Fifty Years of Wedding Bliss Open House in Wayland
Sunday afternoon February 26 Mr and Mrs Oscar Thomas celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house in the Wayland church basement. Friends and relatives from York Gresham Shelby and Lincoln attended the event. The couple were married in 19 26 and have since hosted many family gatherings and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Winter
Susan
Joe
Bradshaw
Robert Barr
Joy Marie
York
Peter Kopke
Ronald Eklund
Lincoln
Mothers Club
Sigma Nu House
Craven Stream
Calvin
Arnold Gill
Oscar Thomas
Way‘land Church
Columbus Race Track Seeks New Name Contest Launched
Columbus stock car and go kart track seeks a new name with a five name top prize of seven season passes. Owner G. E. Behlen and manager Les Pillen will award top five names and four runners up with various season passes. Remodeling will prepare a one fifth mile oval for initial stock car racing on May 28 with go kart racing beginning on Wednesday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Columbus Speedway
G. E
Gib) Behlen
Les Pillen
March St
Behlen
Pillen
Oval
Cheerie Sisters 4-H Club Elects Officers at January Meeting
The Cheerie Sisters 4-H Club met at Linda McKeag's home January 30 1961 electing Barbara Buresh president Barbara Oberg vice president Kathryn Pliefke secretary Linda McKeag treasurer and Marilyn Oberg news reporter A hostesses schedule was set and members chose projects for the year They discussed fair exhibits facings and finishings and Linda's club trip to Chicago A lunch was served by Mrs McKeag February meeting planned at Barbara and Marilyn Oberg's Marilyn Kee News Reporter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheerie Sisters 4-H
Linda McKeag
Barbara Buresh
Barbara Oberg
Kathryn Pliefke
Marilyn Oberg
Thelma Allinder's Sonnet in Anthology
Thelma Allinder's Lyranian sonnet THE DEBOAH OF AFRICA will be included in Clara Craft Tremble's Prairie Poet anthology. The poem portrays Mary Slessor, a Scottish missionary credited with saving over 100 twins and serving as judge and counselor for her colored bairns in Deborah of Old Israel. Allinder also has THE WOMAN IN THE MARKET PLACE slated for the American Poetry League annual FROM SEA TO SEA IN SONG.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Allinder
Africa
Clara Craft Tremble
Prairie Poet
Mary Slessgor
Deborah
Israel
Mrs. Allinder
American Poetry League
Osceola News Items Dinner Guests and Visits
Mr and Mrs Bud Siemek of Columbus were Sunday dinner guests with Mr and Mrs Don Cerny and family. Mr and Mrs Charles Kucera and Vickie visited his mother Mrs Louis Kucera in Brainard. Mr and Mrs William Umstead and sons had Saturday supper with Mr and Mrs Mervin Stromberg and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Kopke
Lee Carter
Wendell Spalding
Goldy Spalding
Jim Burnworth
Giltner
Clarence Richter
Shelby
Gary Allison
Kevin
Mike Arnstrong
Ogallala
Howard Jollenston
Denver
Colorado
Robert E. Anderson
Christine
Fay Rosenberry
George Bond
Blaine Marsden
Margie Stream
Georgia Gonnerman
Joel
Jolly Workers Club
Alma Dobson
Emma Carter
Lee Miller
Lincoln
Ardle Eklund
Columbus
Eklund
George Busch
John Schalgel
Colo
Lee Campbell
Harley Eklund
Fulwider
Osceola i
Ronald Eklund
Paul Bond
Raymond Beebe
Bruce Hoffer
Las Vegas
Grand Canyon
Boulder Dam
Painted Desert
Elmer Schuknech
Koffee Kuppers
Bud’ Siemek
Don Cerny
Charles Kucera
Vickie
Louis Kucera
Brainard
William Umstead
Mervin Stromberg
Roy Trotter
Floyd Loftis
