Oct. 24, 1895. . .
Miss Celie Nelson met with a severe accident on Sunday, while out horseback riding. She was thrown and received a fracture of the collar bone. Mrs. Willey left this morning for the parental home in Argyle, WI, meanwhile the barrister will have full charge of the culinary department as well as the law office.
Suckstorf & Cizek will give another grand ball at their opera hall on Saturday, Nov. 2. This will be the greatest ball of the season as no pains will be spared to please all who attend.
FARMERS: I will give as a premium for the best six ears of corn left at my office by Dec. 1st, one year's subscription to the OSMOND
REPUBLICAN. — W. A. Hoes
100 Years Ago. . .
Gordon Chrisman’s ice cream parlor had their opening day on Saturday, March 29. They gave away a free dish of ice cream for everyone.
Huey Garage advertised: Wanted!
To mate a good four-year-old mule.
Will buy or sell.
The village election for 1924 was to be held on April 1. The election for town and school board trustees was creating more interest than for some time past. A large number of candidates was in the field, all placed there by their friends, and none anxious for the jobs which carried plenty of grief and no pay.
For the school board, petitions were circulated containing the names of Mrs. Mayer, Wm. Buchholz, H. H.
Howerter and Joseph Cizek. For town board, three petitions were circulated, containing the following names to be placed upon the ballot: E. J. Huey, James Cizek, E. G. Schauppner, A. J. Stanosheck, Gus J. Marek, L. B. Matteson, Dr. Rodgers, Dr. Weeces. Drs. Rogers and Weeces,
Cordts and James Cizek withdrew, leaving five candidates in the field for town board. From those the three highest would be elected. For school board the two highest of the four would be elected. Results of the village election: Matteson, Huey and Schauppner were elected village trustees, while Howerter and Cizek were elected school trustees.
75 Years Ago. . .
Temperatures in the upper 40s combined with .41 of an inch of rain, on top of a considerable amount of snow still on the ground, to send creeks at Osmond out of their banks and creek valley dwellers to keep a watchful eye on the swollen streams.
The creek level at the east edge of Osmond was approximately one foot above home plate on the nearby ball diamond.
Herb Calundan, who lived not far from the branch of the Elkhorn which passes through Osmond, had his own definition for flood stage. He announced that the creek was nine inches below that stage.
“Flood stage,” he reported, “is when the water begins to flow into our basement.”
The bottom literally dropped out of non-hard surfaced roads as melting continued and rain fell. Some farmers were able to drive short distances on country roads, but many others took to more practical means to get out.
Team and wagon and tractors were common modes of farm-to-town transportation.
65 Years Ago. . .
“Brothers Fathers, Sisters Mothers Within Four Hours.” Two Osmond fathers whose wives were sisters were the parents of baby boys born within four hours at the Plainview General Hospital. Larry Dale was born to James and Margaret Broekemeier at 10:25 a.m. At 2:12 p.m., Thomas Orville was born to Orville and Kathleen Broekemeier.
A ham feed sponsored by American Legion Post 326 at the post hall here drew a capacity crowd. Most of the available $2 admission tickets had been sold prior to the event. Edward Kudera was general chairman. He and Don Hetrick were in charge of the meal.
The 1959 Firemen's Annual Ball at the auditorium drew the usual post- Easter crowd to the fundraising affair. Music was furnished by the Duffy Belorad orchestra.
Farmers within the Osmond Rural Fire Protection District were asked to buy two tickets to the dance. The response was excellent, according to a statement by Lee Steffen, department president, and chairman of the dance.
50 Years Ago. . .
Randy Rasmussen was selected as Osmond’s Boy Stater, according to an announcement by Commander Lloyd Timmerman of American Legion Post 326. Selected as alternate Boy Stater was Steve Christensen. Keri Schuettler was selected to represent Osmond as the 1974 Girl Stater, ac cording to an announcement by Mrs.
Leo Schmit, president of the Legion Auxiliary. Norma Jean Blunck was named as alternate.
Robin Reed was selected in the 13th edition of the Norfolk Daily News’ Top Twenty basketball honor squad. Robin was named as one of the 20 best prep cagers in northeast Nebraska. Robin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chick Reed, was a senior in 1974. In his four-year career as a Tiger cager, he played in 80 games, scored
1,150 points and made 665 rebounds.
The Osmond Volunteer Fire Depart ment was kept busy one day with the occurrence of two fires. The first was a grass fire of undetermined origin burning in the ditch on the south side of Highway 20 across from the Redwood Broaster Inn. It was quickly extinguished with no property dam- age. The fire equipment had just been returned to the garage and the firemen returned to their respective jobs when the second alarm was turned in. The fire was in the house located on the corner of State and Sixth Streets. Arriving within minutes after the alarm was sounded, they found the smoke so intense they could not enter the house.
Mrs. Helen Carpenter, who lived in the house, which was owned by Mrs.
Alma Miller, was in the kitchen when the fire started in the basement. She told firemen there was an explosion in the basement that sounded like a sonic boom and smoke started coming up the stairway. She called the fire depart ment and left the house, and was not injured. The fire was confined to the basement and first floor, but burned through the floor, inside the walls and severely damaged the stairways to the first and second floors.
25 Years Ago. . .
The OHS speech team traveled to Laurel-Concord to compete in the district speech contest and received the honor of being named district champs.
Nine speech team members qualified for the 1999 state contest: Marie Moes, Ryan Wattier, Eric Weyhrich, Nick Hansen, Joanie Wrede, Jade Schmit, Lyndsey Rice, Cara Krienert and Becca Gudenkauf. At the state meet, the duet acting team of Jade Schmit and Ryan Wattier returned home with silver medals, placing second in the Class C-2 event.
10 Years Ago. . .
It was a step back in time — anywhere from a few years to several decades — when guests gathered for the St. Paddy's Day Adult Throwback Prom hosted by the HOME Team.
Reigning as king and queen of the prom were Dr. Dave Johnson and Lu ella Hodson. They were chosen from a field of seven men and seven women Another highlight of the evening was the Not-So-Newlywed Game. Five couples took the stage to share what they did (or didn’t) know about their spouse. Participants were Jared and Amanda Koehler, Phil and Deb Gutz, Norm and Jacquie Lorenz, Mike and LaDonna Stanosheck and Jared and Jenny Wingert. Winning the title were Jared and Jenny Wingert.
