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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
7
A diary style update notes August warmth and a vacation of doing nothing. The writer shares garden highlights tomatoes and berries, carp tasting, corn and raccoon concerns, neighborly visits, fishing chatter, and plans like the church ice cream social.
A hospital roster lists current patients and dismissals including Duane Lindblade Osceola Louis Heiden Stromsburg Howard Boden Osceola Enid Myers Stromsburg Joel Anderson Stromsburg Rick Rutter Silver Creek William Stegeman Stroms Hubert Girard Osceola Harry Van Hoosen Stroms Alfonso Rosno Clarks DeVern Bodine Osceola Leon Draeger Osceola Carl Goesch York Merle Mitchell Benedict Paul Janak Ulysses Orval Gildersleve Stroms Leslie Johnson Silver Creek Kenneth Larson and baby Stromsburg Edwin Buse Shelby Stanley Van Hoosen Osceola Samantha Jinright Stromsburg Helen Merrick Osceola Victor Sterup Stromsburg Henry Buresh Osceola Daniel Ellsworth Shelby Leroy Romero Cheyenne Wyoming.
A Sterup reunion was held at Osceola Park honoring Mrs. Clifford Henderson and many Sterup family members from Osceola Stromsburg Shelby Columbus York Lincoln and Benecia California Attendees included the Victor Sterup family and Otto Nelsons The Department of Labor Division of Employment will interview at the Polk County Welfare Office on Tuesday August 17 at 1 30 p m Mr Barnes can be reached that day at 747 5351
Mrs John H Wheatley of Los Angeles California died July 24 after a long illness at age 74. Services and burial were held July 27 at Ingelwood California. Born September 16 1896 at Platte Center Nebraska she lived in Osceola then moved to Los Angeles in the 1940s. Survivors include her husband two sons a daughter eight grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her parents and four brothers.
Osceola residents and relatives from Lincoln Shelby Fergus Falls Omaha Blair Ralston Blair and Toledo Ohio visit family and travel for dinners, camping trips, and weekend gatherings. Multiple households host relatives and friends including the Wunderlichs Cowleys Conrad Albers Joy and Neujahr families in scattered Midwest communities.
A historical sketch recounts Rev. James Query and frontier episodes around Osceola. Stories include horse theft pursuit near the Blue River, James Query hunting logs, a prairie fire to deter Indians, a German winter near Davis Creek mistaking a badger for a batchlar, and local color shaping Osceola’s centennial narrative.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jones hosted Friday evening with Mrs. Mildred Edwards of Norfolk and Mrs. Hubert Hotchkiss of Stromsburg. The Ronald Sarows visited Sunday evening. The LaVern Miller family shared Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Merle Maybon at Fullerton. Mr. and Mrs. Reynold Peter son visited Omaha Sunday to see their son Gary and family.
Velera Svoboda and Kirk Gulbrandson married in Osceola at 10 Saturday morning July 31 with Judge Eldon Johnson officiating. Attendants were Bernie Staroscik’s siblings. The couple will reside in Osceola. reception for 30 at Bernt’s Cafe in Shelby.
The sick Mrs. Clarence Burke, an out patient at Clarkson Hospital Omaha, spent the weekend at home and returned to Papillion Monday for treatments. Lisa Davis, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis, is a patient at Immanuel Hospital. Families from Rising City, Has tings and Fullerton visited relatives in Omaha and Lincoln, with a weekend wedding in Lincoln drawing relatives to the area.
Colonel James E. Kruger announces openings in the Nebraska State Patrol inviting young men to apply. Local offices in Lincoln Omaha Norfolk Grand Island North Platte and Scottsbluff will discuss job requirements benefits and patrol activities. Training to complete by January 1 1972 with six months in service training and annual increases in pay and benefits.
Becky and Nancy McDonald of Osceola are among 37 4-Hérs from Polk, Butler, Dodge and Lancaster Counties on a Citizenship 4-H Tour. The trip runs July 27 to August 8, stops include Michigan, Amana, Ford facilities, Greenfield Village, Times Square, Niagara Falls, and returns via Chicago.
The John Ostrom family of Plattsmouth spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Dale Lewis. Johnny Ostrom stayed to spend the week. Pastor and Mrs. Paul Konig returned Monday after a month's vacation spent at their cabin near Denver, with her parents at Tecumseh and with his parents at the Lake of the Ozarks. Saturday visitors of Mrs. Tillie Lewis were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lewis of Lincoln.
Osceola hosts baseball games against Silver Creek and Fullerton area teams from Aug 5 to 15. Local meetings include Cen Book Com on Aug 6 and CBS at 8 p.m. Gardens, clubs, lodges, and picnics across Osceola, Rising City, Shel by, and nearby towns.
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