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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1975
Page
8
Local families in Swede Home shared Christmas Eve suppers and caroling events with relatives and friends. Guests from nearby towns included the Johnsons, Lundstroms, Krols, Dittmers, and Oquist households, among others, with visits to Covenant Home and gatherings across several homes.
The column recalls a frosty Nebraska Christmas and a vivid drive from Hastings to Grand Island area with warm recollections of palm silhouettes in Miami and mountain views. It contrasts snowy landscapes with city life and ends with a hopeful New Year message urging courage and community.
A long list of Christmas visitors fills Osceola households. Families from Lincoln Portland and Omaha hosted and attended meals with local residents including Johnson Lundstroms Martin Gestrine and McLean kin. Attendance spanned Cheyenne Dallas Chicago and California connections with multiple Johnsons and extended family joining celebrations.
Area churches publish a January calendar detailing Mass and service times at St. Vincent's St Paul Lutheran Calvary Lutheran Swede Home and United Methodist Church. Events include catechism CCD circles confirmations choir rehearsals LCW meetings and ecumenical service plans with Father Sladky and Pastor Nordstrom leading.
A Christmas Eve and Christmas Day round of family visits spanned several states. Attendees included Arlette Johnsons of Hampton and multiple Johnson families from El Paso Texas, the De verne Johnsons of Chicago, and various Donelson, Gundring, Gustafson, Grossnicklaus, Peterson, Bond and Kobza relatives across Shelby Stromsburg Omaha Nehawka Lincoln Peru Kingman Sioux Falls, with dinners and gift exchanges noted in each home.
Nebraskans emphasize meat as a budget cornerstone with serving guidance from 2½ to 3 ounces of cooked meat per day. Plan weekly, buy larger economical cuts, learn to cut your own meat, and use tenderizing methods and low heat cooking to improve flavor. The recipe Football Stew uses stew beef, vegetables, tomato juice, and tapioca, bake slowly or in a crock pot, with leftovers for freezing.
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