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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
19
A South Park event planned as a big public affair features a Sunday picnic and band concert. The gathering aims to raise funds via gifts and prizes, with prizes for youth races and family and individual categories. Proceeds support club activities and future picnics.
Oshkosh Week aims to dispel civic indifference with a series of events led by speaker Mr. Weigle. The program includes a morning observance at First Methodist, a Century Club afternoon program, a Wednesday dinner, and venues across Oshkosh featuring community leaders and veterans. The events, sponsored by the Oshkosh Association of Commerce, seek broad participation from city residents.
A Flag Day observance by the Elk Lodge is planned for Sunday June 14 at Romine Park in the evening. Judge Martin L Lueck of Beaver Dam will give the address with a parade forming at the Bike Club and marching to the park. The event features a patriotic program, songs, and a prize for meritorious service, with local veterans and community groups participating.
The Sawyer foundation hosts a flower show featuring peonies including Horitentturiat and Bloom varieties. Rosendale exhibitor Willirm Soxmeyt plans a larger display, with at least three display arrangements. A Chicago gravee toral alana of chrysanthemuma dater joins the season, aiming to surpass prior displays in the valley.
Under R O Wolverton leadership Oshkosh plans a new Sons of Veterans camp. Names of prospective charter members include sons and grandsons of Civil War veterans. P Pontaltion of Eau Claire reports Wisconsin department command, a meeting may be called soon to organize. Philip H Sheridan Post No 10 G A R members urge a new camp to sustain civic and veterans service. Honorary G A R members may join under recent rule.
Navy secretary Curtin Wilbur told Congress that a proposed flight path would pass over Oshkosh if the Lus Angeles mission proceeds as planned. Problems with engine trouble halted a prior alert and the schedule remains unsettled with possible itinerary changes.
A county cases roundup reports a man jailed in the workhouse after a $440 bond, various defendants charged with drunkenness and public morality offenses, and others facing hearings or continuances. Notable items include Albert Grames under a tench warrant for theft, and Edward Hraemies alleged to have planned actions after his divorce. Virginia, seven months, is referenced in support payments. March 13 is set for further action.
The Routh Ride Business Men's club schedules the first band concert this Sunday afternoon and evening at Routh Park. It runs with municipal concerts planned by the commission, alternating between Menominee and South parks each Sunday in July and August, totaling ten concerts from June 28 to late summer.
Short notes from Madison report that Walter and Ryder of a Baptist church attended the Wisconsin Star Baptist convention. Reed mentions quarantines for two contagious diseases, one at 12 Twelfth Street and another for scarlet fever on Wisennatn Avenue. Also notes James Mitchell earning degrees from Marquette University and other local family news and travels with limited readable detail.
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