School is back on

August 27, 1932 - Raining this morning.  I finished lining up my school work this a.m.  Mom made sauerkraut.  Ray took me to the school house this afternoon about 4 o'clock.  We stayed until 7:00.  We were down to Walker's a few minutes.  Ray went to Carroll tonite.  I stayed home.
August 28, 1932 - Packed my suitcase this morning.  Ray and I went up to Uncle Max's and Mom went with Ola's.  We had dinner there.  In the p.m. the school kids came over for Sophia's birthday.  We had lunch, sandwiches, pickles, ice cream and cake.  Ray brought me to Walker's this evening.  All had gone to church except Mrs. Walker.  Loretta Hoffman birthday.
August 29, 1932 - First day of school and it surely seems nice.  I've just got 7 pupils.  The League entertainment committee had a meeting here tonite.  We're having a farewell party for Aileen Schmidt at Wittler's Thursday nite.  It's to be "hard time", with a prize for the best costume.  Sophia Stahl's birthday.

I've been neglecting my Winside history and since 1901 is a long entry, I'll do it now when I have no particular comment about Grandma's comings and goings.

     January 3, C. W. Trenn butcher shop burned.
     January 10, A. H. Carter has started his closing out sale.
     January 12, a new 3c coin, authorized by Congress will be made of nickel and have a 1/4-inch hole in the center.
     January 12, thirteen years ago today the weather was of a very similar quality.  The sun shone brightly and the ground was covered with snow, which was melting rapidly.  About two o'clock in the afternoon there was a sudden change.  The wind swept down from the north and in a very short time, visibility was next to nothing.  Heavy wraps were but slight protection the same as it was in January, 1888.  Many lives were lost as well as stock.
     May 1, this morning as Ed. Ross, brother of Mrs. Mary Needham, came in town at the early hour of five o'clock, he discovered Theodore Erich sitting on the sidewalk in front of Frank Wieble's store.  The man was holding out his left arm, his hand lying on the walk beside a heavy hatchet.  Ed asked the man why he cut off his hand and he replied that, "The Bible says, if your hand offend thee, cut it off."  Dr. Muirhead was called to stop the flow of blood and others were called also, as they thought the man must be out of his head.  Dr. Leisenring, J. M. Cherry and L. A. Reynolds were called in from Wayne to examine him.  He was pronounced insane and was sent to the insane hospital.
     May 12, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rellman lost their farm home by fire early this morning, three miles east and one mile north of town.
     July 11, Winside won the baseball purse of $35.00 from Hoskins.
     July 18, Madison Junior League team won from our local lads 16 to 15.
     July 26, Sarah A. Pullen Hart passed away.
    August 15, First Old Settlers Picnic in Bressler Park, Wayne.
     September 2, Chairman L. S. Needham appointed Walter Gaebler and H. E. Siman to look up the assessed valuation of property in Winside, in view of issuing water bonds.
     September 19, Presbyterian services held regularly at the school house.
    September 19, Memorial services were held today. President William McKinley's favorite song, "Lead Kindly Light," was sung.
     September 21, E. R. Gurney stumping for the Republican ticket, spoke in a country school house.  Mr. Gurney with his usual ease in adapting himself to the circumstances said:  "Gentlemen, I am a farmer, I was born a farmer, in fact I grew up between two rows of corn."  A youngster in the back part of the room exclaimed, "A pumpkin, by gum!"
     October 18, first number of the lecture course season.
     November 1, Walter Gaebler moved his house a few feet south in the center of his lots.
     November 14, Winside won the bowling match from Wayne with a score of 2,303 to 2,008.  Those on the team were:  Siman, Lowry, Redmer, Hayes and Gaebler.
     December 18, thermometer dropped to 28 degrees below zero.
     December 19, town board ordered Lound and Price, owners of the Winside Roller Mills, to raise their smoke stack high enough to get rid of the terrible smoke nuisance or suffer the consequence.

As near as I can tell, that 3 cent coin with a hole in the middle did not come into existence.  Or at least no one is talking about it online.  I wish our money did have holes, so I could make a Mr. Potato Head similar to the above photo.

The only other thing I can add is that I hope all went as well as possible for poor Mr. Erich.