Social Center Rest Home Visitors and Weekend Guests
Numerous visits and family gatherings span from Wesley Chapel Social Center to Omaha and Lincoln. Guests include Mrs. Gus Miller Leon Speicher Ada Osborn Hampton Walter Schwartz Houston Nina Burke and many others from Colorado Springs Vermillion Buckley Park and Columbus. The notes mention picnics dinners showers and church dedications across Nebraska Iowa and nearby states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Miller
Leon
Elmer Speicher
Ada Osborn
Hampton
Walter Schwartz
Houston
Texas
Nina Burke
Arthur Yeaton
Colorado Springs
Donald Meacham
Linwood
Calif
al Swanson
North Platte
Martin Jones
Charles Walgren
Wolverton
Madison
Lewis Schott
Columbus
Julian and
Leroy Girard
Vermillion
Dakota
Hubert Girard
Jack
Des Moines
Ben Schmokers
Marvin Ilers
Omaha
Schmokers
Martin Gestrines
Albert Andersons
Johnson
Buckley Park
Larry Johnston
Albert Anderson
Alice Richards
Dale Taylor
Palmer
Daryl Taylor
Kingsville
Missouri
Ray Richards
Winnie Johnson
Otto Daums
Don McCright
Dean Richards
Eldon Kuhnel
Martin Gestrine
John Gestrine
Glenn Brazee
Lincoln
Harry Brazee
Wilmer Carter
Eugene Sterups
Alan
Sterup
Vic Sterup
Eugene Sterup
Morris Richards
Marsha
Alma
Nebraska
Alva Richards
Wichita
Kansas
Clyde Haxtun
Elm Creek
Harold Kenny
Hoxie
J. H. Gustafson
California
Guy Richards
Ivan Richards
Social Center Rest Home visitors and area gatherings note
Crowded Out Last Week lists callers at the Social Center Rest Home in Omaha and Osceola Park, plus families visiting relatives in Lincoln Linwood Colorado Springs Stromsburg Sumner and other towns. Several trips to Denver Lowry Air Base and Burwell rodeo are mentioned with family reunions and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Lubischer
Omaha
Marie Albers
Gus Miller
Louise Haskins
Bill Wieseman
Beth
Karen
Donald Meacham
Linwood
California
Arthur Yeaton
Colorado Springs
Colo
Elmer Speicher
Friendly Neighbors Club
Osceola Park
Christine Thompson
Lincoln
Edward Watts
Keith Thompson
J. A. Belisle
Watts
Phyllis Johnston
Albert Anderson
Martin Gestrine
Johnny Gestrine
Stromsburg
Lowry Air Base
Denver
Roger Gestrine
Harry Sterup
Schuyler
Dick Merricks
Harold A. Nelsons
Robert Obergs
Sumner
James Brazees
Harry Brazee
Ted Pieters
Rising City
Lester Minicks
Cedar Bluffs
Ben Schmoker
al Kuhnel
Vaughn
Fullerton
Lawrence Geis
York
Hubert Alts
Bruce Picketts
al Kuhnels
Hubert Alt
Richard Alts
Duncan
Mike Alt
Kathleen
Eugene Birkel
David City
Adolph Kreshas
Charles Kreshas
Columbus
Burwell
Alan Hastings
Cora Schott
Louis Schott
Birthday and social visits listed in Merle Dawes home
Tuesday evening guests included Mr. and Mrs. Frank Deavers of Rising City Joy and Kathy Hendrick of Kimball Mrs Jean Lionberger and Joey of San Fernando California. Harold Cockson birthday honored by Mr and Mrs Leo Albers at supper Saturday Mrs Nellie Cockson Roger Erstmeir and Harold Cocksons. Leo Albers attended Nicolas family reunion in Pawnee Park Sunday. Edwin Euseen hosted barbecue Tuesday evening Nellie Cockson and families of Leo Albers Norman Buse Harold Cockson and Skip Houdershelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeag
Herman Gabel
Dianne
Marvin Dawes
Genoa
Kubicek
David City
Carolee Dawes
Phyllis Carlson
Alfred Gondringer
Thomas Hofbauer
Wallie Schreiners
Hastings
Father Derwinski
Harvard
Leo Albers
Harold Cocksons
Edwin Euse
Merle Dawes
Frank Deavers
Rising City
Joy
Kathy Hendrickson
Kimball
Jean Lionberger
Joey
San Fernando
California
Harold Cockson
Nellie Cockson
Columbus
Roger Erstmeir
Omaha
Nicolas
Pawnee Park
Norman Buse
Skip Houdershelt
Community Notes From Polk County and Surroundings
District 54 families and friends share visits across Moline Grand Island Fullerton and Lincoln with relatives. Fairs at Fenner Park and Polk County showcase 4-H entries including jerseys lambs sheep and beef Grand Champion and blue ribbons. weddings a bridal shower and family gatherings pepper the week as many residents travel between Omaha Fremont Waterloo and Sioux City to visit kin.
