Nov. 4, 1897 —
On Friday of last week, the post office was removed from its old location into the front part of the Republican building, where we now have all our interests under one roof. It makes it more convenient for us, and we trust to be better able to serve the patrons more satisfactory in our new location.
100 Years Ago. . .
Prof. K. F. Firnhaber and family left for their new field at Bloomfield where he went to take charge of the Lutheran school, which had an enrollment of better than 50 pupils. This was an advancement and carried a substantial increase in salary. During the time Prof. Firnhaber had charge of the Lutheran school here, it had made remarkable progress, the work of his pupils ranking with the best in the county, and those graduating from his school taking high rank when entering other schools.
Lon Snyder, living east of town, who was recently slugged, was having a more serious time than was at first thought. Blood poison had developed and it was thought it might prove quite dangerous.
Mrs. J. E. Scott had the misfortune to fall on the ice and break her left arm in two places. It was a bad break, but her many friends were glad to learn that she was getting along as well as could be expected. Miss Edna Hoeppner was acting as assistant postmaster during the enforced vacation of Mrs. Scott.
Henry Nierman had accepted the position as oil salesman for the Farmers Union, and as soon as the truck arrived, he would be ready to deliver to the Farmers Union customers.
A. Lundstrom sold his house and furniture to Baltz Fuelberth for a consideration of $8,800. Col. Welch made the deal. “We are glad that Mr. and Mrs. Fuelberth are to move to Osmond.”
Fred Lister, the piano tuner, came down from Plainview and spent a few days in Osmond, tuning pianos.
Henry Moeller showed his generosity by giving the Osmond Fire Boys $10 for coming to his home ready to fight the fire, although as
good luck would have it, it was not necessary to use the fire equipment.
Another real estate deal was consummated when A. W. Marek traded his South Dakota farm for the R. L. Senift property in North Osmond, formerly occupied by D. A. Senift. Col. Welch, the real estate man, made the deal.
The Osmond firemen elected the following officers for the year 1926: President, Ed Cizek; vice president, Herman Huwaldt; secretary, Chas. B. Rosburg; treasurer, Carl Boye; hall manager, Geo. Hering; fire truck caretaker, Chas. Rosburg; trustee for three years, James Cizek; trustee for two years. E. W. Weeces; police for fire department, Jack Waddel, Paul Thomsen.
75 Years Ago. . .
A large picture was printed in the Dec. 27, 1950, issue of the Osmond Republican with the heading, “Osmond Republican calendars have this picture. . . call for yours at the Osmond Cafe.” The picture included smaller individual pictures of Osmond businesses, homes, events and bird’s-eye views of Osmond, which was included on the 1951 calendars. There were a number of letters printed of out-of-town people, including Mrs. A. M. Sageser of Hollywood, CA, who were requesting copies of the calendar mailed to them, after they had seen it advertised in the paper.
V. Glaze Reed, co-owner of the Bruegman & Reed Store here,
announced purchase of the interests of Harry Bruegman in the meats, groceries and locker business. The
change became effective on Jan. 1, 1951. The new firm name was Reed Lockers. Miss Alaska Reed, eldest daughter of the new owner, English and biology teacher in the Coleridge public schools resigned her position and would be employed at the Reed store.
Farmers, agricultural and civic leaders, and school children participated in an inspirational program — We Salute American Agriculture” — which was presented at the city hall under the sponsorship of Huey Garage. The program was highlighted by a technicolor motion picture, “Waves of Green,” and was exhibited for the first time in this community. In addition to “Waves of Green,” there was an entertaining program by a widely known magician on the stage.
65 Years Ago. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Huwaldt, who lived two miles south of Randolph,
were the parents of the first baby of 1961 born at St. Joseph Community
Hospital at Osmond. The baby boy,
8 lb., 5 oz. Edward Allen, arrived at 2:50 a.m. Jan. 1. The mother had entered the hospital just 50 minutes earlier Dr. A. E. Mailliard was the attending physician. The doctor also delivered the four other Huwaldt children, all at the Osmond hospital. The baby received a $25 war bond, a gift of the Osmond Community Club.
