April 8, 1897 —
T. J. Mitchell came up from Sioux City on Friday last with 100 head of cattle which will be run on the range southwest of town this season.
Alderman Blackmer puts in the greater portion of his time now-days sitting on the fence watching the antics of a wobbly-legged Jersey calf of which he is the proud possessor.
The Osmond Band will give a public ball at Suckstorf & Cizek’s hall in Osmond on Saturday evening, April 17th. The band will furnish the music, and the charge is only 50 cents.
100 Years Ago. . .
The carnival put on by the OHS in the city hall drew a big house, and the carnival spirit was strong with the bunch of merry-makers. One could have his fortune told for the small sum of a dime, and find out what the stars had in store for him. At another booth, you could try your fortune at fishing. The "Palace of Sweets" was very popular and their wares most
delicious and appetizing. The "Green Fig" booth drew many of the curious, who were amply repaid at the sight of the strange creature in captivity. Short programs, such as pantomime characters, the funny coons, etc., entertained the crowd. The proceeds of the event went for the athletic fund.
The various candidates running for office in Pierce County filed their various accounts with the county clerk and among the statements of expenses filed were: N. Welch of Osmond, the defeated republican who ran for county assessor, says it cost him $15.50; his victorious democratic opponent, W. A. Rohn, gave his expenses at $11. Martha Steinkraus, democrat, who lost out in her race for clerk of the district court, filed an account of $31; O. B.
Miller, republican, who was elected, spent $48.26.
Before the biggest crowd in its history, the Osmond city hall packed, with standing room at a premium, Beethoven’s music class of St. Mary’s School put on another of their big musical treats, their annual musical recital. One of the most beautiful things ever seen anywhere was the Venetian flower drill, with the girls dressed in pink, blue and yellow.
75 Years Ago. . .
A capacity crowd filled the Osmond city auditorium as the grade school children of the Osmond Public School presented their three-act operetta, "The Magic Beanstalk," under the direction of Mrs. V. Glaze
Reed with assistants as Mr. Emmet
Garvin and Misses Thomsen and Goeres. Some of the outstanding features of the operetta were the pirates, the Dutch dancers, Japanese girls and the magic beans and gypsy dance.
Students from the junior classes of Osmond, Pierce and Plainview high schools who won in elections at their respective high schools went to Pierce for county government day. Those winning the elections in the local races here were: County clerk, Eugene Schmit; county sheriff, Bill Hixson; clerk of district court, Dorothy Bilau; county commissioners (top 3), Arvilla Tech, Charles Pfanstiel and Norman Nierman; county treasurer, Barbara Burt; county assessor, Marion Broekemeier; county attorney, Gary Schuttler. Non-political offices - county judge, Junior Schmer; county superintendent of schools, Lois Schumacher. Appointed offices - county physician, Dwaine Wiegert; county Extension agent, George Swanda; county assistance director, Arleath Stratton; county Veterans Service officer, Ronald Bowling; county highway supervisor, Henry Schmit.
65 Years Ago. . .
It was reported that Osmond High School that school year would sponsor an annual, the first since 1926, according to a report on the "OHS Tiger," mimeographed school organ. Kathy Neitzke was editor and Connie Holmes was assistant editor.
Alice Mordhorst, freshman English class student at Osmond High School, topped her class of more than 30 in essay competition. The entire class voted on the essays after their review.
The essay was entitled "Time Out for America."
It was 53 years earlier that the Frank Graham family, living west of Osmond, moved to our neighboring state to the north. Frank’s daughter, Mrs. Sam Greguson, and family, Lake Andes, visited for the first time her girlhood town and was astounded at the changes. She expected to enjoy visiting her old home, but the house was gone. She called on the few old friends she could find.
Cub scouts of den 1 met for their regular meeting at the home of assistant Den Mother, Mrs. Dave Buchanan Jr. While waiting for all cubs to gather, the boys made a getwell card for Sid Moore, who was home in bed with a sore throat. As this was Veterans Day, the boys whistled Taps. Treats were served by Mike Stanosheck.
The Osmond Woman’s Club met at the Legion hall for its November meeting. Mrs. B. E. Trump, who was in charge of the program for the evening, had many beautifully wrapped packages on display, her topic being "gift wrapping." She stressed "learning by doing," and proceeded to show the ladies present how to make different bows and ribbon roses with the many colorful ribbons at hand.
50 Years Ago. . .
St. Mary’s parish had a double celebration with priests of the archdiocese to concelebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving with Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan to mark the completion of the newly redesigned church interior and the centennial of the School Sisters of St. Francis.
With the close of the 1974 football season, outstanding players selected by their teammates were: Blake Moritz, outstanding offensive back; Mark Engler, outstanding defensive back; Marty Kumm, outstanding of- fensive lineman; Dallas Gansebom and Alan Maxey, outstanding defensive linemen.
A large barn on the Gary Pfanstiel farm northeast of Osmond was com- pletely destroyed by fire. The fire, fed by about 300 bales of hay and 600 bales of straw stored in the loft, burned intensely, leaving little chance to con- tain the fire. The barn housed small pigs which were evacuated when the fire was discovered. Raymond Tim merman, who lived just south of the Pfanstiel farm, was assisting in the removal of the livestock when the large hay loft door broke loose at the top, swung down and struck him on the head and back. Timmerman was taken to Osmond General hospital by ambulance where he was admitted, suffering ankle, head and back injuries. Approximately 30 small feeder pigs perished in the fire .
25 Years Ago. . .
Stop signs were put in place at four locations in the city. They were the first to be placed on north-south streets aside from those at Highway 20 or Prairie Street. The city council, at the urging of parents, selected the sites in an effort to provide safer streets for youths going to and from school. The signs were placed at Fourth and Fulton, Sixth and Fulton, Fourth and Main and Sixth and Main.
10 Years Ago. . .
A crowd estimated at more than 400 persons gathered at Wausa for presentations by three individuals on the proposed merger of five school districts. The proposed district would be made up of the current Osmond, Plainview, Creighton, Bloomfield and Wausa districts. The audience was told that, if one district voted against the bond issue, the matter "would be dead."
Two foreign exchange students — one from Austria and one from the Netherlands — were attending classes at Osmond High School during the 2014-15 school year. They were Victoria Winninger of Ernsthofen, Austria, staying with the Travis and Linda Gutz family, and Vincent Hel doorn of Almere, the Netherlands, living with Kelly and Luella Hodson.
Farmers Pride of Osmond completed its grain facility upgrade just in time for the 2014 fall harvest. The $7 million project increased both storage space and grain receiving speed.