Local visitors and guests gather for family events
A flurry of visits fills the weekend as Auburn and Polo residents drop in on Hodges and Gestrine households. Guests from Columbus Wausa Santa Monica Colorado and California join Mr and Mrs Jones Johnson and Andersons for meals and celebrations.
Polk Bean Day on Sept 15–16 with Leigh- Polk game
Polk Commercial Club sets September 15 and 16 for Bean Day activities and a Leigh- Polk football game in Polk on September 15. The issue lists local events, visits and travels from Polk residents, including family moments and community notices.
West Side Social Guests and Dinners Highlight Weekend
Local families hosted a long list of visitors in West Side, including Mrs. Glen Twarling, Walter Twarling, and the Andersons. Other gatherings featured dinners, lunches, and weekend visits with relatives from Dalton, Lincoln, Oakland, Thedford, Sioux Falls, and Central City, plus short trips to Colorado and Oklahoma.
Lincoln hosting weekend guests from Sioux Falls and Schuyler
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Conrad and family of Sioux Falls South Dakota, Schuyler, and Mr. and Mrs. Ford Bond were Saturday evening guests of the Ralph Bond family in Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Conrad
Sioux Falls
So. Dak
Harry Sterup
Schuyler
Ford Bond
Ralph Bond
Lincoln
Resignation of County Assessor and Appointment Noted
Following the resignation of County Assessor Mrs Elsie Wallace effective September 1 the appointment of Dale Frizzell has been announced. Services were held at Osceola Cemetery last Sunday August 12 for Dr Charles E Beltzer 71 Washoe Montana. Mr and Mrs Dale Dunn and Danny attended the Jaax Braithwait wedding reception at Shelby on Monday. Mrs Jack Malek entertained at a family dinner Monday evening honoring Jack s birthday anniversary. Mr and Mrs Mervin Hiemer and baby moved to Shelby last Friday and are residing at the Conrad apartments. Mrs M A Mills entertained 16 guests Monday afternoon at a Get Acquainted party honoring Mrs Richard Mills of Blytheville Ark who with her husband is visiting in the Mills home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Hill
Johnnie
Moline
Ill
Nellie Benson
Polly Newcomb
Minden
Pioneer Village
Danny Wayne Willits
Bellflower
California
Vern McCormick
Bob Lowenstein
Darrell Atkinson
David
Donn
Nebraska -Iowa
Fred Wescoat
Osceola Hospital
Wescoat
Roscoe Aye
Frank Stanczyk
Jim Nowak
Roman Lech
Mary Markey
Elyria
Nebraska
Little Linda
Louis Nowak
Fullerton
Harold Anderson
Polk
Bill Wyman
Chris Gaedeke
Linda
Johnnie Carlsons
Herman Carlson
Johnnie Carlson
Floyd Frizzell
Tom Mace
Janice Mace
Columbus
Kenneth Gehring
Fremont
Myron Barker
Mr. Gehring
Polk Commercial Club
Leigh- Polk
Polk Methodist Children’s Society
Stromsburg
Irvin Anderson
James Lindburg
Forrest Anderson
Rolland Stromberg
Elmer Berger
Walter Buiford
Harold Burge
O’neil
Will Casteel
Crete
Wahoo
John Smith
Casteels
Smiths
Loup City
Fred Myers
Susan
Billy
Albuquerque
N. SM
Gilbert Lampshire
Gilbert Ruzicka
Central City
Robert Joseph
Polk County Farm Bureau
Osceola
Ben Peterson
Lloyd Hahn
Seventh Fleet
Western Pacific
Fredrick Dornburgh
Lyle Dornburgh
Gerald Cline
