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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
8
Local sellers post today cash prices for fresh hens and poultry at Hens Springs Cox and the Duncan Produce Co. Prices advertised reflect immediate cash sale terms.
A campus notes item lists Ruth Hansen and Marjorie Douglas with roles including Faculty Advisor Athletics Eloise Beatty John Young and others in a personal notices style. The item reads like a micro roster of people connected to a school staff or student group.
Osceola girls lose two games to the Gehoa Indians 12 to 25 despite strong teamwork and effort. The article notes the Indians speed and scoring accuracy and predicts a win against Stromsburg next Saturday. Boys also lose 17 to 8 to Genoa with praise for their effort and a strong state contender profile. Basketball schedules list upcoming games against Stromsburg Benedict Shelby Central City Brainard and others.
A collage of quotes and notes from Osceola High School recounts friendships, student humor, and campus life. Mentions Mildred and Melford Anderson, Neela Boatright studying Lip Reading in St. Louis, Minnie Eckstrom teaching, Winifred Hoffer visiting family, and various classroom moments.
The Men's Athletic Club funded and installed new gym equipment including leather grip traveling rings along the south wall and a trapese. a movable horizontal bar will follow. Weekly Thursday workouts happen in the gym with Mr. Andrews and Coach LeBar overseeing physical training for most students. Manual training students added spectator seating to ready the gym for upcoming basketball games.
Miss Lillian Weisman, a University student, returned Tuesday evening to Silver Creek to attend her grandmother Mrs. Lucas’s funeral and spend the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weisman.
The faculty planning a new April play following last year’s Lion and the Mouse. The annual high school festival is set for February 13 with a Valentine theme in programs, stands and costumes. Miss Scherich directs the plays and proceeds fund school improvements.
Examinations were given last Saturday under county superintendent B. Huston at the school house. It was the second session this year and nearly all pupils who sought certificates took part.
Miss Scherich earns credit for directing the Girl Reserves plays on January 21 and 22. She oversees all high school dramatics this year and is deemed most capable for the role.
Elizabeth Weeden, a freshman, impressed the audience at the Girls Reserve Chau Eauqua with unusual dancing ability. The performance featured difficult feats and earned her repeated encores from the crowd.
Osceola high school enters a district tournament to be held at York to determine entrants for the state tournament in Lincoln in March. A new ruling requires district tournaments statewide to reduce costs and workload. Only class winners and runners up advance to the state tournament.
W T Mawhorn returned from Omaha visiting his sister Anna who is on the mend at Lord Lister hospital. Mrs Elizabeth Lind died of pneumonia funeral held Swede Plains church. Johnson Bros become new owners of the Viking theatre.
The two evening event drew a good attendance with every girl contributing willingly and capably. Net proceeds totaled 50 dollars to aid the girls of the High School organization in greatest need.
Bernice Welch and Lucille Dear attended the wedding of their cousin Betty Welch to Verne Lewellyn captain of the 1923 Cornhusker team. The ceremony was held last Friday at the Chi Omega sorority house in Lincoln.
Hendrickson complains to LeBar during the Albion game that he cannot stop the opposing fullback because the running interference blocks his path. The remark captures a moment of on-field sideline humor about blocking roles during the match.
A playful dialogue features Mildred Weeden reporting a mouse in the pudding and suggesting a cat was thrown in to catch it. Ruth Hansen riffs on Shakespeare and Linus Héald joins with lighthearted remarks as Supt. Andrews cautions about certainty.
Notice of sale by Phil B. Campbell as administrator of Martha B. Doty deceased seeks license to sell real estate in Osceola Polk County Nebraska The East Half Lot Ten Block Five East Addition Osceola to be sold Feb 21 1925 at 2 PM for cash at the court house with possession Mar 1 1925 Campbell Bittner Campbell Attorneys Jan 29 Feb 5-12 19 plus a column of unruly quotes and witticisms.
Wayland city notes list Sunday services on February first with Sunday School at 10, morning worship at 11, Christian Endeavor at 7 and evening worship at 7:20. The pastor will deliver a special Sunday morning message titled Listening In. A follow up lecture on The Negro in the South is planned for next Sunday evening.
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