, and Adventist, 1. Roughly 2,000 of the county’s residents had not bee contacted at the time the report was released.
The Tiger nine representing OHS walloped Winside on the losers’ diamond 23-4. Clifford Dredge pitched another no-hit game. Credited with three hits each for Osmond were Ronny Wecker and Darrell Steckelberg.
The Northeast Nebraska spring music classic at Wayne netted Osmond High School three superior ratings, six excellent ratings and four good ratings. Those receiving superior ratings were June Stamper, piano solo; Bill Korth, vocal solo, and the mixed octet of Roger Schneckloth,
Bob Wiegert, Bill Korth, Larry Wiegert, Kathleen Neitzke, Peggy Borgmann, Angelyn Buchholz and Audrey Wanke.
50 Years Ago. . .
Glenn Moritz of Osmond visited his son, Cadet Brett Moritz, a Plebe (freshman) at the United States Military Academy, during the annual “Plebe-Parent Weekend” activities. Cadet Moritz, a 1973 graduate of Osmond Community High School, escorted his grandmother, Mrs. Olga Moritz of Lexington, sister Lisa, brother Blake and his father as they had an opportunity to meet faculty members and gain first-hand knowl edge of a Plebe’s life at the academy.
Two members of the graduating class of 1973 at Osmond High received their nursing caps during ceremonies at Morningside Lutheran Church in Sioux City. The two were students at St. Luke’s Medical Center at Sioux City. They were Linda Gutz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gutz of Foster, and Janet Schultze, daughter of Mrs. Lorrene Schultze of Osmond.
Between 5 and 5:30 p.m. on April 11, a tornado went through the Gary von Rentzell farmstead located about 5¾ miles east and one mile south of Osmond. The storm did not do major damage to structures on the farm, although it did take shingles off the east end of the house and tore part of the eve and a sliding door off of the granary. The door was hurled with such force that a part of it penetrated the welded seam in the corner of a loader scoop mounted on a tractor which was setting beside the house. Farm machinery parked in the grove west of the house was blown over and damaged. Irrigation pipes, once neatly piled, were strewn in the trees, much of it bent and twisted. The television antenna on top of the house was twisted, bent and a part of it blown away. One of the small aluminum rods from the antenna was propelled with such force by the wind it was securely imbedded in a tree north of the house like the shaft of an arrow.
25 Years Ago. . .
Forty members of Osmond High School grades nine through 12 presented the 1999 all-school musical, “Fiddler On The Roof.” Some of the main characters were: Tevye, the dairyman - Richard Kumm; Golde, Tevye's wife - Faith Lewon;
“Tzeitel, Tevye’s oldest daughter —
Jenny Ekberg; Hodel, Tevye's second daughter - Marie Moes; "Chava,
Tevye’s third daughter — Amy
Blunck; Shprintze, Tevye's fourth daughter - Erica Schmit; Bielke,
Tevye’s youngest daughter — Beth McLaughlin; Tente, the matchmaker — Jade Schmit.
Winners in the Osmond Pharmacy Easter coloring contest were: kin- dergarten through grade 2 - first prize, Amanda Lorenz, second prize, Shanelle Stech, third prize, Faith Schultze; grades 3-6 - first prize, Courtney Bruckner, second prize, Kyle Schmit, third prize, Cassie Hoffman.
10 Years Ago. . .
Sixty years after the fact, a hero’s welcome greeted some 450 veterans of the Korean War when they arrived in Washington, D.C. The Korean War Honor Flight was arranged by Bill and Evonne Williams who were recognized for their efforts to remember those who served. Four Osmond veterans were among this — the final - honor flight. Wayne Blunck, Gene Hixson, Wes Kumm and Glenn Sazama, all now in their 80s, took that step back in time to recall events of that faraway war.
