50 years ago – 1972
Brownies Plan Cook-Out For Wednesday, May 31 – The final regular meeting of Brownie Troop 171 met at the Library on Monday, May 22. The girls played games and had ice cream treats. Our business meeting centered on the plans for a cook-out next Wednesday, May 31. Committees were formed to plan the menu and games. We decided to meet at the Library at 3:00 and travel by car from there to the lake. We plan on being back to the library at 6.00. The food committee will meet on Tuesday at 1:00 to buy groceries. In case of bad weather, the cook-out will be postponed till the next nice day. We hope all Brownies can attend this final event of the year. The leaders, Sue Johnson and Pat Ericksen, regret that neither will be able to continue with Brownies next year. We hope that if a mother is interested in helping the Brownie Troop continue, she will contact either leader for the available information.
Cherokee Rodeo To Be Held This Weekend – Spectators at the Sixth Annual Cherokee Memorial Weekend Rodeo in Cherokee, Iowa, will have the opportunity to see the world famous Willis Brothers in action this year. The Willis Brothers from Abilene, Texas, are well-known Rodeo Clowns and Bullfighters, Their job is two fold – to entertain the spectators with their funny antics and to protect the cowboy who might fall under the feet of the dangerous brahma bulls during the bullriding competition. 40 years ago – 1982
Schools Out, Kids Pick up Report Cards Wednesday – The students of the Paullina Community School and the Zion St John Lutheran School completed their final day o f school on Tuesday, May 25. Semester tests were taken on Monday and Tuesday and report cards were available on Wednesday morning. May 26 (Not Saturday, May 20 as stated in last week’s issue) Wednesday will be the last day of school at Primghar for students and will also he a faculty in-service day at Paullina.
Poppy Poster Winners Announced – Winners of the American Legion Auxiliary Popp y Poster contest have been announced this week First place winner was Jane Massmann with Jerry Nieuwcnhuis receiving second place and Dawn Barlow as the third place winner The posters are on display in the various business places. This was a project for fifth and sixth grade students Judge s were county officers.
Girls Little League To Pick Teams on Saturday, June 5 – The Little League girls Softball teams will hold a meeting on Saturday June 5 at the junior high gym Meeting time is set for 2 p m All girls who have registered for the summer Little League softball and those who wish to sign up for the program and their parents are encouraged to attend Team members will be picked at this meeting Tammy Dice will be the coach for the girls this summer
30 years ago – 1992
SOHS FFA places fifth in soil judging contest – A four-member team from the South O’Brien FFA recently placed fifth in the 1992 Northwest Iowa Technical College Soil Conservation District Soil Judging Contest which was held on Thursday, May 7, on the NITC Campus. In individual competition, Jason Maaland from South O’Brien placed ninth. Teams representing six area high schools competed in the soil judging contest. Competition consisted of a written exam as well as a soil analysis of four soil sites based on the Iowa Soil Judging Score Card, Agronomy 116. Other teams placing in competition included: Emmetsburg, first; Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn #1, second; West Lyon #3, third and Little Sioux Valley #1, fourth. Awards for the contest were provided by the Cherokee County Soil Conservation office.