ing against members of the parent teachers association. Alma Floistad was the winner; Marjorie Nereson, the last of the alumni to fall.

The annual alumni banquet was held at the school house with Glen Oyloe serving as toastmaster. Speakers included: Alonzo Harvey, Mrs. H. J. Mayer, Prof. Lien, Torstein Kvamme, Gleo Cahill and Harry Collins. These officers were elected for the coming year: Clara Anderson, president; Loretto McGary, vice president; Glen Oyloe, sec'y; and Rolf Kvamme, treasurer.

The graduates from O. H. S. in 1923 were: Helen Bernatz, Earl Bothel, Darrell Cornell, Elisabeth Cornell, Alma Floistad, Dolores Hanson, Joseph Holtey, Frederick E. Jones, Torstein Kvamme, Maurine Mayer, Oberlin Nereson, Melba Sampson, Oliver Sand and Clarice Meyer.

The following students finished at De Sales: Georgina Beer, Geraldine Collins, Bernice Dessel, Regina Figge, Collette Imholte, Nellie Powers and Adolph Scheidel. Genevieve Sobolik, representing the parochial school, was the winner of the Winneshiek county spelling contest.

The faculty of the public school included the following teachers: Lottie Zemanik, Vernona Goettsch, J. A. Lien and Homer Fossler in the high school; Loretto McGary, Isabel Brown and Mrs. Ruth Grace, lower grades.

The bandstand was sold at auction to John Swehla on his bid of $25, It was later moved to Porter Park.

Mr. & Mrs. G. F. Gunderson were feted, on the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary, at a celebration held in the Lutheran Church parlor. M. J. Carter, in a speech appropriate to the event, credited Gunder with laying the brick for Anderson & Klein's store, the Citizen's bank, the Figge building occupied by the Bernatz grocery, Ole Thompson's residence adjoining the M. E. Church and his own residence.

Leodegardus (Gard) Barthelme, son of P. L. Barthelme, was awarded a cash prize of $100 along with a trip to the Internation Stock Show, for raising a litter of pigs that weighed 3199 pounds at 180 days. His achievement was covered by pictures and text in the Des Moines Sunday Register. Three other Winneshiek county boys had litters over a ton at 6 months of age. They included two Ossian area boys: Leonard Bodensteiner and Raymond Daniels.

A fall festival and bazzar sponsored by the ladies of St. Francis parish was held at the opera house. The celebration raised $1465 for the Catholic Church.

A historical incident connected with early movies took place near Castalia about this time. We included it in the history published by the Bloomfield Twp. Historical Society. Since this fascinating tale involves Ossian residents, it belongs here as well.

"WATCH OUT FOR PAPA"

Among the more interesting events during the early days of motion pictures was the filming of the comedy, "Watch out for Papa". This film was produced by the Laughagraph Film Company of Castalia.

This company's personnel included Lysle Tatro, actor; Dewey Tatro, cameraman; and V. G. Bollman, director. The set for the movie was the Charles Tatro farm near Castalia and adjacent roads and fields. The main assets of the company seem to have been a new movie camera and assorted vehicles used as props.

Bee editor Schmitz, proprietor of the Princess Theatre, was very interested in the filming of the comedy. We continue with his description of the shooting of one of the picture's more thrilling scenes.

"Sunday afternoon, a few miles northeast of Castalia, we saw a heavily-built Hudson touring car go down a steep incline—amounting to almost a precipice. The car was driven by a young man, who apparently had it under control. However, it plunged over the cliff and dropped more than one hundred feet, completely wrecking the front of the machine. The driver sat at the steering wheel, dazed, but uninjured, a grin of satisfaction on his face, doubtless happy to have survived."