Osceola News Bits From Past Five Decades
Ten years ago on August 18 1965 Margie Ransom daughter of the Mervin Ransoms Sr of Osceola was among 39 graduates from Lincoln General Hospital School of Nursing Aug 12 and will work at Annie Jeffrey Hospital after Sept 1 Also noted were Aug 14 anniversary celebrations and school openings plus transport of a 1964 Commodity Credit Corporation report to Congress Twenty years ago Aug 18 1955 Nebraska drivers required license renewals this fall and other local moves 4 H girls entering state fair and Muse Theatre listings Thirty years ago Aug 14 1945 Japan surrendered V J Day observed in Polk County local officials and community events were noted Forty years ago Aug 15 1935 Osceola hosted two picnics and the Osceola Schools faculty list was announced Fifty years ago Aug 13 1925 changes to local stores and notable residents in Osceola were reported Sixty years ago Aug 12 1915 Osceola Cha u t a u q u a opened and local military and tennis events were lined up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Ransom
Mervin Ransoms Sr
Osceola
Lincoln General Hospital School of Nursing
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Glen Hendrickson
King’s Crystal Room
Shelby School
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Johnson
Karen Wieseman
Omaha
Chris Gaedeke
Lynda
West Allis
Wisc
Gaedeke
Doris Swanson
Davida Sundberg
Ann Kosch
Maribeth Powell
Avis Waller
Patty Loveman
Muse Theatre
Davey Crockett
Buddy Ebsen
Fess Parker
Rory Calhoun
Piper Laurie
Jack Carson
Hell’s Island
John Payne
Mary Murphy
Polk County Fair
Dorothy P. Jones
Mary Elaine Carlson
County Assistance Office
Plattsmouth
Sophia Kresha
Clarence Carlson
Reumi
Court House
Mildred Craven
Casper
Wyoming
Memorial Hospital
W. E. Thompson
Anna V. Oberg
Lucille V. Dickinson
Andrew E. Nuquist
Russell Snygg
Violette Carlson
Reuben Johnson
J. C. Bryant
Vida Beckmeyer
Ruth Miller
Louella Crew
Gertie Carter
Helen Swanson
Evelyn Scholz
Doris Hanson
Maude Reed Eldena Johnson
Leona Nantkes
Anne Marie Merrick
Signe Samuelson
Monson
Osceola Dry Goods
Bess Furnam
Omaha Daily News
Black Hills
South Dakota
Judge Beebe
John S. Anderson
St. Joe
Social Center and Community Visits Across Towns
A series of social visits and gatherings unfolds across Lindsay Elk Point and surrounding towns. Families including the Girards Coffmans Boden Dawes and Jarmins travel for reunions birthdays and visits while a Midland College cheerleader Beth Fjell attended a clinic in Boulder Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth -Fjell
Midland College
Fremont
Boulder
Colo
Beth
Joseph Fjell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kansas City
Hamilton
Maj
Douglas
Lt. Heald
M. A. Mills
H. J. Tex
Patronize Record
Agnes Timm
Lewis Schott and Jr
Lindsay
Hubert Girard
Connie
Elk Point
Dennis Bortis
Lincoln
Ron Graham
Daughter
Columbus
Herrmann
Harold Jarmin
Julie Jarmin
Phillip Coffman
Phil Chas
Kathy
Duluth
Minnesota
Rowland Coffman
Alfred Hanson
Calmer Boden
Lee Boden
Lutheran Church
Morris Richards
Fredrickson
Stromsburg
Craig Smith
Marvin Dawes
Dawes
Gail Smith
California
Smith
Craig
Ewald Pliefke
Dennis Hilburs
Scribner
Harold Nelson
Jayne
Byron Nelson
Morris Dunn
Mike Moeller
Lewis Schott
Burwell
Carolyn Hennings
Carolyn
Pauline Carey
Florence Ekstrom
Pliefke
Jim Scows
Linda Peterson
Teresa Thomas
South
Irene Burritt
Leona Boden
Northrup King’s Research Farm
York
Paul Walgren
Nebraska
L.D
THUR
Ela
Perihoc
Areca Ee Cac
Coin
PRO Brass
The
Lincoln Telephone Company
Special Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Bureau Insurance Company of
Polk County
Mgr
Ray Soukup
the Snow Company
NEBR
Snowco
Osceola Locker
THC
Stan Holst
IHC
Steel
Sioux Steel
Brooder House
Engel & Cunningham
First National Bank
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