Arlington
Roy
Grover ‘Trotter
Herman
Tommy Loftis
Tekamah
Alvin Cerny
Robert Schmid
Mary Dinges
Rose Dinges
Bill Johansen
Gene Cole
Nebraska Native Serves as Kennedy's Personal Secretary
Evelyn Lincoln, a Polk County Nebraska native, serves as John F. Kennedy's personal secretary in the White House. She has worked for him since January 1953, handling correspondence and calls, with long hours and a fast pace. Born in Polk, Neb she rose from campaign work in 1952 to a central role in the Kennedy administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Lincoln
The
World-Herald
Evelyn
United States
John F. Kennedy
Lincoln
Polk, Neb
John N. Norton
Kennedy
Georgia
House
Senate
Washington
Knnedy
McDonald Vacation Begins. Visits Family Across California
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. McDonald depart Columbus for a month in California visiting relatives in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The trip includes stops with Lyman and Mrs. Noyes in Los Angeles and O V Stark and wife in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. McDonald
Columbus
California
Lyman Noyes
Los Angeles
O. V. Stark
San Francisco
Edwin Lewis
Elmer Pehrson
Community Social Roundup in Shelby and Columbus Areas
Local residents attended open houses and gatherings across Shelby Columbus and Stromsburg. Notable events included a Golden Wedding for Mr and Mrs Davis at the Osceola community Methodist Church and a State Landrace Hog show in Columbus where an Anderson boar placed second. Visitors from Willmar Minnesota Shelby Holdrege York and Mexico were noted along with several hospitality events at homes.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Cole
John Anderson
Ruth Eklund
Perry L. Davis
Ruby Ann
Willmar
Minnesota
Robert Davis
Shelby
Tom Schmoker
Osceola
Sue Davis
Mervin Stromberg
Keith Colson
Ruth Colson
Floyd Lindquist
Wesley Swedenburg
Stromsburg
Donal Wieseman
Gerald Obrist
Raymond Gestrine
Jack Johnston
Howard McKeag
Stoner Club
Edith Heilman
Dwayne Anderson
Holdrege
Nebraska
Raymond Kepner
Mexico
Texas
Jerry Schmoker
York
District 18 By Alta Lisko
Social notes from Polk County include visits among families in Columbus Silver Creek Clarks and Sidney. Richard Eller Leo Bernt John Sock S Plugge Emil Kubicek Fred Flamme Bill Fyfe and many others are listed as Thursday or Sunday guests and winer suppers at local homes and cafes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Eller
John Micek
Phil
Leo Bernt
Columbus
John Sock
Silver Creek
Louis Robak
Frank Ziemba
Emil Kubicek
David
S. Plugge
Fred Flamme
Norfolk
Bill Fyfe
Louis A. Schmidt
Karenja
Herb Kopetzky
Richard Gonka
Carolyn
Lee Iwanski
Alfred Bernt
Myron
Emil Koziol
Near Clark
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Wayland
Mrs. LaVina Kopke
James H. Lowther
Nellie Bond
Bertha Keehn
Mite Ona Nelson
Gilmner
Grandpa
Wm. Nuttleman
Gresham
Elmer Schuknecht
Wm. Kosch
George Bom
Romohr Jr
Robert Romohr
Sophia Walford
Charlotta Graff
Carl Richter
Wayne Walford
Otarion &Om Melee
Rence Behind the Ear
Olson
Otarion Audiotices
Osceola Hotel
Columbus Race Track
Platte Valley Rural Fire Protection District
C. R. Carlson
Secy
Lloyd’s Service
Thriftway Radio Network
Musselmans
Thriftway
Antanas
Delure
Wein
Pillsbury
CELLO
Doucnes
Gorton’s
Anderson Mercantile
Nabisco
Camptell
Cheerie Sisters
4-H Club
White House
Lawrence Meister
Paul Meister
Don Sterup
Darla
C. J. Meister
Meister
Alta Lisko
Bry, Roy
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