Odd Bits from a Rural Family Mini Chronicle
A slice of local life recounts family reminiscences and community notes. The piece mentions the Lincoln Johnsons visiting Deuel County kin, a laughing about April fools storms, and Mrs. Marie Bremer visiting Indianapolis with a copy of the Indianapolis Star. The column notes a Bible of Lutheran recipes, Osceola publicity, and a Blue River Beavers meeting with new officers and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Johnsons
Deuel County
McDill Boyd
Phillipsburg
Kansas
Marie Bremer
Indianapolis
Hattie Randell
Good Samaritan Center
Indianapolis Star
Peter T. L. Black
Ec. Grad
IRS
Blue River Beavers
Tom Yungdah
Loren Treffer
Mike Treffer
Bruce Treffer
Tom Johnson
Tom Yungdahl
Mike Johnston
Nyberg Chapin unite in Nebraska church wedding
Phyllis Nyberg and James W. Chapin wed April 2 at St. John's Lutheran Church Bennington Nebraska with 7:00 p.m. ceremony by Rev Norman Schroeder. The couple plans to reside in Omaha after a Colorado trip. Phyllis teaches art in Council Bluffs Carter Lake. Guests included Connie Bruce and Charles Chapin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip H. Nyberg
Phyllis
James W. Chapin
Omaha
St. John's Lutheran Church
Bennington
Nebraska
Norman Schroeder
Hilltop House
Miriam Schroeder
Midland College
Connie Bruce
Charles Chapin
St Andrew's Altar Society Meets In April Update
St Andrew's Altar Society gathers Thursday April 10 at 1 30 p m at Mrs Richard Kropatsch home with Mrs Conrad Kropatsch assisting. J F K Council Knights of Columbus hosts a card party at St Andrew's church hall next Sunday April 13 at 7 30 p m. Easter visits and dinners are noted for several local families including the Leimers Kreshas Grosches Hahn and Gabels with several relatives from Columbus and Lincoln. Funeral attendance marked for Mrs Marvin Bernt and relatives in Pueblo Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew’s Altar Society
Richard Kropatsch
Conrad Kropatsch
J.F.K. Council of Knights of Columbus
St. Andrew’s Church Hall
Wayne Grosch
Columbus
Adolf Kresha
Laurence Leimers
Allyn Leimsers
Ron Stempers
Kathy Wachal
Mildred Hahn
Don Adkisson
Harold Husmann
Clarks
Max Gabels
Shelby
Ronnie Smiths
Larry Kreshas
Adolph Kreshas
Wayne Grosches
Olive Parseley
Carroll Hahn
Ernie Prochaska
Theo Svoboda
Brainard
Carl Tschauner
John Hahn
Olive Bartenbruch
Rudolph Nits
Art Gabriels
Joe Jaworskis
Lincoln
Robert Topinkas
Joe Karges
Leo Kreshas
Paul Kresha
Omaha
Glen Kreshas
Marvin Bernt
E. E. Engler
Kenneth Engler
Pueblo
Colorado
Adolf Oehme
Brainara
Maple Leaf
Pearle Wieseman
City Hall
Janet Wills
Viking Center
Stroms
Silver Creek
Jean Bond
Betty ‘Johnson
ICOF
ABC Bridge Club
Lorraine
Indus
Helen Johnson Historical Society
Samaritan Home
C.T.U
Edith Richards
Country Club
Legion Auxiliary State Child Welfare
Harriet Johnson
Nora Snodgrass
Leona Boden
T & C Club
Robert McMeekin
Entre Nous
Ruth
S) Johnson Rebekahs Gabs
Anne Merrick
Easter Dinner Guests and Travelers Visit Osceola Area
Osceola residents report Easter gatherings as Mr. and Mrs. W S Shoemaker of Red Oak Iowa and Mrs Er nest Gleim plus three sons from Lincoln join Elmer Gleim family for Easter dinner. Bert Gissler returns from ten day trip to Honolulu and three Hawaiian islands. Jerry Tonniges family attend Sherry McGuffin Terry Tonniges wedding in York. Dale Carrell and Douglas visit Marjorie Fonda and her daughter in Columbus during the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Shoemaker
Red Oak
Iowa
Ernest Gleim
Lincoln
Elmer Gleim
Bert Gissler
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Jerry Tonniges
Sherry McGuffin
Terry Tonniges
York
Dale Carrell
Douglas
Marjorie Fonda
Fonda
Don Ray Byers
Columbus
Farm equipment and livestock for sale from local estate
Large lot listing tractors including a 460 Farmall and Farmall H with Super Pak plus a Case and John Deere machinery. Includes a 12 ft. combine head, 15 ft. disc, 4 row equipment, 2 wheel trailers, wagons, loading chute, fuel tanks, fence supplies, 200 bales of straw, and 12 Black Angus cows with calves plus 7 calves five to six months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
