Red Willow, the town and school

Friday, July 19, 2019

The gifts of items expanded last month when we received several issues of the Red Willow Zephyr, the earliest of which was the 1939 annual. Since I grew up in Indianola, I am very familiar with the Red Willow School. The two high schools were competitors in sports, and I sat in the original building’s gymnasium for basketball games. The 1949 annual contains a picture of a young man who quite obviously was very involved in school activities, Densel O’Dea. His participations included football, basketball, boys’ glee club, track, class officer, student council, junior play and scholastic day. Densel is still a Red Willow, Nebraska fan today having spearheaded the placement of historical signs at both the location of the original location of Red Willow, the town, and the Red Willow School building. His classmates that year included Richard Lenneman, Dorothy Kircher, Shirley Kotschwar and Marilynn McKillip.

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