Maple Leaf Club Members Meet At Osceola Home
Maple Leaf Club members met at Mrs. Cal mer Dunn in Osceola for a social afternoon with yearbook work. February meeting plans include a broiler lesson with Mrs. Ray Wagner. Various local families hosted and visited in Osceola Central City Clarks and Grand Island as ties to community events are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Wamsley
Maple Leaf Club
Calmer Dunn
Osceola
Ray Wagner
Chris Gaedeke
Linda
Bill Wyman
Sam Wyman
Vern McCormick
Carol] Willits
Columbus
Willits
Dennis
Diana Clark
Kansas City
Nebraska
Ae Dale McCormick
Famlly
Glenn Thomas
Neil
Clarks
Joe Imm
Don “Chippereit
Dale McCormick
Central City
Frank Gay
Don Schippereit
Webber
Virgil Willits
Bill Hansen
Roy Wyman
Dean Ostberg
Polk
Richard Wyman
Rex Graham
Arnold Carlson
Silver Creek
C.P.A
Joan Stanczyk
Rose Mary Vetich
Bonnie Imm
Leona Miller
Annette Wamsley
Albion
Silver Creek High
Robert Tooker
Dale Buchta
Gerald Schott
Henry Smolenski
Sam
Floyd Frizzell
Bruce Pickett
Donald Wiman
Omaha
Louis Tschantre
Otto Dittmer
Sidney Graham
Myron Ward
Vera Eutchison
Eleanor Harris
Wamsley
Mary Lou Stanczyk
Don Schippareil
Albert Morris
Hastings
Bill Morris
Ardene Kroger
Robert Carlson
Georgia Carlson
Dale Dunn
Frank Frizzell
Farm Bureau
Ed Schott
Louie Kentor
Martin Vetick
Arnold Reher
Jim Hopkins
Grand Island
Fairview
Dinner guest at Max Lott home
Jane Schuknecht was a dinner guest in the Max Lott home on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Schuknecht
Max Lott
Merry Workers Gather for All Day Church Meeting
The Merry Workers met at church parlors for an all day meeting with a 12 30 covered dish dinner. The afternoon featured quilting and car pet rag work. Mrs Ronald Eklund led the business session and the group planned another gathering on January 26 hosted by Mrs Raymond Bond and Mrs Ralph Allison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Eklund
Raymond Bond
Ralph Allison
Ambrose Stream
Marion Bliar and Sons
Tommy and
Harvey
Lorraine Derflinger
York
George Bond
Harry Hylton
Hylton
Twindoo Club
Bruce Hoffer
Gresham
Sharon Colberg
Stromsburg
Judy Bond
Regg
Dale Rhodes
Eklund
Holly
Koffee Kuppeers
Lee Campbell
Mesdames
Ted Gonnerman
Duane Keyes
Lyle Cockle
Raymond Beebe
Minnesota
Wendell Spalding
Edd Crossant
Stromsboro
Bonnie Beth Bond
Luther College
Wahoo
Ford
Swede Home News Socials and Sunday Visits
Mrs. Harold W. Johnson notes entertaining Friday night with F. H. Fredrickson and others. Sunday visits include Roger Hanquist Layne with Harold W. Johnson home, Gustav Peterson and Norris Johnson families. Levert Oquist and Martin Gestrine households host. Martin Jones and Ronald Sarow family visits. Bernt Johnson and children visit Sarow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Larson
Delia Samuelson
Petrus Nelson
Adolph Forss
Bradley Sundberg
Harold W. Johnson
Martin Gestrine
Mabel Olson
Edna Lundgren
Janis Peterson
Helen
Harriet Hultquist
Columbus
Marlyce
Marian Johnson
Earl Thelander
Henry Thelander
Bradshaw
Roger
Frank Oquist
Stanley
F. H. Fredrickson
Hilma Toline
Ellen Anderson
Roger Hanquist
Layne
Gustav Peterson
Norris Johnson
Levert Oquist
Martin Jones
Ronald Sarow
Bernt Johnson
Charlotte
Philip
Forty Years Ago Deaths and Local Changes Noted
