Aug. 12, 1897 —
Claus Peterson, living northeast of town, is confined to his bed with typhoid fever.
H. L. Lueke living southeast of town, is having a new windmill erected on his farm.
The social given by the Aid Society last Saturday evening was a success financially, netting about $9.
The home of John Ballantyne was made happy last week by the arrival of a little girl baby. All doing nicely.
100 Years Ago. . .
The Red Top Post demonstration put on by Coleson-Holmquist was a big success. A large crowd was present to listen to the talk by the demonstrator here. A number of staples was put in a glass jar and a prize of 10 Red Top posts was offered to the one who guessed the nearest to the number. There were 83 in the jar, and Anton Dahlberg and Edward Beckman both guessed 84, and this being the closest guesses, the posts were divided between them, each receiving five. In the Red Top post driving contest, a number entered, but Mat Gubbels and Carl Ahlers tied for first, and several drives were necessary, Mat finally winning and receiving the prize of 10 Red Stop Steel posts. Ice cream was served, and 2,000 posts sold during the demonstration.
Coleson-Holmquist sold their lumber yard here to H. W. Town of Belvedere, and the new owner took possession Aug. 25, 1925. Coleson-Holmquist retained their elevator and livestock business.
One Monday morning, Henry Schroeder and Andrew Blackmer took their Sunday School classes on a camping trip to the James River about four miles east of Yankton. Several other boys from town also went along.
Theodore Streiche bought an 80 from Jim Wilson, paying $13,000 for same. Possession was to be given March 1. This was part of the place which Mr. Wilson lived on, and was a very fine piece of land, and well worth the price, which amounted to $151.25 per acre.
75 Years Ago. . .
A memorial program was held on Labor Day at St. Joseph Hospital when the hospital flagstaff was dedicated. The flag was presented to the hospital as a part of the ceremony. Labor Day was also the fifth anniversary of the founding of St. Joseph’s Hospital here. Taking part in the program at the city hall were the band, the Boy Scouts, the American Legion, the various groups and the Gold Star mothers. The procession began on the St. Joseph Hospital grounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Marian Korthouse of Bloomfield purchased Lee's Tavern and Cafe, formerly known as the F. & S. Cafe, near the Dawson Oil and Transport Co. at the southeast edge of Osmond. The cafe had been owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Steffen for about a year. Mr. and Mrs. Korthouse opened the cafe immediately for business. Mr. Korthouse last operated a gravel truck in Bloomfield. Cafe purchase price was $600. The cafe building remained the property of the Dawson Oil & Transport Co.
[Not Osmond but interesting] The Most Rev. Gerald T. Bergan, Archbishop of Omaha, officiated when the Missionary Benedictine Sisters dedicated their new $700,000 Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital at Norfolk on Aug. 27, 1950. The Missionary Benedictine Sisters had operated a hospital in Norfolk since 1935, when they purchased the old General Hospital building which had facilities for 20 to 25 patients.
The first in a series of pictures of Osmond area families was that of the John Gudenkaufs. John and his wife were pictured with son Donald in the Aug. 23, 1950, newspaper. The Gudenkaufs farmed 160 acres northwest of Osmond. The primary crops were corn and oats.
65 Years Ago. . .
Five Osmond young people completed the course in junior lifesaving offered at the Osmond swimming pool during the summer weeks. They were: Linda Hansen, Jane Leggat, Margaret Beckwith, Roger Francis and Mary Adkins.
Heavy rains, accompanied by some hail and high winds, moved across the Midwest, bringing moisture in almost unprecedented amounts. In spite of the intensity of the storm, little damage appeared to be reported. Some limbs were torn from trees and a TV antenna blown down here and there. Osmond recorded an official 4.41 inches, which fell in a series of hard showers over two days. The local creek was running bank full and later overflowed the Osmond ball diamond.
The Osmond Public Schools opened their doors to the largest town enrollment in history on Aug. 29, 1960. “It was a memorable day,” commented the new superintendent, Lawrence Graham, “as the new school buses made their first run."
A preliminary survey indicated that 185 pupils were enrolled in the public school grades. In high school there were 112. Public schools enrollment, together with that in the grade schools of the Lutheran and Catholic schools, showed that a total of 441 pupils were enrolled at Osmond schools.
The Village of Osmond posted a Notice to Bicycle Riders: By decree of the village board, all owners or riders of bicycles are required to maintain electric lights, or reflectors, on the front and rear of bicycles when ridden after darkness. Several instances have recently been reported in which auto drivers narrowly missed bicycle riders because of inability to see them. Riders will realize that enforcement of this regulation is for their own protection as well as for the safety of pedestrians.
50 Years Ago. . .
Dr. and Mrs. David Johnson Jr. noti- fied the Osmond Development Corpo ration they were prepared to liquidate their indebtedness to members of the community. Dr. Johnson’s locating in Osmond and the construction of his medical clinic several years before were made possible by individual personal loans through the Development Corporation.
Vandals, as yet unknown, “did their thing” by damaging property at Osmond Municipal Pool and Poolside Park. Pool manager Lonnie Gardner went to drain the pool to close it for the season and saw a hole was made in the pool fence, signs were torn loose and thrown into the pool as were wood benches. The water supply had been turned on and both the pool and filter pit were brim full. The biggest threat, which fortunately did not materialize, came to the community itself when the person or persons entered the chlorinator room. The chlorine tanks stored there were highly volatile and apparently the vandal did not realize that he was literally taking the lives of himself and the community in his own hands. Had one of the tanks blown, a chain reaction would probably have resulted in all exploding and as one official described it "would have wiped Osmond off the map.” At Poolside Park, several picnic tables were thrown on their tops and one had a seat torn from it.
25 Years Ago. . .
Norbert and Rita Gubbels showed off their tomato vines, which were nearly seven feet tall and “we’ve already cut about a foot off,” Mrs. Gubbels said. Her husband noted that no fertilizer was used. The tomatoes weighed one and a half to two pounds with some approaching three pounds.
10 Years Ago. . .
At a meeting of the Osmond City Council, members learned that the pumping yield from the proposed new well site was not what was anticipated. JEO engineer Roger Protzman indicated that the projected yield was 500 gallons per minute. After drilling was complete, the yield amounted to some 150 gallons per minute.
