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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1957
Page
3
The District 54 column records numerous Christmas visits and gatherings across Omaha, Osceola, Lincoln, and surrounding areas. Families including Totenhaupt, Wyman, Barker, Gaedeke, and Tooker celebrations link residents with friends, relatives, and local hosts amid holiday travel and hospital recoveries.
The record lists Christmas Eve and Christmas Day visitations among local families including the Schott and Drog households in Osceola, Imm in Lincoln, Frizzell at Bruce Pickett, Wescoat and Roscoe Aye families at Gilber Hin kle’s, Merideth in LaMars, and others at Social Center Rest Home with Mrs N ella Benson and Polly Newcomb among noted attendees.
District 18 residents exchange visits during a busy week. John Micek Edward Lisko and families host and visit neighbors including the Benda Wentz Wantz Kubas Fletcher and Medinger households. Christmas Day scenes show numerous relatives from Columbus Omaha Lincoln and Monroe gathering across several homes.
The Schen family of Monroe and Jake Arnie of Columbus joined Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Medinger and their family in a gathering described in local notices.
Marie Erickson of Holdrege wed Arlan Walline of Concord Nebraska at Bethel Lutheran Church Holdrege. Laura Monson and Beverly Burg served as bridesmaids. Jo Lene Peterson and Marvelle Johnson oversaw gifts. The couple will reside in Lincoln.
One year old Jimmy Levick travels with his Japanese-born mother across the Pacific and part of the United States to celebrate Christmas in America with his father Frank Levick Jr. The family notes Jimmy's early adoption of American customs and toys, while his father, discharged from a three-year U.S. Army service in Korea and Japan last June, shares in the holiday. The story contrasts Jimmy's kitchen gun toys with typical Japanese play swords and hints at cultural assimilation through American films and cowboy favorites.
Deer hunting in the first open season yielded good results with most permit holders succeeding. David DeCamp shot a large buck within 24 minutes, using two slugs. Antlers measured 26 and 27 percent inch with a 19 percent inside spread, tying the state record.
Justice of the Peace Henry Dietrich issued a firm statement Tuesday warning that persons arrested in Saline county for speeding during the Christmas holidays will be jailed. He said strict enforcement aims to cut highway deaths in Saline during the holidays. The report appears in the Wilber Republican. The Merrick County Agricultural and Fair Association passed.
This continues a series featuring local youngsters. Top row lists Cheryl and Kathy McKeag and Ricky Braithwait. bottom row shows Patricia Braithwait Arlette Johnson and Collin McKeag, with parental permission notes for pickup at The Record office.
Central City Republican Nonpareil reports a resolution urging the legislature to raise the parimutuel tax and pro rate the revenue to county fair associations. The legislature has discussed a higher tax and indicated the funds would go to school funds.
The newly formed Omaha Historical Society shows interest in restoring Fort Atkinson east of Fort Calhoun. It would return the fort to its original state and develop it into a historical shrine for tourists, marking a rare outside effort in Nebraska preservation per Blair Enterprise.
The Sidney high school band earned a rare honor with an invitation to march in the presidential inaugural parade in Washington on January 21. About 80 musicians face a total cost of roughly 10 000 to 12 000 dollars, equating to around 138 dollars per member, as locals raise funds to cover travel. Waters behind Kingsley Dam near Ogallala have risen 8.7 feet since the previous low, with current storage at 384 000 acre feet on October 18 and inflow reported 1 000 cubic feet per second higher than releases.
Former Albion resident Della Ladd Waugh and her husband Samuel C. Waugh were reported missing during the Sumatra operation by Indochinese army officers. She is the daughter of the late Albion News publisher FEW Ladd. Waugh, an assistant secretary of state for economic affairs, helped probe a fertilizer project tied to Indonesia seeking a 17 million loan from the Export-Import Bank. The couple were listed as out of contact in Sumatra amid the uprising and were later located in Singapore Albion News.
Eight farmers in Howard County join the Agricultural Conservation program planting 4200 trees in 1957. They will receive 2.50 dollars per acre for site preparation and 6.00 dollars per hundred trees for planting or interplanting plus three cultivations in the first year, according to St. Paul Phonograph.
The board paid 4000 dollars upfront for a 38 acre land tract in the southeast city sector as a future school site. The balance is due on delivery of a warranty deed. No building plans are in progress. this is the second land purchase in three months following a grade school site south of city park.
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