Aug. 12, 1897 —
In our list of presents in the Grunwald silver wedding, we omitted to mention a wreath of silver and six bouquets of silver flowers sent from Davenport, IA, by Clara Winter, a sister of Mrs. Grunwald.
John Rohrberg south of town is probably the happiest man in north Pierce County. The reason of his joy was imparted to a reporter of this page on Tuesday. It’s a girl and her Mamma is getting along fine.
The third ball nine visited Pierce on Friday and played ball with four members of the first nine, four of the second, and one of the third. Our boys swiped the earth with the aggregation of the Hub and are now thirsting for more boys to do up.
100 Years Ago. . .
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Reed, Glaze Reed, Clarence and Dorinda Riessen and Reed and Maywood Bruegman visited Goldie Reed at the Norfolk hospital. Miss Goldie Reed was improving fine from her operation.
Mrs. Mayer and daughter Vera returned from Sioux City, where Vera underwent an operation on her nose.
E. J. Huey and Dan Devlin were called to Norfolk to inspect the new Ford models. Mr. Huey said they would have in the new Ford models shortly after the month.
A caravan of eight cars with St. Mary’s choir members struck out after early mass for the historical Cedar County picnic place, the Bow Valley Schuetzen Halle, for their annual picnic. There the day was spent as all picnic days. They found a bowling alley, kitchen with prehistorical beer pumps, the cowbell which Eddie operated, a slick dance floor used for chicken scratchers and a piano in fine tune. The country is hilly, so they tried to sing “Over The Hills,” but got stuck. The Missouri is close, so they tried “On The Ocean’s Back.” That was O.K. And so on, until the sun was low in the west. About 11, the last car dipped over the three-mile limit hill, greeting from far the bright lights of Osmond. Thirtysix participated in the party.
Gus Weinrich and Son’s hogs won additional honors at the county fairs with their spotted Poland Chinas. They had taken grand champion of both the boars and sows and junior champion of the spring boar class at the Pierce Knox and Cedar county fair. This was certainly a record to be proud of.
75 Years Ago. . .
Ray Brummer of Bloomfield was fine $25 and costs after pleading guilty to an assault and battery charge in local Justice of the Peace court. The charge was filed by Victor Chindvall of Osmond, who was beaten painfully by Brummer on the porch of his home at Osmond after a dispute over management of a farm.
A blue, cool late summer fall sky looked down upon the group gathered in front of St. Joseph hospital here on Labor Day morning to witness or take part in ceremonies planned for the presentation of a new flagstaff and flag to the hospital. Organizations taking part in the program included the Boy Scouts and their leader, P. J. Stanosheck, American Legion Post 326, the Osmond High School band directed by Jim Rice, and members of the hospital auxiliary.
Initiation of 23 freshmen of Osmond High took place with a parade downtown and entertainment at the high school. Freshmen were required to dress backwards and have plenty of makeup on during school. Some of the freshmen and the costumes they were required to dress as during the evening were: Ronald Aschoff, fisherman with tackle box and pole; Shirley Davids, Dagwood; Carleen Fuelberth, freshman fullback of 1950; LeRoy Gerdes, Indian princess; Byron Gutz, rip Van Winkle; Donivan Huwaldt, P. O. Plenty; Dixie Reed, Negro mammy; Kenneth Warneke, cupid.
65 Years Ago. . .
Running completely counter to the trend, the Osmond Theatre was investing money in equipment in the belief that the best in projection, pictures and management — plus a degree of appreciation and patronage on the part of the public — could make the theatre a permanent part of Osmond community life.
There were unconfirmed reports of light frost in this area as the coldest temperature of the approaching autumn season was recorded at the official station here. If there was frost, no damage to vegetation was done. It was an official 38 degrees one morning. Farmers especially were keeping an anxious eye on the weather. Little, if any, of the current corn crop was ready for killing frost.
Music would be prominent in the activities of the American Legion Auxiliary during the coming year under plans developed by Mrs. Elmer Schuettler, newly-appointed music chairman.”In these days when our free nation is being threatened by world communism, we need music to lift up our patriotic spirit and strengthen our determination to protect our free way of life,” she explained.
At least three persons gave blood at St. Joseph Hospital at Osmond and two at the Lutheran Hospital at Norfolk for immediate transfusion into the ailing body of Dennis “Dibbert, Osmond High School junior. The donors included Miss Mary Beck, Orin and Norman Kumm, Lloyd Kear and Woodrow Waddell. At the same time, this paper was requested to make a public plea for additional possible donors who might be called upon if and when more blood was needed. Dennis was a victim of leukemia. Latest medical technology and a multitude of blood transfusions served only to lengthen his days on earth, as he died later that year, on Nov. 4, 1960.
50 Years Ago. . .
The Osmond Boy Scouts had collected more than 7,000 pounds in the past few months, according to leader Jim Gast. A truck picked up the papers to take them to Kansas where they would be utilized in insulation products. The Scouts netted $56.40 for their efforts.
Members of the Osmond Jaycee Chapter erected a sign just south of Dr. David Jones' office. The sign, purchased by the Jaycees, would be utilized to announce coming events and worthwhile messages to the community. The bright orange and black sign was 12 feet long and nearly four feet in height.
McLean elementary school began the 1975-76 term on Sept. 2. There were three teachers with an enrollment of 27. Mrs. Lorene Patent had kindergarten and second grade; Mrs.
Joan Gansebom, third, fourth and fifth grades, and Mrs. Barbara Schaffer, sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
Osmond Volunteer Fire Department concluded its September meeting with a special recognition of Walt Warneke for his many years of dedicated service to the department. Warneke was a member of the department for more than 30 years, and for more than 20 of those years he headed the department as chief.
25 Years Ago. . .
Osmond High School welcomed two foreign exchange students to the junior class: Danilo Nunes Vasconcelos of Cuiba, Brazil, and Franziska Theilig of Germany. Danilo was staying with Bert and Michele Wattier, while Franziska’s host family was Clark and Kathy Wilke.
10 Years Ago. . .
Football players Tyler Reikofski, Ryley Kumm, Drew Krienert and Nick Reikofski were named Lifters of the Year. The players earned the award based on dedication and excellence in the summer strength and conditioning program.
With the community of Wausa celebrating its Q125 anniversary, a tractor drive brought 70 tractors and drivers to Osmond.. After spending some time here sharing goodwill, they were off to McLean, then on to Magnet and back to Wausa.