Kelly Ryan
Koch
David Bradley
Jake Case
Barrow
Space expert to present program at C H S
Robert T. Edgar AIAA AAAS Pioneer Space Lecturer will present a program titled Hello Space Is Anyone Out There at a school assembly Monday April 14 at 12 45 pm. The talk aims to inspire youth about space and the future age of Scientific Man with illustrated kodachromes and models. He is a noted speaker with AAAS and AIAA affiliations and is based in southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert T. Edgar
Aiaa-Aaas
Mr. Edgar
Space
Scotland
Australia
California
Edgar
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Institute of Astronautics
Lincoln Guests and Easter Visits Reported
Mary Lou Kresha with Mr and Mrs Paul Armstrong and Nancy of Lincoln visited Abilene to tour the Eisenhower Museum and Library before returning to Lincoln on Thursday. DeVerne and Royal Johnson stayed over Easter with their sister the Eugene McCarrons in Cheyenne and Mrs Earl Bond visited the Bill Umstead home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Kresha
Paul Armstrong
Nancy
Lincoln
Abilene
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
DeVerne
Royal Johnson
Eugene McCarrons
Cheyenne
Earl Bond
Bill Umstead
Senior band members denied trip prompt Osceola views
A letter questions why seniors were disqualified from a North Platte band trip while freshmen were deemed needed for the experience. The writer notes seniors helped earn superior band awards and asks if the trip is meant to honor all who contributed. The missive ends urging completion of the band’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Chamber of Commerce
Osceola
North Platte
Leasure
Sunday visitors share Osceola coffee and dinner
Osceola's Sunday scene includes Miss Helen Pierson Avoca Minn and Miss Elsie Pierson Lincoln joining Mr and Mrs Rudolf Sandin for morning coffee. Debby and Becky Fischer Broken Bow visited grandparents Earle and Mrs Miller. Mr and Mrs O L Fischer joined for dinner. Albert Timms and Barbara Senn dined with Mae Twarling, the Carol Donelson family, and the Bill Stevens family of Lincoln in Stromsburg. The afternoon was spent at Mrs Twarling's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolf Sandin
Helen Pierson
Avoca
Minnesota
Elsie Pierson
Lincoln
Osceola
Debby
Becky Fischer
Broken Bow
Earle Millers
O. L. Fischer
Millers
Albert Timms
Barbara Senn
Mae Twarling
Carol Donelson
Bill Stevens
You Can t Win Em All But 880 Wins More
An agricultural ad promotes Cargill varieties designed for high productivity in the area. It lists dealers and a group of named contacts including Marvin Bankson Vern C Berck Robert Dickson Lee Dittmer Arlin Neujahr Rudolph Nyberg and others for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Bankson
Vern C. Berck
Robert Dickson
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By Eldena Lindblade
Ollie Buffington
Scotia
Dean Buffingtons
Darwin Hahn
Phyllis Nyberg
James Chapin
Jerry Schultz
Tammy
Jerry Jr
Norfolk
Carl V. Anderson
Duane Schultz
Alda
Jerry
Virginia
JFK
Schultz
Camp Pendleton
David L. Morris
Louis T. Morris
Route
Fifth Marine Division
Marine Corps
Osceola News
Dwight Bush
Missouri
George Terrill
Bland
Lillian Wieseman
Cicero
Illinois
Della Need
Blair
Fred Wiesemans
Don Rafert
Gresham
Lee Rein
Leroy Rein
Jim Lewis
Wm. Campain
Covenant Home
Stromsburg
Earie Miller
Ralph Rhoades
Lone Star News
Osceola’ News
Cemetery Road
Elmer B
Helen M. Johnson
Stromsburg_ Bank
Merrick & Engel
Albert
Rae ST Pere
Earl May Seed CO
Shenandoah
Wesley Jones
Nebr
Clayton J. Caelson
LEO & Allen
Eresha
Frank Gonsior
Glen Marquis
Vernon Green
C.H.S
Myron Larson
Ken Krieg
Lewis Dunn
Grubaugh Bros
David City
North Side Station
Grubaugh Bros. Auction CO
Marv
Wendell Faeh
Central City
Lee Dittmer
Arlin Neujahr
Rudolph Nyberg
James Podliska
Donald Sterup
Wallace Lind
Henry Neujahr, Jr
Leon Hopwood
Curtis Huber
John Kampovitz
Sylvester F. Kobra
Stanley Oquist
Robert A. Peterson
Jerome Scholz
Shelby Fertilizer
Harold Carlson
Lloyd Walford
Cargill
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