Osceola High Busy Week Highlights and Events
Osceola High School held a busy week with grade cards, last minute track practice, and a music contest. The cheerleaders for next year were chosen Charlotte Dinges Marilyn Triba Bonnie Mentink and Shirley Mickey. The track team placed second at Columbus Invitations and first in a St Paul Osceola dual meet earning new records. FHA officers were elected and the fifth edition of the MIKE circulated as senior staff wrap up. The annual District Music Contest at Central City yielded 18 Osceola entries with five superior twelve excellent and one good rating, all above average.
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OHS
Charlotte Dinges
Marilyn Triba
Bonnie Mentink
Shirley Mickey
Osceola
Columbus
St. Paul
FHA
Central City
County Farm News and Events in Nebraska Localities
Miss Crosby reports on farm family activities with a May 4 county fair event at the Fair Grounds and a May 5 4-H tea in Polk Community Hall. U. S. Senator candidate Hazel Abel to speak. old fashioned show and 50 cent admission. Also crop pests and fertilizer notices discuss Western Army cutworms and Dieldrin efficacy, and sheep grazing in corn fields. Fertilizer shortages warned with urgent ordering for spring planting.
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Miss Crosby
Nebraska Home Economics Association
Lincoln
County Fair Grounds
Pleasant Homemakers
Nebraska
California
Bill Lider
Winters
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Havana Visit Reveals Cuban Assembly and Oddities
The journey notes Cuba's two house assembly with 130 representatives and 54 senators, then describes a Havana street near New Havana with a mahogany congressional chair, a multifunction Caballero Funeral Home, a Rancho Luna visit, including a tropical plantation tour, a cockfight demonstration, and a strong Cuban coffee. The writers end their trip with the Miami flight home and a playful customs moment.
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Cuba
Washington
New Havana
Henry
Cabellero Funeral Home
Jimmy
Rancho Luna
Rancho
Havana
Miami
Key West
Watcha
Child Welfare Tea Speaker Named by Legion Auxiliary
Genie McGlasson state child welfare director will speak at the annual Child Welfare Tea hosted by the Legion Auxiliary. The event at the club rooms Friday April 20 at two o clock will offer tickets for 35 cents at the door for members and guests with proceeds benefiting child welfare work.
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The
Legion Auxiliary
Genie McGlasson
Real Estate Transfers in Polk Village and SW 8-13-3
Mary Blase transfers 50 percent of Lots 5 and 6 in Block 5 Original Village of Polk to Hulda F. Laessle and husband. David R. Waller and others transfer 50 percent of the southwest quarter of section 8 township 13 range 3 to Vernon Green and wife.
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Mary Blase
Hulda F. Laessle
Polk
David R. Waller
Vernon Green
Mrs Marta Hed Larson A Covenant Church Pillar Dies
Marta Eleanora Hed Larson born January 28 1895 in Bollnas Sweden married Victor Larson November 16 1912 eight children born four living Anna Evans Myers Algot Norma Lewis Lindberg Norris Pearl Duane Green emigrated to the United States July 1920 arriving Stromsburg Polk County. A devoted Christian wife mother and longtime Covenant Church member she maintained strong church attendance until this year. She traveled back to Sweden in 1948 and underwent surgery in 1954 at Clarkson Hospital Omaha returning to Stromsburg to recover two years away from farming life.
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Mrs. Larson
Bollnas
Sweden
Gustaf Hed
Victor Larson
Anna
Evans Myers
Algot
Norma
Lewis Lindberg
Norris
Pearl
Duane Green
United States
Stromsburg
Polk County
Larson
Doctor Johnson
Peter Waldenstrom
Covenant
Dinges Reeves Rites Solemnized at Blessed Sacrament
The wedding of Miss Carlene Mary Dinges and Wayne Clyde Reeves took place Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Church Lincoln in a 10 oclock ceremony officiated by Monsignor Francis Sherman. Bride attended by sister Charlotte Dinges as maid of honor with Carlene Pint and Maxine Reeves as bridesmaids. Reception for 100 followed at School Hall and lunch at Reeves home with Ardis McMeekin and Mrs. Eugene Harring.
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Blessed Sacrament Church
Lincoln
Carlene Mary Dinges
Wayne Clyde Reeves
Francis Sherman
Lawrence
Kansas
Romaine Dinges
Odebolt
Iowa
Charlotte Dinges
Carlene Pint
Pierce
Maxine Reeves
Harold Johnson
Michael McGinley
John Steiner
Thomas Heidrick
LeRoy Dinges
School Hall
Reeves
Ardis McMeekin
Osceola
Eugene Harring
Death of Mrs. [Unknown] 61 in Stromsburg Nebraska
A city woman in Stromsburg dies at 61 after a period of declining health. She entered Stromsburg Hospital on March 8 and passed away April 9, survivor count includes husband Victor, five children, eleven grandchildren, four sisters in Sweden, two in the United States. Services held April 12 at Covenant Church with Rev. Cecil Johnson officiating. interment at Stromsburg Cemetery.
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Stromsburg
Stromsburg Hospital
Gustaf
Anna
Kristina
Ida
Sigrid
Sweden
United States
Elizabeth Shepard
Seal Beach
California
Hannah Michaelson
Edmunds
Washington
Victor
Covenant
Osceola Couple Celebrate Nuptials in Omaha Cake Occasion
The ton of Omaha cut the cake as Osceola guests attended the wedding of a local bride daughter of Mrs. Rose Dinges. The bride, a 1953 Osceola High School graduate and State Capitol employee, will reside with her husband at 2017 Rose St in Lincoln. The groom, son of C. W. Reeves, is a Nebraska University senior.
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Lincoln
Nebraska University
Osceola News Highlights Local Family Visits and Health Note
Mrs. A J Inness returns to Osceola from Fargo after a month with Dr and Mrs John D LeMar and recovery surgery. The Ball and Honke families visit from Lincoln and Omaha to help Guy F Ball, with other kin joining over the weekend. Crouse Tex Drug Co promotes hog vaccines. Local birthdays and Sunday dinners mark a quiet week.
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A. J. Inness
Osceola
Fargo
North Dakota
John D. LeMar
Community Notes From Seward and Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs Bud Deeds and daughters of Seward visited Mrs Flossie Deeds and Roc Miller on Saturday. Polk County Farm Bureau Women enjoyed their fifth annual tour with stops in Lincoln and at state agencies. Ransom Doremus wedding and other family visits noted. Steeples promotes sport jackets and wren's pants and shirts in tan gray and green.
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Bud Deeds
Seward
Flossie Deeds
Roc Miller
Elmer Johnson
Linda
Stanley Carlson
Wausa
Warren Peterson
Omaha
Clinton Peterson
Randolph
Elmer Peterson
Marlin Johnson
Crouse-Tex Drug
Polk County Farm Bureau
Lincoln
First National Bank
Haggerty’s Nursery
Penitentiary
White Hall
State Farm Bureau
George L. Ransom
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Fred Wakeley
Hartington
M. G. Hess
M. E. Warner
Raymond Nielsen
Ramona
Donna Lee
Irene Timm
Wren
Steeles
M. D. Snodgrass
Columbus
Milan Snodgrass
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Blackbird Food
Wes
Marta Eleanora Hed Larson
Dinges—Reeves
Osceola, Nebraska
Legion Club — Osceola
Bud’‘s
Osceola News
Osceola Hardware & Appliance
Lane Chests
Kepner’s
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