Blizzard brings quiet insight amid basketball chaos
A Nebraska blizzard slows out of town routines and district basketball schedules. The piece notes the pioneer charm of snowbound life and contrasts it with modern disruptions while applauding local student athletes Bryce Anderson Andy Kresha Stromsburg and Osceola Vikings for state tournament progress.
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Bryce Anderson
Andy Kresha
Stromsburg
Vikings
Osceola
Bulldogs
Community Calendar highlights and obituaries
The Community Calendar lists events from Feb 23 to Feb 27 with activities such as Easy Aces and Marie Prell at 2 p.m., and various meetings on March 1 through March 11. The notice includes graveside rites for infant Nicole LeAnn Anderson, a list of hospital patients, a mother’s death in Fargo, family attendances, and a 90th birthday visit to Hilma Toline.
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Easy
Marie Prell
Scouts
Cabin
Legion
City Hall
City Council C of
Goldenrod
Ai Clarks
Maurine Schuman
Cabin Lions
Church notices list services and activities for area parishes
A neighborhood church bulletin lists schedules for St Vincent's Calvary Lutheran and United Methodist churches. Activities include CCD classes, bingo, Mass times, confession, Ash Wednesday services, Lenten sermons, choir practice, and various church groups with times on February 24 to March 6.
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ST. Vincent’s Church
Msgr. L. F. Obrist
ST. Paul Lutheran Church
Paul Konig
Dorcas
Naomi
Rebecca
Sarah Circle
Baptisms and local notices from Columbus area church and clubs
Kimberly Kay Vrbka infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Vrbka baptized at Grace Episcopal Columbus with Rev Robert Ahlenius officiating Sponsors were Mr and Mrs Herb Mousel Guests included grandparents Mrs Tillie Vrbka and Mr and Mrs Earl Watts at Elks Club Columbus Post service family dinner at the Vrbka home Cindy Simonsen released from Behlen Hospital Columbus to Don Spale home plans to return to school Weather permits return next week Henry Galus patient at Veterans Hospital Lincoln Monte Grossnicklaus son of Mr and Mrs Harold Grossnicklaus had surgery at Behlen Hospital Columbus returned home Sunday Mrs Zedicher hosted F A N Club six teen members two guests reports on shut in and craft days cloth flower demonstration March 16 meeting at Mrs Don Reisdorff High and low prizes awarded ABC Bridge Club Mrs Donald Andelt hosted Feb 16 with high prize to Mrs Larry Theis and low to Mrs Larry Wieseman
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Kimberly Kay
Robert Vrbka
Sheby
Grace Episcopal Church
Columbus
Robert O. Ahlenius
Herb Mousel
Robert Vrbkas
Elks Club
Tillie Vrbka
Shelby
Earl Watts
Don Watts
Cindy Simonsen
Behlen Hospital
Don Spale
Henry Galus
Veterans Hospital
Lincoln
Monte Grossnicklaus
Harold Grossnicklaus
Zedicher
F.A.N
Bill Zedicher
Valentine
Good Samaritan
John Iske
Don Reisdorff
Legion Auxiliary Holds All-Day Meeting and Plans
Fourteen Legion Auxiliary members met Friday at the Legion club rooms for an all-day session. They voted to drop the carpet rag project, decided to send a representative to Girls State, and discussed the Child Welfare Tea set for April 19. Hostesses were Mildred Snodgrass and Norma Walgreen.
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Legion Auxiliary
Legionclub
Mildred Snodgrass
Norma Walgreen
Legion
Hazel Malek
Colleen Hiemer
Osceola Women Lead York Deanery Board Officers
Twenty nine women attended the York Deanery Board meeting on February 16 in York. New Altar Society presidents for 14 parishes were installed led by Osceola’s Mrs. Gerhardt Lux. Officers elected include President Mrs. Kenneth Wortman of Aurora and vice presidents from Aurora and Geneva.
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York Deanery Board
York
New Altar Society
Gerhardt Lux
Osceola
Jerome Murray
V. F. of
Kenneth Wortman
Aurora
A. A
Osceola and Stromsburg Couples Prepare August Wedding
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sipes of Osceola announce the engagement of their daughter Jayne Lynn to Michael Engel son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Engel of Stromsburg. Both graduates of local high schools and students at Peru State College majoring in business. Wedding planned for August.
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Kenneth Sipes
Osceola
Jayne Lynn
Michael Engel
Gerald Engel
Stromsburg
Miss Sipes
Osceola High School
Engel
Peru State College
Governors mark Nebraska Day with five minute speeches
Former Governor Dwight Bur ney and three other Nebraska governors Norbert Tiemann Frank Morrison and Robert Crosby will speak for five minutes to the Nebraska Legislature on March 1 at 9 a.m. Arrangements by Don Shriner of the Nebraska Native Sons and Daughters include a birthday cake cut and a sharing moment with Governor James Exon and Nebraska’s Centennial twins aged four.
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Dwight Burney
Polk
Nebraska
Norbert Tiemann
Frank Morrison
Robert Crosby
Don Shriner
Nebraska Native Sons and Daughters
James Exon
Centennial Twins
Osceola Student Joins Peru State Sigma Tau Delta
Gary Nelson of Osceola was elected to membership in the Peru State chapter of Sigma Tau Delta the national honorary English fraternity Silas Summers chapter sponsor says Nelson is a senior majoring in English and in good standing with the group.
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Gary Nelson
Osceola
Peru
Sigma Tau Delta
Silas Summers
Gary
Twin Daughters Born to Osceola Couple at Annie Jeffrey
Andersons of Osceola welcome twin daughters Andrea Renee and Nicole LeAnn at Annie Jeffrey Hospital February 18. Andrea weighs 6 pounds 8 ounces, Nicole LeAnn 3 pounds. The Oman girl Melissa Ann weighs 8 pounds 402 ounces born February 20 to Terry and Melissa Oman of Osceola at Annie Jeffrey Hospital with Henry Buresh and Alice Gustafson noted in family. A Martin South Dakota couple welcomed a boy born February 17 with Mrs. Alice Gustafson as maternal grandmother. 91st Birthday Observed for Lottie Dake at Good Samaritan Center on February 18 with daughter Helen McCormick bringing cakes.
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Merle Mitchell
Benedict
Hazel Johnston
Osceola
Terry Oman
Kenneth Mentink
Carl V. Anderson
Dean Buffington
Olive Buffington
Scotia
Clarence Johnson
Thomas Johnson
George Hasselbalch
Shelby
Carl M. Wilson
York
Mauritz Swanson
John Matousek
Edith Ahlquist
Debra Svoboda
Bertha Schmid
Raymond Roehrs
Wesley Koehler
Jessie Carter
Joyce Longenecker
Emma Horstman
Polk
Harlan Youngland
Stromsburg
Gary Hullinger
Lee Anderson
Tom Jacquot
Martin South Dakota
Alice Gustafson
Lottie Dake
Good Samaritan Center
Helen McCormick
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