Vernon Cline
Dornburgh
Southerland
Cline
Henry Cramer
Cramer
Ben Ice
el Reno
Okla
Ice
N. E. McNaught
W. J. Kroger
Jack Crites
Ohio
Walden McNaught
Gail Giles
Harleen Heiden
Harleen Johnson
Adelson
Vern Walden
Valley
Jean Willoughby
Harbor City
Calif
Lennis Lind
Roberta Rice
Korea
Polk and
Swede Plain
Roger Gustafson
Gustafson
Charles Russell of
Lincoln
Elsie Wallace
Dale Frizzell
Osceola Cemetery
Charles E Beltzer
Washoe
Montana
Dale Dunn
Danny
Jaax-Braithwait
Shelby
Jack Malek
Jack
Mervin Hiemer
Baby
Conrad Apartments
M A Mills
Richard Mills
Blythesville Ark
Mills
Miss Doris From and Marvin Iler Unite in Columbus
Miss Doris From daughter of Mrs. Ben Schmoker and Marvin Iler son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Iler of Osceola were married in Columbus on Friday August 15 by the County Judge. The event marks a local family union in a formal ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris From
Ben Schmoker
Marvin Tler
Roy Iler
Osceola
Columbus
Steeple’s
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Kodak
Daniels Studio
Columbus Mail
Mildred Jaax
Omaha
Tressa Costello
Loretta Jaax
Geneva Cerny
Elsie Cerny
4-H Club
Polk County
Floyd Patran
Giltner
Ira Island
John Casper Thygeson
Nebraska City
Louise
Paul Monson
Hannah E. Monson
Double Weddings and Local Happenings in Osceola
Thirty years ago two marriages were solemnized at the Osceola Methodist parsonage with Rev Handel Collier officiating as Miss Neola Lillian Wisely wed Edward Earl Watts and Elvera Jean Brown wed John A Wisley. Mrs Clyde Smith hosted 18 guests for her son Dicky s fifth birthday and Polk prepares for its Silver Anniversary next Wednesday August 26. A wedding occurred at St Andrews Church as Matilda Bernt married Albert Gabriel and S W Calhoun visited Denver for a family, Horst ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neola Lillian Wisely
Fred W. Green
Edward Earl Watts
E. M. Watts
Elvera Jean Brown
E. J. Brown
John A. Wisley
Osceola
Handel Collier
Clyde Smith
Dicky
Polk
St. Andrews Church
Matilda Bernt
Bertha Bernt
Albert Gabriel
John Gabriel
S. W. Calhoun
Denver
P. W. Horst
Ware couple attend son Harold E Ware wedding
Mr and Mrs E R Ware traveled to Lincoln to witness the marriage of their son Harold E to Grace A Spencer. George Inness visited Omaha to see his grandparents Mr and Mrs Alex Snider. Osceola Tennis team played Silver Creek opponents and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Ware
Lincoln
Harold E
Grace A Spencer
George Inness
Omaha
Alex Snider
Osceola
Silver Creek
Silver Creek Players Shine After Notable Local Argument
The piece notes a lively dispute with praise for the Silver Creek team and mentions observers Dr. R. B. Parris Frank Mills Raymond Kepner J. L. Heald and Will Horst from Osceola also attending the game. It records public sale details for Otto Jauch and notices Miss Hattie Brown sailing to China to teach at Nanchang University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
R. B. Parris
Frank Mills
Raymond Kepner
J. L. Heald
Will Horst
Osceola
Arvella Timm
Fremont
Red Cross Society
Otto Jauch
Shelby
Hattie Brown
China
Nanchang
State Farm Reduces Auto Insurance Rates in Nebraska
