New Year Dinner Gatherings Across Valley Communities
Valley residents hosted and visited families on New Year’s Day. Attendees included the Urbans at the Earl Hardle home in Silver Creek, the Dunns and Mrs. Neela Dunn in Central City, and the Duns with Frank Jaax at Columbus. Lux families hosted, with Herbal Smith staying with Gerhardt Lux and Lawrence Meister. travel notes mention the Urbans and Meisters returning from Columbus to Oregon. Norman Henggeler (Lincoln) joined the Dale Dunn home for dinner, and visits continued Sunday evening with Jane Dunn and Rhy Lux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerhardt Lux
Francis Urban
Lawrence Meister
Orego
Columbus
Norman Henggeler
Lincoln
Dale Dunn
Jane Dunn
Rhy Lux
Earl Brooks
Gothenburg
Nebr
Harold Husmann
Robert Smith
Carl Bollig
Carroll Hahn
Ernie Prachaska
David City Hospital
David City Hospital. Mrs. Prachaska
St. Mary’s Altar Society
John Kampovitz
John Kresha
Fred Flamme
Herman Kanneman
James Lawthers
George
Frances Cady
Butch Eschler
Maxine
Josephine Benda
Albert
Fred Hecker
Leslie Dill
Phil Zakowski
Near
Lindsay
Marie Stec
Omaha
Louis Robak
Lawrence
Frank Ziemba
John Micek
Edward Lisko
Richard Eller
Franz Luchsinger
Joe McKown
Wes Neilsen
Nebraska City
Claude Fletcher
Russel Kluck
Richland
Arnold Schmidt
Missouri
Louis A. Schmidt
Albert Inselman
Leo Bernt
Gerald Horwood
Karen Jo
Chas. Sladek
Schuyler
Bruce Fyfe
Norfolk
Frank Ziemba2
Joe
Jackie McKown
Lawthers
Delores Zollars
Joé McKown
Martin Meyer
Bellwood
Emil Koziol
Clarks
Alfred Bernt
Joe Smith
Norbert Smith
Navy
Florida
Eschler
Canasta Club
Neal Hasselbalch
John Stec
Monroe
A. D. Fellers
Art of
Duane Gabel
Osceola
Phil
Edward lLisko
Lone Star News Notes and Holiday Travels
Sunday dinners and holiday visits fill local households as the Hahn, Henggeler, Husmann, and Prachaska families share time near Shelby and Gothenburg Nebraska. Schools reopen after vacation with Columbus High and Dist 16 resuming classes on January 7 9. Social events include St Marys Altar Society meetings and church activities at St Andrew Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Hahn
Gene Novak
Shelby
Duane
Cheryl Jean Hahn
Dist
Columbus High School
Polk County Farm Bureau Ladies Host Tea in York
Polk County Farm Bureau chairwoman announces a tea on Monday January 9 at the 4-H Building York hosted by York County Bureau ladies. The Polk group will present a program with colored slides about their Ozarks charter bus trip followed by a get acquainted hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Peterson
Polk Associated Women of Farm Bureau
Polk County Farm Bureau
York
York County Bureau
Polk Group
Ozarks
James Sundberg
Mr. Sundberg
Anchorage
Alaska
Sundberg
Civil Defense
Community Notices and Birthday Celebrations Across Local Families
Local residents share birthday gatherings and visits with relatives across Duncan Clarks and surrounding towns. Families include Meister Swan Iwan Adkisson Leimser Kresha and Scow, with health updates on Rudolph Nitsch and Bernard Nitsch. Funeral services were held in Columbus for John Smagacz, formerly Cecelia Kresha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meister
G. J. Meister
Marion
Leo Cook
David City
Leo Iwan
Henry Iwan
Floyd Arsmith
John Swan
Mary Swan
Lawrence Leimser
Rhonda
Oscar Adkisson
Duncan
Kenneth Adkisson
Clarks
Nebr
Louis Scow
Debbie
C. W. Leimser
Rudolph Nitsch
Omaha
Bernard Nitsch
Cedar Bluffs
John Kresha
Leo Kresha
Adolf Kresha
Glen Kresha
Conrad Kropatch and Sons
John Smagacz
Columbus
St. Bonaventure Church
Smagacz
Cecialia
Close-out on Nylons Two for a Dollar at Rexall Drug
John s Rexall Drug advertises a close-out sale on nylons at two pairs for one dollar. The notice highlights bargain pricing and stock availability to shoppers seeking affordable hosiery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Rexall
District 18 Community Notes and Local Obituaries
District 18 reporters compile church gatherings school notices and social happenings. Townsfolk attend card clubs visit relatives and celebrate New Year while several obituaries mark a string of passings including Mrs Joe Litchenberger and Miss Lou Laymaster with local funeral services and family remembrances.
