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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1976
Page
5
A lengthy list of local families spent Christmas and the holiday week with relatives in Omaha Council Bluffs Lincoln and within the valley. Guests included the Burritts Dunn Wymans Boden Umstend and Kresha households among many others with multiple dinners lunches and church activities noted.
Agnes Timm notes Monday supper guests at the Walden Jones home. Christmas Eve visits include the Hiemer Ekstrom Girard and Schott households. The Pliefke Norton and York events are listed with other family gatherings and church activities. Several members travel to Lincoln Columbus Fremont Sargent and York for holidays.
Residents at the Good Samaritan Care Center enjoyed a grand Christmas party on Wednesday December 24 around the tree. Miriam Carey activities director led carols while Administrator Roger Haas read the Christmas story and led devotions. Gifts, refreshments, and a monthly birthday party from December 22 completed the celebration. Knights of Columbus and St Vincent's Altar Society sponsored the event with help from local 4 H members and families. The center plans a busy new year of activities and invites helpers by calling Miriam Carey.
A series of social visits noted a long list of Nelsons and relatives from Fall City Omaha and Columbia Mo joining extended family for Christmas Day or weekend meals and small gatherings. Additional mentions include Jim McKeag at a Presbyterian program and visits with Ed Abraham. Other hosts include Harold Grossnicklaus Rosie Grossnicklaus Irene Burritt and the Boden and Seaberg households in Stromsburg.
Mrs Emily Terpstra, Ramona and Joanne joined the Wayne Terpstras and Rev and Mrs Richard Maguire for a Christmas weekend in Omaha. Grandchildren Ricky and Patty Braith from Arizona were the only absent, as Mr and Mrs Gotfrid Larson hosted a large gathering at St. Vincent Hall with many relatives from Havasu City Arizona to Cheyenne Wyoming. Attending included Pete Chames of Havasu City, Wayne Mentink family of Nehawka, Jim Larson family of Columbus, Duane Dozier family of Jefferson Iowa, Don Larson family of Cheyenne Wyoming, and Larry Larson family.
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