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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1977
Page
3
A family recalls a seven mile winter trip by team and sled to town for a Saturday December 25 shopping spree. They stabled the horses, fed them oats, and browsed the dime store with one dollar twelve in change. They bought small gifts for six, ate a 25 cent dinner, and hid gifts at home while sharing the holiday secret.
Mrs Albert Hadlicka reflects on how white bedsheets were used in country school plays from Halloween to Christmas. Pupils memorized long parts, families prepared gifts and costumes, a pot belly stove warmed the room, and Santa delivered candy nuts apples after the program. Winter brings nostalgia for these rural traditions.
A Sandhills sale features choice feeder steers and heifers as well as calves from local ranches. Sale begins at 12 noon CST with numerous consignments including fancy Holsteins, Black Baldy and Angus cross feeders and 450 to 750 pound lots. Notable consignors include Nor Ris Hardin, Antelope Valley Ranch, Ronald Perrett, Hugh James, Joe Kruml, Marvin Schein, Seven-O Ranch, We Ranch, Robert Arnett, and Orval Eppinbach.
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