March of Dimes Funds Aid Eric Two Years Old
Eric Brantner of Palouse Washington celebrates his second birthday aided by March of Dimes funds. Born three months premature with hydrocephalus, he underwent a long brain surgery in Spokane at 10 months, improving his outlook. The National Foundation funds birth defect care across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric
Jupiter
Gail
Vonda Brantner
Whitman County
The
National Foundation
Sacred Heart Hospital
Spokane
Fine
Great Northern
Mark
United States
Honolulu
March of Dimes
Riverside social notes list visitors and family gatherings
Riverside community notes show residents returning from Virginia for Christmas and New Year visits. Several couples hosted guests such as LaVerne and Rex Dake, Clair McCormick, Larry, W B Dake, and Rudy Sandi n. Other gatherings include supper with Ida Ferris in Osceola and a funeral attendance for Birgen Stahl at the Lutheran Church in Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Karges
Dale Buchta
Virginia
W. B. Dake
LaVerne
Rex Dake
Clair McCormick
Larry
Bill Ferris
Verneta
Karen
Rudy Sandin
Ida Ferris
Osceola
Joe Tomasiewicz
Guildford Bryan
Ronald Carlson
Mary Bittinger
Clarks
Don Hayes
C. R. Carlson
Carl Holm
C. O. Carlson
Jack Brady
Lillie Carlson
Birgen Stahl
Lutheran Church
Polk
Robert Bryan
Stohl Brother John Dies After Genoa Hospital Stay
Obituary notes John Stohl brother of Frank Stanczyk who died in Genoa hospital. Service held in Silver Creek with family and friends attending. The obituary records birth in Sweden May 5 1878 and death December 22 in Winter Haven Florida aged 82 years 7 months 17 days. He leaves two sisters and two brothers among others.
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Biraer Stohl
Birger Severin Stohl
Claus
Betty Stohl
Westergotland
Sweden
England
America
Saratoga Springs
New York
Nebraska
Florida
Winter Haven
Hulda Gestrine
Clarks
Alice Erickson
Cloverdale
Canada
John Stohl
Silver Creek
Gunnard Stohl
Polk
Christmas Dinner Guests and Family Gatherings listed
A long list of holiday gatherings includes Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Ainkle calling on Mrs. Max Grosch, many families sharing Christmas dinner at multiple homes such as Bill Wyman's and Oscar Imm's, and visits among the Wyman, Tooker, Gaedeke, Imhoff, Hennings, and related households across Elmwood Grand Island Osceola Central City Ralston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Ainkle
Max Grosch
Bill Wyman
Johnne Carlson
Herman
Gordon
Chris Gaedeke
Linda
Myron Barker
Kenneth Gehring
Ed Totenhaupt
Omaha
John Wyman
Vern McCormick
Addie Wieseman
Osceola
Fred Wescoat
Gilbert Hinkle
Dan’ Hinkle
Richard Vincent
Central City
Dale Richards
Kathy Imhoff
Broken Bow
John Imhoff
Bill Imhoff
Beth
Frank Frizzell
Clara Lohr
Bruce Pickett
Ted Steffens
Doug
Joe
Paul
Oscar Imm
Robert Tookers
Emmett Cook
Elmwood
Norman Tooker
Ralston
Elmer Tooker
Bill Gaedeke
J. O. Dickford
Grand Island
Richard Wyman
Family Land
Eva Hennings
Alice Hennings
St Paul Lutheran Church Weekly Schedule
St Paul Lutheran Church led by Pastor Robert V Johnson lists activities for Thursday and Sunday including confirmations at 7 00 pm choir at 7 30 pm study at 11 00 am worship and evening prayer. Additional units meet midweek with programs for St Paul Churchmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul Lutheran
Robert V. Johnson
St. Paul
Nebraska lawmakers open 1962 session with pay rise
Lincoln Nebraska state legislators began a 20 day session with 43 members in the unicameral, including 15 first terms. The pay increase from 872 dollars per year to 2400 dollars per year is expected to attract more candidates. Bills will enter the hopper as organizational work and swearing in of officials took place.
