Picnic and post-picnic

Fri., May 12, 1933 - Heavy fog this morning, it lifted by 10:00.  Only 38 at the picnic.  I guess the muddy roads kept the rest away.  We played ball this p.m.  I went to Rebekah lodge tonite.  They had a shower for Louise Lautenbaugh Ramsey.  Alma sent a letter to the lodge asking to be dropped from the membership.  Howard took me home.
Sat., May 13, 1933 - We started for Norfolk but the car wasn't working very well so we came home as soon as I had my check.  We stopped out to Ola's awhile.  We were down town a few minutes this evening.  Today was warm and sunshiny, the opposite of yesterday.
Sun., May 14, 1933 - To S.S. and church this morning.  Ola came in this morning and took the car home with him.  I slept most of the afternoon.  This evening Mom and I went to the Baccalaureate Services at the school house.

Ola taking the car must answer Nancy's question in a comment to a previous post about Grandma having a car or not having a car at this time in her life.  I am guessing she borrowed it for a time, for whatever reason.

Too bad the nice weather missed the picnic by a day.  I don't know how many she might have been expecting, but 38 sounds like a decent crowd.

I best do a bit of Winside history, since I haven't for a while.  Here is 1909.

     February 11, Walter Gaebler and Wm. Gabler encountered a severe snow storm when the former was called out by a death in a family north and west of here.  The storm continued so badly that it was necessary to stay there two nights.
     March 11, Mrs. Wm. Witte was taken to Omaha for an operation from which she never recovered.
     April 15, Janitor Dave Leary has torn up the old board side walks on the south side of the school house in preparation for a new concrete walk.
     October 7, C. E. Benshoof purchased the large Carter car of Wylie McClusky and can run it to "beat the band."
     December 23, Prof. J. A. Dimmick, formerly principal here in 1907, committed suicide.

I found an Alvena Witte buried at Winside that died in 1909.  Born in 1872, so she was young.

I also found from the Valentine Democrat of Valentine Nebraska, the following:

Superintendent of Public Schools at Sterling Commits Suicide

Prof. J. A. Dimmick, superintendent of the public schools at Sterling, committed suicide Thursday evening by shooting himself through the temple with a rifle.  He died instantly.  The cause has not been ascertained.  He was 32 years old and leaves a widow and a son 5 years old.  He carried a life certificate and was popular as an educator and a citizen.

Prof. Dimmick had been despondent since his name had been mentioned in connection with the case of Miss Lora Neff, who had accused her father of misconduct.  The case was to be heard next week in court.  Miss Neff had, however, made affidavit exonerating Prof. Dimmick, and the school board had given him a vote of confidence.

Strange stuff . . .