April 22, 1897 —
There will be a meeting of old soldiers at this place on Saturday, May 1st at 2 o’clock, p.m. for the purpose of organizing a post. — By order of Com.
The report of the village treasurer shows the town to be in debt $573.66.
Jos. Koening, living north east of Foster, died from strangulated hernia. The young man failed to call a physician in time.
100 Years Ago. . .
“Will play at WJAG: D. A. Senift and wife and Andrew Moats will play over the radio at Norfolk Saturday night between 6 and 7 o’clock and after that for a dance at King’s Park. Osmond people will have the pleasure of listening to some of their own number over the radio.”
E. G. Schauppner sold his blacksmith shop and residence to Barney Luebbers, the price for both being $9,000. The residence and shop building were valued at $6,000 and the equipment of the shop at $3,000 Barney sold a half interest in the shop to his brother, Herman, who was going to be a partner with him in the business. Ernest started in the blacksmith business 17 years before with a capital of $240, and, besides the property he sold, owned 520 acres of good South Dakota land. He was known far and near as a master workman. One day he put 106 horse shoes on, and on another day, sharpened 36 plow lays.
Andrew Blackmer held his fourth annual bred sow sale, featuring 49 head of Duroc Jersey sows — 15 tried sows, 26 fall gilts and 8 spring gilts — at his farm ¾ of a mile west of the flag pole in Osmond. His herd boars, for reference only, included Big Supreme Colonel, Challenge U Pathfinder, High Giant Sensation, Pathfinder’s Boy and Sensation’s Pride.
75 Years Ago. . .
Details were in the process of being worked out to provide individual radios for St. Joseph Hospital patients. It was planned to purchase eight radios and increase the number if demand justified such action. Radios would be fastened to each bed above the patient’s head with a patented fixture. Dials on the machines were upside down to permit correct viewing by the patient while lying down. They could be used by patients by coin insertion. Each radio was equipped with a timer which permitted one hour of service for a dime.
About half a dozen Osmond persons went to Norfolk to take civil service examinations. The examinations were given by the Civil Service Commission to determine eligibility for appointment to either of two clerical positions to be permanently filled at the Osmond post office. Acting postmaster Norman
Windeshausen said his office had requests for about 10 examination blanks.
Members of the Immanuel Lutheran congregation began in razing the old Immanuel Lutheran school. Efforts to sell the structure proved futile since the structure had to be moved from its location. Now the building would be taken down and the lumber sold. The building was erected in 1905 and served as school and part of the time as church since then. It gave way to a new structure built during the previous year.
65 Years Ago. . .
Secretary of the School District of Osmond Phil Beckwith and district president M. V. Enevoldsen were pictured in the paper, signing bonds that were authorized at a recent election for the construction of a new public school at Osmond. There were 452 sheets, each requiring both of the men’s signatures. The new school was to be built at the north edge of Osmond.
Gary Rodgers, son of Dr. C. E. Rodgers of Osmond and a senior in the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska, was pictured on the front page of the Osmond Republican shaking hands with the nation’s vice president, Richard Nixon. The picture was taken at Washington when Gary and a group of young men were in the nation’s capital attending a Young Republicans Leadership Training School. His account of the Washington trip was printed in the newspaper.
The Osmond Board of Education decided at a meeting on Feb. 1 that no schools would be operated in the country the next school year.
Provisions would be made to handle all pupils in town. Also during that meeting, a representative of rural school district 110 in Knox County met with the board and explained the district’s plan for a part of it to join the reorganized District 42R. The Osmond school district would gain 17½ quarter sections of land area by the merger.
50 Years Ago. . .
Gerald and Loyal Petersen were pictured in the paper with a plaque presented to their firm by the Lindsay Manufacturing Company. The plaque was presented at the national sales meeting held in Las Vegas. The Distinguished Performance award was presented to Petersen & Son, Inc. “in appreciation and recognition as outstanding Lindsay irrigation dealer.”
Mr. and Mrs. Kent Gansebom of Osmond were presented the “Pork Chop” award by the Pierce County Pork Producers Association at the group’s annual membership party. The award was presented annually to an outstanding pork producer who had done considerable work and effort in raising and promoting pork.
The Development Corporation, together with other interested parties, held a meeting with two gentlemen — Larry Holtrop and Gary Boldenow — interested in building and operating a meat processing plant in Osmond. Funding, as was usually the case, was of the greatest concern. It was the expressed view that a Small Business Association guaranteed loan with some local funds through the Development Corporation would be the best method of financing if it could be arranged. A feasibility study would have to be done first to establish need and support.
The number of students absent from the community school was somewhat higher than normal, ac- cording to school officials. In fact, the percentage of absenteeism was nearly double during the last few days of January at the community school, but still several percentage points below the 10% mark which school administrators considered epidemic proportion. There were many reports and complaints of a "flu bug" around the community, causing persons to become very ill. The severity and number of persons afflicted prompted Osmond General Hospital administration to restrict patient visitation to the minimum.
25 Years Ago. . .
Relatives and friends joined Benj. Fuelberth at Osmond General Hospital activity center to celebrate his 100th birthday. Along with the visits, cards and other remembrances, Ben received a birthday cake with 100 candles, and there in came an unplanned birthday event. When the candles were blown out, the smoke triggered the hospital alarm which is tied into the city siren . Thus, Ben’s birthday was marked by the sounding of the siren until firemen arrived at the fire hall, learned that there was no problem and shut the siren off.
10 Years Ago. . .
Winning the local Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7838 and its Auxiliary was Aric Krienert. Second- place honors went to Cierra Pfanstiel, and third to Erica Slagle. The theme for 2014 was “Why Veterans Are Important to Our Nation’s History and Future.”
