Frantic Flower 4-H Club formed and local gatherings noted
A new 4 H club named Frantic Flower formed at Ann Podraza home with 12 members electing Lisa Podraza as president and Barbara Augustine as vice president. The report lists frequent social visits and events including weddings, family visits, and community club activities across Grand Island, Genoa, Columbus, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Podraza
Frantic Flower
Lisa Podraza
Barbara Augustine
Crystal Leimser
Lora Opliger
Carol Podaza
Lawrence Leimsers
Allyn Leimser
Scouting Observance Draws Community Crowd at Legion Hall
More than 60 Cub Scouts Boy Scouts family and friends gathered Monday at the Legion Hall to mark Scouting's 66th anniversary with a court of honor awarding Bobcat Wolf and year pins for Cubs and merit badges ranks for Boy Scouts. Special guests Dr and Mrs Bruce Cowgill shared an Alaska trip slide program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Hall
Danny Maurer
Dale Hebda
David Stankoski
Larry Wilcox
Tim Vetick
Kenny Stankoski
Troy Buse
Frank Vetick
Randy Paczosa
Tim Jones
Rick Klassen
Ed Vetick
Dwaine Paczosa
Kelly Meyer
Jeff Kuta
Chris Small
Kurt Krzycki
Mike Vetick
Rick Stankoski
Paul Krzycki
Ronald Klassen
Bruce Cowgill
Alaska
Charlene Veiich
Larry Meyer
Boy Scouts
Roy Coffin
Caribbean
Bill Bryan
Seattle
Wash
Dan Wieseman
Las Vegas
Nev
Wieseman
M. W. Wiesemans
Dale Frizzell
Osceola
L. T. van Winkle
Gertrude Ward
Sam Wyman
Shelby
Roy Wyman
Adult Foster Home Service Now Available in Polk County
Polk County Welfare Office announces adult foster home care for elderly or disabled individuals not in nursing homes. Services include room and board, furnishings, transportation, housekeeper, yard work, and meals on wheels. eligible low income persons may apply. Vendors may contact the Osceola welfare office or call 747-5351.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Welfare Office
Osceola
Hospital Patients and Dismissals List by Towns
A community roster lists patients admitted to hospitals in multiple towns including Rising City Osceola Stroms Stromsburg and Gresham with names such as Charles Augustin Ruth Cornish Blanche Donelson Wilson Dukes and many others. A separate section notes dismissals from Osceola Central City Stromsburg and Shelby facilities and one deceased entry for Frank Gable of Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Augustin
Rising City
Ruth Cornish
Osceola
Blanche Donelson
Stroms
Wilson Dukes
Central City
Dorothy Hastings
Silver Creek
George Scott
Stromsburg
Sylvia Johnson
Jodi Kresha
Joyce Lucas
Hannah E. Monson
Gordon Mooney
Ewald Pliefke
Wilma Quick
Ellen Wieseman
Jerome Soloman
Walter Fisher
Robert Burg
Julia Jones
Scot Lounsburry
Loren Lee Coffin
Mae Twarling
Katherine Tomlin
Roy Hedlund
Ted Gulbrandson
Donna Wieseman
LaMyra Pokorney
Shelby
Sheila Carlson
Emma Peterson
Margaret Buresh
John Malek
Frank Gable
Birthday dinner honors Jennifer Roberts first
Mr and Mrs Joe Roberts hosted a Sunday dinner to celebrate their daughter Jennifer's first birthday. Guests included Elmer Moenning of Madison, Martin Roberts, Charles Roberts and their families. Other locals visited over the weekend in Stromsburg and York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Inselman
McCook
Ella Inselman
Linda Walters
Stephen
C. W. Leimser
Tamara Kay Conyers
Walter Cronn
Sterling
Colorado
Trinity Lutheran Church
Knights of Columbus Hall
Grand Island
Merle W. Johannes
Debbie
Steven
Santa Rosa
Calif
Theodosia Sempek
Lawrence Leimser
Virgil Louis
Norfolk
St. Luke United Church of Christ
Sadie Kelley
Art Roth
Alex Droz
Helen Gasper
al Becker
Charles Rush
Genoa
Sonny Cyza
del Schultz
David City
Carl Bollig
Frank Husmann
Joe Roberts
Jennifer
Elmer Moenning
Madison
Martin Roberts
Charles Roberts
Douglas Wells
Lincoln
Harry Brazee
Lydia Johnson
Alice Gustafson
Ray Richards
York
Oscar Jones
Martin Jones
Stromsburg
Mable Hotchkiss
Ronald Sarow
Kenneth Petersons
Joe Hill
Dick Howe
Columbus
Laurence Meister
Omaha
Dick Gibb
Osceola High Notes Cover Wrestling and NHS Revival
Osceola high school lists state wrestling participants Rick and Ray Johnson and Dale Runquist with pride. Osceola boys basketball fell to Genoa and St Edward but beat Henderson. New prom servers and freshmen honor roll announced. NHS chapter active with 13 members led by Chris Kresha and officers Herrmann Augustine Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Boys
Rick and
Ray
Dale Runquist
OHS
Osceola
Genoa
St. Edward
Bulldogs
Henderson
Prom
Lori Coffin
Cathy Cerny
Connie Girard
Denise Gabriel
Kim
Jayne Nelson
Peggy Tindall
Cindy Schott
Roxanne Gissler
Chris Kresha
Dave Herrmann
Vicki Augustine
Susie Bryan
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Lone Star News
Frank Torczon
Adam Stempek
Nina Haskins
Fullerton
Carl Tschauner
Lee Small
Haskins
Kenneth Kropatsch
Edward Guenther
John Deere
Mildred Hahn
Frank Jelenek
Lyle Ernst
Omega Tau Rho
National Association of Realtors
Thad Rosenthal
Carl Tschauners
Walter Tschauner
Jolene Layson
Allyn Leimsers
Tom Rosenthal
Thad
Herb Kopetsky
Andrew Micek
Diane
Florida
Silver Creek News
Myrte Write
Steve Costello
CBS
Geraldine Rhode
Wayne
Jack Burger
Evugene Kershaw
United Methodist Women’s District
Methodist Church
Archer
Hubbard
Myrtle White
Johnnie Carlson
Montana
E. M. Jacobsen
E M
Arlin Neufahrs
Wes Peterson
Chas Massie
HAWK
Jack Hawk
Ord
Mrs
Arthur Senkbeil
Otto Nelson
Mr. Senkbeil
Jim and
Delores Marak
Lucy Albers
Dorothy Fjell
Carl Scholz
Fred Flamme
Bonnie Ransom
Pat Miller
Mary Rose Girard
Gerald Carter
Lynn Johnson
Jenny Wieseman
Don Anderson
Vernon Kuhnel
Tom Rodene
Bernard Korger
Don Sigler
Marak’s Hardware and Farm Store
Fritz Engel
Ed Kleffner
Belgrade
Clifford Keller
Sp. Edge
Lyle Knapp
N.w
Bert Russell
Carl Gustafson
Countryside
Homes OF Columbus Inc
Sually
State of
Nebraska
Aduit TV
Co-Op Oil, Inc
American Legion Club
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