"The Merry Widdows were caught in the rain but they will be here all the same. Homecoming, Oshkosh, Wis, Aug 24 to 29." The primary idea of "old home" week, as it was also known, was to get as many former residents as possible to "come back home" for a visit with former friends and neighbors, and to enjoy all that Oshkosh had to offer.