Newspaper Clippings for
August, 1926
from the Kenosha News 26 August 1926
THE BROWE SCHOOL REUNION
On Thursday, August 26, the 25th annual reunion of pupils and
teachers of the Browe School took place in the grove north of and
adjoining the school grounds.
The weather was all that could be desired and the scores of old
friends and schoolmates, with many interested visitors, who are
always welcome, were ably and pleasantly taken care of by Mr.
Frank Wells, vice president, and his helpers, the "Wells Family"
as usual, charmed their audience with music and the sweet songs
of long ago as well as those of more modern date.
A dancing platform had been laid and "Past and Present" were
illustrated by old time quadriles and jigs, followed by the
Charleston executed by a tiny boy who was loudly applauded.
Short talks were given by Mary Browe, former teacher and Judge
Persons, former pupil and "Josie" Dietmeyer sent his listeners
into fits of laughter with his time honored poem, "My Grandfather
Was a Wonderful Man".
The following pupils who attended school in the late fifties and
the early fifties were present: Sophia Wells, Sarah Wells,
Bridget Emerson, Mary Hansis, Mary E. Stuber, Adelaide Connors,
Kate Yocum, Fidalia Dietmeyer, John Strock, Thomas Strang, Joseph
Dietmeyer, Joseph Herberger, John Eichinger, Louis Gaede,
Bradford Owen and Sara Browe.
The cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, Evanston, Waukegan, Kenosha as
well as the surrounding towns and villages Gurnee, Lake Villa,
Wadsworth, Russell etc., were well represented by former pupils
or their descendants. It was a great joy to all her friends to
have Miss Emma Heydecker present after long illness. Iowa sent
as a pleasant surprise Bradford Owen to shake hands with his old
friends on this, his first visit to the reunion. This was also
true of H. S. Winter, Wis.
In all things, Mr. C. T. Heydecker, our honored president for
twenty-four years, was greatly missed and much regretted. But it
was his dearest wish that the reunion should continue and his
family and friends are determined to "carry on", as he would have
them do.
Mr. Frank Wells, having declined the office of president, Mary
Browe was elected to that office for the ensuing year.
Vice President - Frank Wells, Committee - Emma Heydecker, F. G.
Dietmeyer, Edgar Ames.
The singing of "Home Sweet Home" closed the program and with
good-byes, all departed looking to meeting again on the last
Thursday in August, 1927.
There's a little Browe School house,
Standing lonely on a hill
Where we passed many happy hours away.
And often in my memory I am roaming `round it still,
Where we sang "My Darling Nellie Grey"
Chorus
Oh, those happy childhood days,
You are in the far away,
And you'll never come back to us any more
But we'll gather at the school house
On this glad reunion day,
With the friends that we used to know of you.
Though some have climbed the mountain
On the road to wealth or fame,
While others still are toiling on the way.
Our hearts with love united, will ever be the same,
As when we sang "Our Darling Nellie Grey"
Chorus
Oh, those happy days in school,
When we learned the Golden Rule,
You will never come back to us any more.
But we'll gather at the school house
On this glad reunion day,
With the friends that we used to know of yore.
Words by Cora Wells Melick
