More partying and some school history

February 20, 1933 - The school house wasn't very cold today.  Harry and Alfred were absent.  Read awhile this evening, traced some patterns from my new Grade Teacher.  We listened to the radio and talked about a number of interesting things, roller-skating and taking people places, etc.
February 21, 1933 - Alfred still absent and Harry back in school.  All of us went to Charlie Jochens this evening.  We played Rook and Pitch.  We're making plans every day at school for our St. Patrick's party.
February 22, 1933 - Alfred back again.  The weather has been like spring all this week.  Mildred says she'd like to plant garden.  Went to church tonite.  I got my check from Simon Strate.  Hektographed some things when I got home from school.

I will lean on the Winside history book so that I can get this post finished and available.  Translation:  I lack any clever commentary on Grandma's comings and going outlined above.

So, without further ado, here is 1905:

     January 6, Heavy snows have blocked all of the roads.
     February 14, Telephone lines are being reconstructed in Winside.
     March 2, The last number of the lecture course.
     July 4, Winside celebrated in grand style.  $503.00 was collected to put on the celebration.
     July 14, Work has begun on the new school house similar to the school house at Wakefield.
     October 12, the school house is finished and school will open Monday, October 16.

And that's it.  But reading in other portions of the history book, specifically about schools, I learned the cost of the brick school in 1905 was $12,000 which included a stairway and an east "wing".  The west wall was left in such a way that a new addition could be added some time later.  That wing was added in 1913 at the cost of $8,500 and resulted in the "old school house" that I went to for kindergarten and which many Winside residents and former residents remember well.

The school prior to the 1905 build was erected in 1890 and 1892 at a cost of $3,000.  A land booster (whatever that is) written in 1893 said in part, "Winside has an elegant public school building.  It occupies one of the finest school grounds to be seen in the state. The schools are in charge of Prof. Harvey Mason, an experienced and efficient school man.  As a town for school advantages, Winside is not surpassed by any town in this part of Nebraska."

That school was given up in favor of the 1905 school because repairs needed were deemed too costly and the money better spent on a new building.  In its day, however, it was quite attractive, as you can see below.