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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1961
Page
6
The article explains arthritis types Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis, their effects on joints and bodies, notes millions affected, and cites economic costs in wages and taxes. It highlights March of Dimes funding for research, education, and clinics, urging donations for 1962 campaigns.
Marion E. Snider, 51, of Lincoln, died early Sunday from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was Post Master at the State Capitol Building and son of the late W. E. Snider and Mrs. Snider of Osceola. Survivors include wife Maxine son Mickey brother Keith sisters Joyce Swan and Howes Hartson. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Roper and Son Mortuary with graveside in Osceola later that afternoon.
Pfc Dean Buhl spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs William Buhl and returned Wednesday to Fort Carson Colorado.
Members of the Lone Star Project Club held their annual covered dish luncheon at Mrs. Lee Hegi’s home on Tuesday December 12. Tables featured red carnations and white mums with red tapers as Mrs. James Podliska led the meeting and a Silent Night song. Prize winners included Mesdames Glen Hegi Louis Scow Lee Hegi Harry Oppliger Louis Schmidt Kenneth Oppliger and Albin Stachura with special guest Mrs Julius Brock.
A former resident writes from British Columbia asking Polk County Democrat readers to forward word to any relatives or neighbors from Nebraska era. He notes decades of travel and mentions resting at Cherry Point Lodge Cobble Hill.
Adults from the Polk Methodist Church met December 10 at the Hill home with Miller and McCormick families hosting refreshments. Leaders Fredrickson and Green led the program. A Christmas program was presented and another will be at the church December 18. Swede Plain WSCS hosts Guest Day December 13 with a 1 PM luncheon led by Harvey Lind Morris and O A Johnson.
Polk Methodist WSCS hosted Central City WSCS at the church on Wednesday. About 20 Polk ladies and Rev. O A Johnson attended. Thursday’s December WSCS meeting featured program leaders Mrs. Bedient, Mrs. Hahn, Mrs. Peterson, and Mrs. Johnson with hostesses serving lunch. A girls quartet performed and youth members led activities. Local residents Willard Adelson and James Adelson visited relatives in Marion Iowa. A pine Christmas tree was lit on Polk main street donated by the Stevens family, as kindergarten children sang carols.
Sunday lunch and evening guests at Mrs. George Matheson included Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Peterson and their son Robert from Port Huron Michigan. Christmas Day visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wieseman Harold Matheson of Shelby and Miss Pearle Matheson of Fremont.
A Nebraska author’s lyric historical study interprets the state as the Great Plains history unfolds. Sandoz centers on the old Nebraska territory and mainly the present Nebraska, tracing people and major movements in a concise narrative within six hundred pages.
The passage notes how political details barely enter her frontier tale focusing on Indians fur traders soldiers cattlemen settlers outlaws and adventurers. It highlights Miss Sandoz as a prominent Nebraska writer whose collected material presents what Nebraska was like and is like through her distinctive perspective.
A late edition highlights the esteem for a group described as the most perceptive daughters, marking a major addition to the state’s literary landscape and signaling renewed regional pride in local writing.
Members gathered Tuesday evening December 19 for the Osceola Garden Club Christmas party at Maude Magnus home. Officers for the coming year were elected. Each member contributed a poem or article about Christmas. A gift exchange occurred and lunch was served buffet style after a pleasant evening.
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