Snow was widespread in Nebraska and the Midwest as the new year dawned. At Osmond, the snowfall was steady throughout most of the day and, by nightfall, the white flakes had piled to a depth of an estimated five inches.
Spokesmen for the American Legion expressed an opinion that the veterans organization would sponsor another New Year’s Eve dance at the auditorium the next year. Everything at the Dec. 31 party in 1960 was quite satisfactory, said the committee. Attendance was good in spite of the $2 per person charge. The Legion said it would come very close to even financially on the experiment.
50 Years Ago. . .
More than 30 persons were lucky winners of door prizes at the American Legion pre-Christmas poultry party.
In addition, a prize drawing for three $50 bills was held. Those winners were Henry Schafer of Foster, Oliver Dredge of Osmond and Raymond Riessen of Foster.
An Osmond business closed its doors with the end of the year on Dec.
31, 1975. Lorene (Short) Schuettler announced that Short’s Cafe would be closed effective that day.
The annual OHS Snowflake Dance was held Jan. 3. The student council contracted the band, “Stack” to perform for the dance. Candidates for Snowflake King and Queen were Brenda Folkers, Donna Kudera, Ju lene Kumm, Miriam Stengel, David Fuelberth, Kevin Koehler, Grant Krohn and Al Maxey. That evening, Donna Kudera was crowned queen and David Fuelberth was crowned king. Junior class attendants were Patsy Rice and Roger Folkers; sophomore, Joy Pfanstiel and Kent Edwards, and freshmen, Rae Ann Reed and Mark Kumm.
Some of the coldest temperatures ever to be recorded in the Midwest pushed readings far below zero. At Osmond, most thermometers hovered
around a minus 18 for the night's low, and got up around 10 degrees for the daytime high.
In the midst of the severe winter storm, a multiple vehicle crash oc- curred about five and a half miles east of Osmond on Highway 20. The accident resulted after James Rohde of Randolph, who was employed by Big John, became stuck in a snow drift just west of the Delmar Pfanstiel farm. Rohde said he met a truck as he was driving weest and as he pulled over to allow room, he was forced into a snow drift. A short time later, Mike Jacobsen of Laurel drove up beside Rhode to see if he could help, then parked behind Rohde’s and was attempting to push the car out of the snow bank when his car was struck in the rear by a car driven by Leland Kumm. The Kumm car pushed the Jacobsen car, which struck Rohde’s car with Jacobsen between the two, injuring his legs. Kumm’s car slid into the eastbound lane when it was struck nearly head-on by a car driven by Paul Reineke. Paul said he couldn’t see the car because of blowing snow. Then as they were attempting to assist Jacobsen and get Rohde’s car out, a delivery truck came through and sideswiped the Reineke car. The group was assisted by two other motorists and Jacobsen and Kumm were brought to Osmond General Hospital. Jacobsen sustained two broken legs above the knees, and Kumm was treated mostly for exposure.
25 Years Ago. . .
The Osmond wrestling team hosted
its invitational on Dec. 29, postponed on Dec. 16 because of bad weather.
Eight of the original nine teams com-
peted. The Osmond team, finishing in third place and scoring 135 points,
had a great tournament, placing all of its wrestlers. Placing first were Nigh Schmit, Joe Gansebom and
Ryan Friedrich; second - Dusty Schomaker and Brad Ekberg; third
— Matt Wallum and Dan Kuhlman, and fourth - Dylan Sandoz and Josh Jacobi.
10 Years Ago. . .
The Osmond Tigers came home
with a first-place finish at the Wausa Post-Holiday Basketball Tournament, defeating Niobrara-Verdigre 48-38, and Wausa 73-40. The Lady Tigers placed third at the Wausa tournament, falling to Niobrara-Verdigre 38-66 in the first round and then defeating Ewing 53-30.
