Local families gather during Christmas and New Year
Dale Barker returns to Lincoln for studies after Christmas vacation. Numerous relatives from Fremont Silver Creek Columbus Omaha Chicago Oakland visit, share meals, and attend events around Clark and Stromsburg. Andy Engel hospitalized after dental infection. several family gatherings mark New Year celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Barker
Lincoln
Kenneth Gehring
Fremont
Myron Barker
Mark Hendrickson
Silver Creek
Frank Frizzell
Jim Sorensen
Mabel Hoy
Lloyd Wamsley
Osceola
Stromsburg
Ed Hamm
Norfolk
Robert Tooker
Andy Engel
Bill Wyman
Maxine Barker
Columbus
Nelson
Swede Home News Highlights Local Social Visits
Mrs Otto Swanson and Mrs Kenneth Mentink and daughters visited Shelby Iowa to see Mr and Mrs John Evans and family. Ben Berger entertained to supper. Dr Benj Lund and family from Fort Snelling overnight with Pastor Bernt Johnson. Ada and Reuben Lundstrom hosted dinner for Rudolph Appleton Martin Lundstrom and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Swanson
Kenneth Mentink
Shelby
Iowa
John Evans
Ben Berger
John Gestrine
Frank Oquist
Rog Fjell
Harry Rodene
Bonnie
Benj. Lund
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Bernt Johnson
Lund
Johnson
Arnold Ekstrand
Ada
Reuben Lundstrom
Rudolph Appleton
Martin Lundstrom
Dixie Peterson
Dennis Johnson
Wayne Johnson
Luther College
Wahoo
Robert Willits
Harold A. Johnson
New Year Holiday Guests Share Osceola Area Visits
Osceola residents hosted and visited relatives during the holiday period. Names include Mervin and Gwen Johnson, Glenn and Ruth Anderson, Earl Fredrickson, Tipp City visitors, and families from Aledo Lincoln Chicago and Marshalltown. New Year dinners and suppers were held at several homes as extended kin gathered across Iowa and Illinois.
Christmas and New Year Visits in Riverside Area
Riverside residents hosted and visited for Christmas and New Year. Families from Clarks Silver Creek York Central City Albion and Omaha joined meals and gatherings spanning Christmas Day through New Year’s Week. Military travel included Cpl Gene Hayes departing for Camp and Barbara Fischer visiting from Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Carlson
Tom Gonnerman
Gresham
Gene Hayes
Ft. Bennings
Georgia
Barbara Fischer
Council Bluffs
Don Hayes
Omaha
Walter Church
Virgil Gulbrandson
Eldon Reiener
Central City
C. R. Carlson
Ronald Carlson
June Eply
Wayne Lembke
Chadron
Donna Carlson
Jack Wieseman
Kathy
Vinson Bittinger
Clarks
Joe Karges
Doris
Art Gabriel
Robert Topinka
al Heitzman
William Donahue
Albion
Bill King
Alphonse Rosno
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Billie Maxwell
Oakland
California
John Masterson
Chicago
Nellig Benson
St. Francis Hospital
Roy
Albert Morris
Clark
Donald Schippareit
Rex Graham
Wesley Jones
Frank Stanczyk
Louie Gembica
Joe Imm
Oscar Imm
Fred Weber
Hampton Auditorium
E. M. Jacobsen
Havens
Vern McCormick
Danny Willits
Dale McCormick
Annette Wamsley
Stults
Harold Zielinger
David City
Charles Brand
Frank Carman
Louie Tworek
Jim Stanczyk
Spalding
Don Schipporeit
Henry Schipporeit
Mary Lou Stanczyk
Joan
Dittmer
Sidney Graham
Blackbird
Cornhusker
Longhorn
Zee
Pei
Ny Ome
Tor
Kist
Calif
Naval
Anderson Mercantile
Farmall
Wott
Glen
PE Emere
McCormick
Dearborn Baler
John Deere
Swede Home News
Harold W. Johnson
Roy, Jr
Patty
Ronny Johnson
Mervin Johnson
Gwen Holm
Illinois
Russell Anderson
James
Gary
Aledo
Ralph Anderson
Glenn Anderson
Wallace Fredrickson
Gaylen and
Murray
Amelia Fredrickson
Russell
Earl Fredrickson
Marshalltown
Town
Robert Sutton
Tipp City
Ohio
Paul Jones
E. E. Jones
Joe Lindblade
Leroy
Delores
Roy Fjell
Ralph Simpson
Roger Hanquist
Elsie Peterson
Walter Samuelson
Roy Martin
Roy Fisell
Evelyn
Stanley
Levert Oquist
Harold W. Johnson and Sons
Wilbur Olson
Jan
Internal Revenue Department
Keystone Farm
Osceola Lumber Co
Crouse-Tex Drug
Ray
Ene
Crouse - Tex Drug Co
Riverside News
Doris Karges
Lyle Plumbtree
Howard Shively
Lyle Ray
Melvin Church
Tony Gregor
Dale
Emma Shively
Arnold
Pat Bittinger
Arnold Church
Anna Karges
Jack Brand
Chas. Brand
Carl Samuelson
York
Harold Martin
Gust Carlson
C. O. Carlson
Carl Holm
Silas Hoffer
Sandra
Englander Mattresses
Serra Mattresses
Polk County
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