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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1951
Page
3
The Browns express sincere thanks to friends who sent cards calls and other acts of kindness during illness and disability. Signed KE J Brown and Miss Lillian Brown.
Social center life in Osceola and surrounding areas includes birthday celebrations for Mrs. Laura Taddiken's 80th, visits by Herrmanns Pickett Schmoker and others, family gatherings, hospital updates, farming trips, and skating party at District 40 13 47. The Osceola store plans and staff changes are noted as well as an auditorium program lineup.
Miss Maurine Walrath arrived to be organist at the Auditorium and will oversee music starting next week. The Osceola Auditorium Theatre opens its new five thousand dollar pipe organ with Maurine Walrath as organist. The organ weighs about ten thousand pounds and all 500 seats will be reserved during opening week. The Swede Home Farmers Co operative Store becomes a separate plant serving Osceola and Swede Home. New Swede Home officers are F. H. Fredrickson president Gust E. Chindgren vice president and Herman A. Jones secretary treasurer. Martin Anderson remains manager with Carl Cederberg and Alinda Fernander as assistants. Mrs. James A. Gibbins dies aged 44 near Osceola. Senator H. C. Beebe of Osceola touted as author of 23 bills. Election results list mayor G T Ray clerk J L Heald treasurer E H Thelander councilmen wards one and two and school board members A N Johnson August Anderson and Frank Mills.
Osceola officials elected M A Mills and W R Kepner to the school board with no council contest. Walter Wells and John Malek re elected to the council. A fatal tractor accident near Bird City claimed Leland Kidder age 39. Stromsburg votes keep liquor store by three, Cornhusker football interest grows in Osceola with Bertyl Gissler. Logan Danskin wins Superior at Bellevue drama contest. Eldon Zollars marries Ruby Thompson in Los Angeles. Patrick Charles Herrmann born to Lola Zedicher and Robert Herrmann. Local visits and shows noted in Stromsburg and Omaha travel.
Twenty years ago Miss Evelyn Matheson and Ronal Peterson married at the Methodist parsonage in Columbus on March 25 with Mr and Mrs Carl Wieseman as attendants. The couple has started housekeeping on a farm east of Osceola. J H Eller Co owners of a chain of general stores will open.
Mr and Mrs Harold Jones visited Omaha Saturday. Mr and Mrs David Rutter were guests Friday evening of Mr and Mrs Charles Fischer.
Mr and Mrs Tom Bohaty and son were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Joe Knajdl at Ravenna.
Carleton Anderson and brothers Edwin and Vernon accompanied their father Victor Anderson of Stromsburg to Omaha on Sunday where he was admitted to Lutheran hospital for medical care.
Dr. C. R. Peterson attended Saturday morning nuptials at St. Margaret Mary’s church in Omaha for Lorraine Elizabeth Dunn, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Arlo Dunn, and John Allen Swanson.
Mrs Abbie Zang, longtime Osceola resident now living in Lincoln with her son in law Ronald Taddiken and daughter, has joined Rest Manor as a new house guest, after ten years in Lincoln.
Miss Dianne Buhl a Midland College student performed a singing role in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado at the Fre mont City Auditorium on March 29 and 30 1951 Buhl is a former Osceola high school student.
Mr and Mrs John Staroscik assist son in Shelby Milton Gabriel and family as they settle into a newly purchased residence in east Shelby.
To my many friends who remembered me with letters and cards during my recent illness I wish to say thank you from Mrs Bess Warwick for the kindness and support shown during illness.
Dewey Lockard extends gratitude to friends and neighbors for cards and letters during hospitalization and to those who assisted the family, noting the kindness will be long remembered.
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