Calvary Ev Lutheran Church Swede Home Schedule
Rev Robert V Johnson vice pastor announces church events from January 7 to January 12 including confirmation instruction Sunday School at 10:00 a.m worship at 11:00 a.m Lutheran League at 7:30 p.m annual Congregational meeting on Monday January 9 at 8:00 p.m and Church Women on Thursday January 12 at 2:00 p.m Churchmen at 8:00 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew Church
Clayton Schnoebelen
Iowa
Father Schnoebelen
Leo Swan
Jerome Meister
Bellwood
Ken
Calvary EV
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Gaylen Holmes
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Fred W. Bedient
Alfreta
James Hill
James J. Hill
Frank Cohagan
Roger Graham
Teri
Castle Rock
Colo
Everett Waite
Hutchinson
Kansas
Clarance Bodine
Oregon
Washington
Kent Sandell
Keesler Air Force Base
Mississippi
Wallace Sandell
Marco Johnson
M. O. Johnson
WSCS
Swede Plain Methodist Church
Robert Shostrom
Polk Wscs
Rolland Stromberg
Hannah Hahn
Grant Johnson
Gilbert Lampshire
Lydia Peterson
Paul Holmes
Wilfred Stephens
Eric Anderson
Neil McNaught
Ralph Johnson
Stromsburg
Johnson
Irene Whitacre
Joel Theodore
Helen Binford
Donald Ostberg
Irvin Anderson
Walter Binford
Marie) Litchenberger
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Hampton
Lichtenberger
Bradshaw, Polk
Hampton Eastern Star
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Josephine Smith
Winifred Oglesby
Jane Hendricks
South Gate
California
Jean Stacey
Downey
Allan
Seabrook
Margaret Mick
Aurora
Fred Enderle
Martin Enderle
Bradshaw
Lou Laymaster
Polk Methodist Church
Roos Goethe
Giltner
Stewart
Cedar Falls
Walter
Charles City
Berniece Pierson
Jessie Groetz
John Seymour
Henry Seymour
Benedict
Floyd Lyle
Methodist
Stromberg
Janet Graves
Alta Liska
Bertha Berck
Art Gabriel
Clifford Johnston
Harold Walstead
Bob Stohl
Alfred Youngdahl
Ted Swanson
Heckman
Patti
Jack
Brady
Maureen
Vinson Bittinger
Patti Carlson
Cecil Larson
Eric Brantner
Palouse
Wash
Riverside
Eauty
Don Rice
Charleen
Gene
Pamela
Rodney
Palmer
Art Wiser Home
Morris Garretson
Shickley
Jim Novak
Frank Stanczyk
Louie Nowak
Fullerton
Stanczyk
Alvin Swertzic
John Stanczyk
Frank
Genoa Hospital
Ea Nan Eeie
University of Nebraska Law College
Stave Farm
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Fast Claim Service
Petrus Nelson
Morrell
U. S
ANGEL
Freestone Peaches
Sunkist
McDonald’s
Red
Osceola Chamber OF Commerce
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