From the Osmond Republican Files
July 23, 1896 —
Ed Saunders has done his best to help us out on items this week. Yesterday morning, he permitted his big team to run away, breaking the wagon up badly and converting the hay rack into a good article of kindling wood. When Ed thinks his name should appear in print, he generally succeeds in accomplishing the end.
Fred Julyn had the misfortune to lose a valuable horse on Monday from the effects of a wire cut.
This office is the possessor of a female fowl and it is our intention to have her photographed and a cut made of her for use in case Bryan is elected. She will crow.
100 Years Ago. . .
On Sunday, May 18, 1924, the city hall was filled in honor of the senior class baccalaureate exercises. The following are the graduates of the OHS that year: Milton Childs, Harvey McKibbon, Hilda Broekemeier, Mary Loebe, Horace Kuhl, Bertrude Craven and Camilla Decker. These, led by Supt. Severin and Rev. Braunersreuther, and accompanied by the high school teachers and students of the high school, marched to the front and occupied seats of ho nor, while a march was played by Miss Emma Cizek. A solo was sung by Alice Welch and a violin solo played by Edward Cizek. Rev. Braunersreuther then gave the sermon, which was printed in the paper in its entirety. Carl Morris on the cornet and Emma Ziek at the piano rendered an instrumental duet, after which Rev. Braunersreuther pronounced the benediction, and the audience sang “America” in closing.
At the regular monthly meeting of the Cornerstone Lodge No. 247 A. F. & A. A.M. [Masonic Lodge], the following officers were elected for the following year: Worshipful Master — A. L. Lundstrom; Senior Warden — David Buchanan; Junior Warden — Dr. C. E. Rodgers; Secretary — James Cizek; Treasurer — Nis Nissen.
The businessmen were guests of the American Legion at a celebration in the city hall in honor of the passage of the bonus bill. A large number was present and all had a most enjoyable evening. Progressive pitch was played until a late hour, after which a lunch was served, and dancing was then the amusement of the evening. “The Legion boys are royal entertainers as well as good fighters, and here’s wishing them the best of luck in all their undertakings.”
75 Years Ago. . .
The Village of Osmond completed purchase of two 25-ft. lots from Pierce County, the location for a new concrete brick and block building that would house fire trucks, and contain council and small meeting room, jail and rest room. City Clerk C. H. Albers stated the new building probably would be 30 by 40 feet, and it would be 36 feet south of the present city hall, which would be remodeled.
Two huge, sprawling boxelder trees were removed from the small terrace directly across the street east of the Huey Garage [the Wally’s Shop building] to be replaced by trees of a better variety. Along with this work during the week, Theisen Bros., owners of the half block [where the post office is now located], put in a new reinforced concrete wide sidewalk the full block length. Hundreds of yards of dirt were put on the Theisen lots and leveled to get them “out of the mud.”
65 Years Ago. . .
May moisture at Osmond, with less than half the month gone, had surpassed normal for the entire month. The total as of May 13 was 4.29 inches. The average rainfall for May is about 3.9 inches.
Seventeen young folks from this community officially completed their high school education with the presentation of diplomas. The culmination of 12 years of schooling took place at the annual commencement at the auditorium. The class was one of the smallest to graduate from OHS in recent years. An OHS alumnus, Horace Windeshausen, graduate of 1941, associate professor in the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska, gave the commencement address. Valedictorian Karen Luebbers was presented the Regents Scholarship. Barbara Broekemeier was offered a choice of remaining scholarships, but declined as she was going to enter nurses training.
The sophomore class of OHS sponsored a teen-agers dance at the auditorium here on May 21. The dance was for teen-agers 13 and up and lasted from 8 p.m. to midnight. The KMNS disc jockeys furnished the music. Admission was 50¢.
Schools, uniform closing hours, Boy Scouts, swimming pool, finances, park landscaping and a community float in the Pierce County Centennial parade — those were some of the topics discussed at a day-early Community Club dinner meeting. C. J. Theisen presented a proposal plan for planting and landscaping a new city park in the swimming pool area. Clubs were invited to sponsor the planting of trees, flower beds, fireplaces, tables, etc.
50 Years Ago. . .
The Osmond Republican printed a letter written by Juan Cortez Fernandez of Chile to the Alton Fuelberth family, which whom he lived while attending school here as an exchange student. He wrote: “How are you Dad? I guess you are working pretty hard in the farm, aren’t you? Have you read the newspaper lately? I read on the paper and watched on TV that Nixon had to quit in his government because a lawyer had several proof about the Watergate case and now all the events are getting really hard to Nixon. . . How are your two little kids? I mean Kay and Carl. I think they have grown really tall and healthy, haven’t they? Bruce how is your girlfriend? Hey Boy, What do you think about streaking? It started in United States-Colleges. Right now streaking has been practising all over the world, but here in Chile we don’t accepted it. The streaker is going to be put in jail for about a year or maybe longer than that. In that way we have no streaker in Chile.” He also wrote about the upheaval in his country at that time and said he was sending the book “White Book,” which told all the events which had happened there.
The Osmond girls’track team made a fine showing in the C-6 district track meet, placing sixth out of 15 teams. Rose Clayton and Anita Gloe quali- fied to participate in the state track meet. Rose qualified by winning the
50-yard dash and placing second in the 100-yard dash. Anita qualified in the shot put with second place, throwing it 38 ft., 11 in., a new school record.
In the boys’ track meet held a week after the girls', Robin Reed qualified for state by placing second in the high jump at 5 ft., 10 in.
25 Years Ago. . .
Senior distance ace runner Nick Hansen took advantage of the weather and competition at the Norfolk Classic to break the school record in the 3,200 meters with a second-place finish and closing of 10:27.6. The old record of 10:28.3 had been held by Ted Sazama. Others competing that day were Gabe Gansebom, who placed third in the long jump and fifth in the 200 meters; Mary Aschoff, Maggie Schultze, Amanda Mowinkel, Andy Ketelsen, and the 3,200-meter relay team of Nathan Vinson, Andrew Ortmeier, Nick Schieffer and Dustin Sandoz.
10 Years Ago. . .
Junior Cameron Moes and sopho- more Erica Slagle both qualified for the state track meet in Omaha. Cameron won the 3,200 meters at the district meet and came in second in the 1,600 meters. Erica came in second in the 200 meters. At the state track meet, Cameron placed sixth in the 3,200 meters, finishing in nearly his fastest time of 10:19.04.