The death of Chas. Daniels at his brother M. E. Daniels home follows a paralytic stroke. funeral planned. Walter Chauner left for Bozeman Montana to resume coaching work. Members return to college work for second semester. Lillie and Walter Koehler attend Blanche Holbrook and Victor Warner marriage in Colomo SD. Court house changes include John Lees as county treasurer with Emil Olson deputy. Joel Hanson to county clerk. F H Ball to county judge. county board named Fred Hennings, Wm. Pike, O. F. Branting. Ora Hamilton returns to Omaha for nursing training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Daniels
M. E. Daniels
Walter Chauner
Bozeman
Montana
Marion Gillespie
Lillian and
Berniece Brown
Ruth Merrick
Ethel Westberg
Vera Reckm
F H. Ball
H. H. Campbell
Fred Hennings
Wm. Pike
O. F. Branting
Ora Hamilton
Omaha
Pool hall changes hands in Osceola
John Thompson and Jake Reis dorff sold the Osceola pool hall to Fritz H. Olson and Lewis Herrmann who take possession now. The Bernt family mourns nine year old Margaret with funeral held Saturday after Christmas Day death. O F Branting Sons Implements plans a Stromsburg branch starting New Year with H B Branting in charge. William Merrick, born 1856 in Meaford Ontario, died December 28 at 68, survived by wife and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thompson
Jake Reisdorff
Osceola
Fritz H. Olson
Lewis Herrmann
Margaret Bernt
Joe Bernt
O. F. Branting & Sons Implement Dealers
Stromsburg
H. B. Branting
William Merrick
Meaford
Ontario
Canada
Twenty Years Ago New Osceola Courthouse Faces and Changes
Twenty years ago Osceola saw a wave of local changes with John I. Anderson taking over the Clerk’s office, Sophia Kresha as deputy, LeRoy M. Smith advancing to county treasurer with Edith Gray as deputy, Tom Reece becoming Clerk of District Court, and Olive McBeth succeeding I D Huston as County Superintendent. The new county board featured W. P. Miller S. J. Harless and E. M. Carter. C. B. Moore left as Supt. of Schools to become a Cornell professor. A 57-strong reception honored the late Milo Joy, who died suddenly at 56. TEN YEARS AGO A telegram told of Ward Freeman’s death in Germany on December 13. Mil- dred Thurstonson and Ted Cannon married in Polk County. The first Annual Polk County Corn Show opened for corn entries with prizes over $150. Hotel Osceola changed owners to Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hi. Boen. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Anderson left for Lincoln as he began duties as state senator. The Fulwiders bought Gospel Ridge property, regents of Mrs. H. S. Eklund, and Viola Wieseman bought the Millie Dahlberg property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John I. Anderson
John W. Fillman
Sophia Kresha
LeRoy M. Smith
Edith Gray
Tom Reece
Grace Johnston
Olive McBeth
I. D. Huston
W. P. Miller
S. J. Harless
E. M. Carter
C. B. Moore
Cornell University
New York
Osceola
Rapp Hotel
Milo Joy
Andrew Freeman
Ward
Germany
Shelby Mildred Thurstonson
Ted Cannon
Silver Creek
Fairview Parsonage
Rev Hamilton
Polk County
Court House
Samuel Hi. Boen
Hotel Osceola
Lester Anderson
Lincoln
Anderson
W. H. Fulwider
Gregory
South Dakota
Barr
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Frigidaire
Cornhusker
Duncan Hines
Allen
Braechs
Apor
Angerson Mercantile
Your Blackbird
Stone
Wayland News
Mrs. Lee Campbell
J. A. Oberg
Swede Home News
Kepner
Osceola Lumber Co
Osceola Methodist Church
Nobig
Maytag
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