State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance cuts rates in Nebraska effective Aug 15. Osceola agent Petrus Nelson says most policies see savings, with some customers saving up to $17 yearly. Two new driver training discounts add about $120,000 in annual savings for Nebraskans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Nelson
Nebraska
Riverside guests visit Osceola couple during ten day stay
Mr and Mrs Don Swanson and Kenny and Mike of Riverside California arrived Monday evening at the home of Mrs Swanson’s parents Mr and Mrs Bruce Pickett for a ten day visit Supper guests that evening included Mr and Mrs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Swanson
Kenny
Mike
Riverside
Calif
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wesley Chapel
Mrs
Floyd West
Robert Paine
Ralston
Genelle Schachenmeyer
Adolph Kuhnel
Frank Kuhnel
Duane Gabel
Fred Flamme
Charles Huggler
Fred Hugglers
Harvey
Pace Letters
Marlin Hardy
Elmer Ray
Grand Island
York Grain
Armco
Eikenhorst
Bill Imhoff
Bennie Swertzic
Frank Stanczyks
Stanczyk
Swertzic
Lawrence Gdwoski
Sioux City
S .C
Frank Frizzell
Gary Graham
Rex Graham
Graham
Swolek
Jack Burger
Central City Hospital
Sadie Gwartney
Emmett Benson
Kenneth
Scottsbluff
Donald Benson
Fred Meredith
Webster City
Iowa
Waterloo
Alvin Swertzic
Barbara
Doris Gdwoski
Dub Grossnicklaus
Bruce Pickett
Harold W. Johnson
Joe Edwards
Kathy
Auburn
Roger Hanquist
Layne
Gregg
W. Rodney Hallberg
Karl
Karin
Polo, Ill
Duane Jones
Reynold Peterson
Duane
Raymond D. Johnson
Carole
Mabel Olson
Wausa
Florence Johnson
Ann Anderson
Clarence Nielsen
Raymond Gestrine
Henry Thelander
Heidi
Rebecca Ernst
Ruby Sandin
Max Ernst
Ellen
Minnesota
Carl G. Johnson
Colorado
Jim Bennett
Fort Collins
Kenneth A. Lofgren
Long Beach
Howard Andersen
Charles Andersen
Earl Chapin
Stan
Karin Johnson
Linda Johnson
Bernt G. Johnson
Kenneth Lofgren
Axel Anderson
Vance Toline
Mark
Sterling Anderson
Lester Anderson
Homer
Nebr
Lloyd Lamp
Santa Monica
Harold Curry
Kearney
Amanda Anderson
William Larson
Anderson
Paul Gustinson
Lind
Ingrid Johnson
Smolan
Kans
Bloomfield
Arthur Martin
Pawnee City
Bernard Hughes
Bernie
Sharon
Luann
Mrs. Lloyd Hahn
West Side
Mrs. Homer Green
Richard Anderson
Glen Twarling
Walter Twarling
Dalton
Jane Anderson
Oakland
Randy Twarling
Arthur Twarling
Paul Anderson
Dennis
Norris Anderson
Jennie Anderson
Glen Knorr
Gene Fusby
Paul Newman
Thedford
Paul Fusby
Emily Snyder
Bobbi Jo
Russel Kreis
Milton Johnson, Jr
Shelley
Vernon Peterson
Delwin Rudeen
Delano Ahlquist
Arthur Ahlquists
Walter Rudeen
Howard Sundberg
Wesley Fredrickson
Carol Ann Anderson
Loris Neal
Morris Johnson
Wendell Gilming
South Dakota
Linda Colson
Gilming
Tracy
Glenn Anderson
Black Hills
Paul Nelson
Pauline
Clark
Dwight
Vance Teegerstrom
Dennis Johnson
Krystal
Otto Swanson
Delia Samuelson
Wallace
Wayne Johnson
Clair Johnson
Leonardville
Hominy
Wayne
State Farm Mutual
Osceola News
Muse Theatre
Osceola, Nebraska
Misty
David Ladd
Arthur O’connell
Sun
Tue
Cimarron
Glenn Ford
Maria Schell Arthur O’connell
Sat
McDonald’s
Red & White
BEA Swansdown
Angel Food
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LEGO
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