Holiday Social Roundup From Lone Star News
Mrs Hulda Schreiber entered Behlen Hospital Tuesday. Christmas Day dinner guests included Oscar Adkissons and families in Genoa and nearby homes. Many other visits and gatherings spread across the week with local families hosting meals, travel to North Platte and Omaha, and Christmas services at St Andrew's and St Mary's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulda Schreiber
Behlen Hospital
John Hahn
Mildred
Lawrence Leimser
Ron Stempek
Darold Broeckmeier
Carroll Hahn
Hahns
Oscar Adkissons
Mary Lou
Henry Shotkoski
Genoa
Louis Buggi
Tony
Helen Buggi
Harold Bernt
Susie
York
David Bernt
Lincoln
Cindy Husmann
Mike Husmann
Harold Husmann
Carl Bollig
Milton Pittmann
Lynn
Barbara
Pittmann
David
Robert Leimser
Allyn Leimser
Rick Husmann
Vicki Byers
Louis Buggs
Kenneth Rinke
Lawrence Rinke
Henry Brases
John Hentges, Jr
Lyle Keith
North Platte
George Bolligs
Carl Tschauner
Tom Rosenthal
One Car Accident Involves Stray Steer Near Shelby
The County Sheriff’s office investigated a one car crash Sunday evening near Shelby about two and a half miles north. Randy Jones of Shelby escaped injury when four or five cattle strayed onto the road. His 1973 Plymouth sustained more than $300 in damage after hitting one steer. the animal’s injuries are not known and it disappeared into darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Sheriff's Office
Shelby
Randy Jones
Christmas and New Year Gatherings Across Local Families
The community shares holiday meals and visits across numerous households from Jerome Cyza to Barbara Pittmann, with events at the Virgils, Duanes, and Milch families. Notable notes include the Samaritan Center’s January Good Samaritan honors, Christmas Eve and Day gatherings, and several travel-related visits among Shelby Polk and surrounding towns. A fatal car crash near Shelby claims Joseph Pavel, with Stanley Suhr uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertie Holzer
Ralph Gilletts
Rising City
Alan Rosenberry
Omaha
Alta Schmoker
Barbara Fricke
David City
Beth Robertson
Osceola
Dennis van Winkles
Wymore
Clinton Colby
Silver Creek
Ed McCauley
Morris Johnsons
Linda
Stromsburg
Roy Snedeker
Buss van Winkle
Marilyn Pollock
Neligh
Troy van Winkle
Harold Berglund
Lester Anderson
DeVern Rodenes
Merv Ransoms Jr
Harry
Ethel Rodene
Eddie Bonnes
Beverly Hambert
Howard
Idaho
Wayne Bonnes
Worth Bend
Wash
Roy Her
Reed
Oregon
Eva Willits
Ella Koehler
Mayme Herrmann
Christmas Eve and Day Supper Guests Across Swede Home Families
Swede Home residents hosted and visited numerous relatives and friends for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day meals. List includes Oquist, Jones, Nelson, Stevens, Timperley, Anderson, Swasko, Sundberg, Cramer, Gestrine, Nielsen, Yundgahl, Johnson, Olafsons, and others from Battle Creek to Omaha. A Sunshine Box from the Swede Home Project Club was presented to Mrs. Cramer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levert Oquist
Richard Cramer
Swede Home Project Club
Ruth
Lester Gestrine
Martin Gestrine
Karen
Ray Gestrine
Clarence Nielsen
Edna Gestrine
Dorothy Hallquist
Hal Gordon
Harold A. Johnson
Mardell Johnson
Stanley Oquist
Clark Yungdahl
Elwyn Yundgahl
Fred Yundgahl
Harlan Johnson
Carl G. Johnson
DeVon Johnson
David
Diane
Wilbur Olson
Dorothy Raynor
Perry
Iowa
Nellie Olson
Ruth Olson
Omaha
Harold W. Johnson
Roger Hanquist
