Sun., January 13, 1935 - Very cold today. To S.S. and church. Embroidered this p.m. Played Squeak and High Five tonite after Howard came. Had a dish of chili at restaurant before we went to Goodlings. Started fire at schoolhouse.
Mon., January 14, 1935 - Warm in schoolhouse this morning. Verdelle Mae absent today. Somewhat warmer this evening. Went to be early. Wayne Wendt came after school complaining about how people said he took the gun and glasses from the schoolhouse the nite of the program.
Tues., January 15, 1935- We had hot lunch today, mashed potatoes and corn. Corrected papers tonite and made hektograph copies of workbook material.
I very fondly remember playing Squeak. Or is it, I remember playing Squeak very fondly. In any event, I did not realize it had been in the family for so long. I wonder when it was first introduced to us. A quick search of the internet reveals others play under the same name with the same or very similar rules, so it is not unique to just us. I will keep my eyes and ears open for surely there is more information to be found.
You may note Grandma uses less-than-complete sentences in 1935. This is because, as you can see in the photograph, her diary is the five-year type and she did not have much room for her thoughts. Previous diaries were one-year and she had a whole page available then.
On to the remainder of 1934:
July 16, T. H. Hill and Miss Emma Mittelstadt of Norfolk, were married.
August 16, Old Settlers Picnic.
August 23, most of the farmers are cutting their corn and shocking it. Drouth conditions this year have caused the farmers to take this means of saving their feed.
September 1, picnic finances show a balance on hand of $252.66.
September 3, school opened with 87 in high school and 90 in the grades.
September 13, a four-day Farmers League Tourney was held netting $62 for the band fund.
September 27, J. C. Schmode, a World War veteran, received a George Washington Purple Heart medal from the government. This medal was originated by George Washington and issued only to soldiers wounded in action.
October 4, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bahe opened a restaurant in the former Dr. McIntyre office building.
October 4, a Karl Stefan for Congress Club has been organized in Winside with a charter membership of 101.
October 14, Alfred Westerhaus, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Westerhaus, died of injuries received today when he was struck down by a speeding car a quarter of a mile east of town.
October 23, 120 people were served at the "Karl Stefan for Congress" supper served by the Trinity Lutheran Aid. Karl was the principal speaker.
November 8, the local Red Cross branch turned over their funds to the county amounting to $200.
November 22, Matt H. Boyle, formerly editor the the Tribune, died.
December 2, Merle Paulk and Miss Charlotte Cary were married.
December 20, Fairacres Dairy north and west of Winside, won the highest test for the month of November with 39.8 pounds of butter fat in a state-wide competition of dairy stock.
December 20, Maurice Hansen and Esther Jurgensen of Carroll, were married.
December 25, A. C. Goltz, a lumber man here for many years, died suddenly.
I haven't looked ahead, so this may be a spoiler, but I see that Karl Stefan was elected and served from 1935 to 1952. From January 1935 to September 1951, he missed 37 of 1,664 roll call votes, which is 2.2%. This is better than the median of 3.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in September 1951. (from govtrack.us)
This is from wikipedia:
He was born on a farm in Zebrakov, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) on March 1, 1884. In 1885 he moved with his parents to Omaha, Nebraska, United States. He was taught in the public schools and later a Y.M.C.A. night school. He joined the United States National Guard, being first a private in the Illinois National Guard and then a lieutenant in the Nebraska National Guard. He was an inspector of telegraphs in the Philippine Constabulary from 1904 to 1906.
He moved to Norfolk, Nebraska in 1909 to serve as a telegrapher. He became an editor of the Norfolk Daily News until 1924 and a radio commentator and contributor to newspapers and magazines until 1934. He was president of the Stefan Co. and publishers’ agent for magazines and newspapers.
During his years as WJAG's first announcer, Stefan is credited with developing much of WJAG's programming, including a noontime show. Stefan, who announced WJAG’s noon news report, opened his daily broadcast with a trademark greeting: “Hello friends. Hello everybody! You are listening to WJAG, the Norfolk Daily News station, and we’re located at Norfolk, IN Nebraska. On the air with the regular noon-day program –– the lunch-hour session of WJAG’s radio family.” One of WJAG’s first announcers, Art Breyer, who worked sans pay at the Norfolk station “for the fun of it,” labeled Stefan the “backbone” of WJAG. Breyer said Stefan’s “personality enabled him to become intimately acquainted with the listeners.” In typical charismatic fashion, the local newscaster personalized a livestock quote on one of his noon reports. “Sam Kent,” Stefan declared, “I’ve got good news for you today. Understand the price of hogs is 6½ cents today, and that’s going to make everything all right.” Stefan’s radio persona, says Breyer, “endeared himself to the public.” But Stefan had more than an appealing personality to draw listeners, he dispensed information. WJAG’s first announcer not only peppered his noon broadcasts with local affairs but also news from the Norfolk Daily News’ Associated Press (AP) newspaper wire.
Stefan was not only an announcer and newscaster but also the creator and producer of station programming. In 1922, he originated the “radio family,” whose members gathered around a mythical dinner table each noon hour. Its aim, Stefan said, was “an unwritten understanding . . . that the station was to [be] run by its listeners –– the radio family.” Mr. and Mrs. George Salter of Norfolk served as the first “father” and “mother.” In fewer than two years, WJAG dispensed hundreds of “official” titles to its listeners: mail carrier, banker, chicken-eater, crippled girl, sweetheart, corn-king (Art Breyer), hog-man, shoe-man, Scotchman (Bill Graham, and later, Don Bridge of Norfolk), goat trainer, goat milker, wolfhound-man, and mayor (J. B. Hassman of Coleridge). In 1930, WJAG selected a new radio “father.” L. B. Musselman, a Civil War veteran and Nebraska pioneer, succeeded the late G. B. Salter as head of the family table.
Stefan was elected to U.S. Congress in 1934 and later became a member of congressional committee aiding inauguration of the Philippine Commonwealth Government in Manila in 1935. He was a delegate to the Interparliamentary Union in Oslo, Norway in 1939. He was also an official adviser at the 1945 United Nations Conference in San Francisco, California.
He ran and won to represent Nebraska's 3rd district in 1935 and was reelected eight times. He died while in office on October 2, 1951 in Washington, D.C. He was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Norfolk.
Norfolk's Karl Stefan Memorial Airport is named in his honor.
I cannot find anything about his death, so perhaps 67 years was considered a good old age to live to and the particulars were not particularly note-worthy.
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