Wayne Johnson
Lincoln
Keith Johnson
St. Paul
Minnesota
Larry Davis
Harold Nielson
Steve Allen
Monroe
Myron Larson
Johnson
Viking Center
Lillie
Sander Chindgren
Victor Krol
Bob Dittmer
Harold
Christmas Day Visits and Family Gatherings Across Town
Neighbors and relatives share meals and visits over Christmas Day and the preceding weekend. Families include the Johnson, Forss, Lindblade, Rodene, Conkling, Eickmeier, Roberts, Uland, Beatty, and Rodene households with connections to Lincoln, Omaha, Stromsburg, Hastings, Ogallala, York, and Tek College Hastings plus Dyess Air Force Base Texas. Dorothy Gondringer returns to Sioux City after a week with area friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyess Air Force Base
Texas
Myron Larsons
Ruth Gestrine
Adolph Forss
Harold W. Johnson
Wayne
Johnson-Weinstrom
Evangelical Free Church
Philip
Eugene
Ray Johnson
Lincoln
Raymond Lindblade
Harry Rodene
Samaritan Center
DeVern Rodene
Tom
Kent
Gary Rodene
Omaha
Merv Ransom, Jr
Alvin Eickmeier
Rick
Allison
Kearney
Charles Roberts
Andy
Wayne Anderson
Terry
John van Velson
Ray Whiting
Melvin Atwater
Lynn Iverson
Albion
Ogallala
Martin Roberts
Joe Roberts
Thelma Conkling
Scott
Don Conkling
Chris and
Chad
Stromsburg
Rosie Grossnicklaus
Irene Burritt
Norris Larson
Edith
Esther Matson
Arthur Deeter
Tom and
Don Uland
Hastings
Wayne Beatty
Mamig¢ Steever
Marie Rosdahl
Florence Johnson
Kathy Rodene
York
Wesley A. Koehler
Bud Koehler
Shirley McGimpsey
Charles McGimpsey
Tech College
The
Dorothy Gondringer
Sioux City
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Viola Wieseman
Bertha Berck
Laura Delfs Cerny
Greenhouse Nahrstedt
Bush Drug
Blue River Stromsburg
Fairview Ladies Aid
Polk Baptist
Stromsburg Baptist
Osceola Methodist
Osceola Lutheran
Polk County Welfare
Nebraska
Nebraska Press Association
Jerome Cyza
Virgil Cyza
Ronnie Cyza
Emil Wruble
Clarks
Don Murray
Duane Gabel
Frederick Flamme
Alta Lisko
Ray Dickey
Fred Flamme
Alfred Nitsch
Annie Nitsch
Joe Zelda
Bernard Nitsch
Martha Jaax
Albin Zimmerman
Bellwood
Gaylord Gewecke
Schuyler
George Spitz
Nora Spitz
Virgil Spitz
Duane Spitz
Delmer Spitz
Orville Spitz
Daryl Broeckmeiers
Carroll Hahns
Central City
Delbert Broeckmeiers
Robert Spence
Robie
Florida
Ruth Reeves
Mary Jo
Madison
Barbara Pittmann
Colorado
Daniel Adkisson
Katherine Zelasney
Arthur Sutko
Adam Stempeks
Carol Broekemeier
Ted Svoboda
Brainard
Samaritan Center News
Marilyn Houders Heldt
Glen Carpenters
Margaret Fillinger
Isabel Gondringer
Carroll Flodmans
Marvin Fredricksons
Walter Stohl
Marland Adelson
Elton Johnson
Polk
Hazel Lind
Julia Flodman
Ralph Fisher
Walt Fisher
Philip Nybergs
Mary Ellen
Mary Nyberg
Eva Conrad
Ruth Shapland
McCool
Bernice McClung
Zeilinger
Phoebe Morgan
George Barbee
Fred Bonds
Lillian Logan
Logan
Bob Logan
Helen Nyberg
Kentucky
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Mmes
Harold A. Nelson
Idella Jacobson
Harold Grossnicklaus
Elvira Houdersche
Irven Rystrom
Nora Burke
Joseph Pavel
Gresham
Pavel
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Stanley Suhr
Poluck
Morris Richards
Alice Gustafson
Gary Gustafson
Dan Kelly
Jim
Jerry Peterson
Gregg Eklund
Salinas
Calif
H. S. Eklund
Carl Wieseman
Tom Reece
Jack Wieseman
Richard Ekstrom
Rolland Ekstroms
Karleen
Surprise, Nebr
Oliver Super
Winchester
Elec
McCulloch
Mise
Marvin Laird
Grubaugh
Mellonel
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