Silver Bells 4-H Club Hosts January Meeting
The Silver Bells 4-H Club met at Janet and Jerry Dunning home January 14 with James McBeth and Vivian Dunning organizing. Officers listed include Dennis Prell president Jerry Dunning vice president Mary Prell secretary and Janet Dunning news reporter. Next meeting set for February 11 at Larry Linda and Donna McBeth home. Also notes 4-H Homemaking Club received a $20 award from U S Rubber for National 4-H Recreation Award 1956 and meeting January 28 covered rolls measurement and Valentine exchange. A February 18 meeting planned at Lewis Dunn home.
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Silver Bells
Janet
Jerry Dunning
James McBeth
Vivian Dunning
Dennis Prell
Mary Prell
Janet Dunning
Richard Prell
Larry McBeth
Linda McBeth
Donna McBeth
Larry
Linda
U. S. Rubber Company
Fred Wieseman
Ronald Lux
Lewis Dunn
Diane Lux
Ford Announces New Machinery
Ford Motor Company unveils liquified petroleum gas engines as a factory option for all tractor models and three new optional front wheel arrangements for row crop tractors. Irving A. Duffy, Ford vice president and head of Tractor and Implement Division, announced the developments via M. O. Johnson of Osceola Implement Co. The announcement highlights Ford's forty year history of tractor production and new engine and wheel options.
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Ford Motor Company
M. O. Johnson
Osceola Implement Co
Ford
Irving A. Duffy
Tractor and
Mr. Johnson
Ford row crop models highlight versatile implements
Ford offers row crop and all purpose models with ASAE standard power take off and swinging drawbar. Built in hydraulic system and three point implement linkage include implement position and draft control. Headlights and taillight accompany Ford five in one proof meter indicating performance.
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Johnson
Ford
Osceola
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Patient Dismissals and Admissions
During the first week of January to the 28th several patients were admitted or discharged at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital. Names include Mrs. Lucy Reisdorff Bruce Anderson Mrs. Tressie Brown Delores Lindblade Mrs. Ed McCauley Kathy McMeekin Marsha Richards Lela Sprague Victor Hinze Tillie Loeske Barbara Monson Jennie Mentink Josephine Gondringer Lynn Knorr George DeLand Harlan Rowan with a baby girl Ruth Cornish Josephine Dunning and others in Osceola Stromsburg Shelby Genoa Silver Creek and Waco.
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Lucy Reisdorff
Silver Creek
Bruce Anderson
Stromsburg
Tressie Brown
Osceola
Eugene Sterup
Baby Boy
Delores Lindblade
Ed McCauley
Kathy McMeekin
Marsha Richards
Lela Sprague
Victor Hinze
Waco
Caroline Rhodes and Fred Allen Wed in Lincoln
Caroline Rhodes daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Rhodes Osceola married Frederick E Allen son of Mr and Mrs Frederick L Allen Auburn in a noon ceremony Friday at First Presbyterian Church Lincoln The bride wore a white chiffon gown with floral lace and seed pearl crown The bridal party included Barbara Herrmann Alice Allen Jane Jeffrey Sally Skutt Lighting candles by Elizabeth Biles Judith Allen Best man Jack Skalla The couple will honeymoon in New Orleans and she will attend Merrill-Palmer School He is teaching in Osceola Public Schools
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Rhodes
Leroy Rhodes
Osceola
Frederick E. Allen
Frederick L. Allen
Auburn
First Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Shirring
Barbara Herrmann
Berkeley
Calif
Alice Allen
Jane Jeffrey
Lexington
Sally Skutt
Omaha
Elizabeth Biles
Pender
Judith Allen
William Biles, II
John Charles Allen
Jack Skalla
Beatrice
Brien Hendrickson
Ray Mladovitch
Mic Neff
Burell McMasters
William Biles Jr
Social Calendar notes February 5 and 6 events
The calendar lists PEO hosting at Mrs. Don Byers home on Wednesday February 6 and Busy Belles Extension Club with Mrs Keith Houdershheldt hosting next Wednesday February 6. Jobs Daughters Bethel schedules its next meeting for Tuesday February 5 instead of Wednesday.
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Peo
Don Byers
Keith Houdershheldt
Belles Extension Club
Jobs Daughters Bethel
Osceola and Fairview Farm Bureaus Plan Meetings
Osceola Farm Bureau announces a men's night with fathers and Masons as guests, noting a date change. Osceola meets at E. C. Schott home Friday February 1 with cookies or sandwiches for lunch. Fairview unit meets February 7 at Donald Schott home at 8 p m with cake or sandwiches for lunch.
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Masons
Osceola Farm Bureau
E. C
Real Estate Transfers Noted in Local Deeds
Warranty deeds show Raymond J. Hunsaker transferring to Josephine Hunsaker the NE portion of section 32, township 13, range 3. Clyde D Oppliger and wife transfer the W half and NW quarter of section 10, township 15, range 1 to Ernst H Oppliger and wife. Ernest H Oppliger and wife transfer the E half and NW quarter of section 10, township 15, range 1 back to Clyde D Oppliger and wife.
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Raymond J. Hunsaker
Josephine Hunsaker
Clyde D. Oppliger
Ernst H. Oppliger
Ernest H. Oppliger
Osceola Firemen Set Monthly Meeting Tonight
Osceola firemen will hold their regular monthly meeting this Thursday evening January 31.
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Osceola
Nebraska towns search for Mrs America contestants statewide
Nebraska towns and cities seek contestants for the Mrs America contest as the state prepares for the next level. The 19th annual Mrs America finals are in Fort Lauderdale, with the Nebraska winner earning an all expenses paid trip for her and her husband. Applications are available at gas appliance dealers and local gas offices.
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Nebraska
Ramona Deitemeyer
Delores Schmadeke
Beatrice
Blue Flame Gas Association
Dale Johnson
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Osceola Temperature Report For The Week
Osceola reports a weekly temperature summary courtesy of the Gas Company. Degree Days are shown with various values for the heating season and month, noting a colder December period and a warmer cumulative season compared to the prior year. The average temperature for 12-28-56 to 1-27-57 is 19 degrees.
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Osceola
Engagement of Elinor Smith to Paul Bloomgren
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith of Ulysses announce the engagement of their daughter Elinor Elaine to Paul Alan Bloomgren, son of Mr. and Mrs. L A Bloomgren of Holdrege. Miss Smith graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan and teaches at Osceola High School. Bloomgren also graduated from Wesleyan and is a member of Barbs and Sigma Pi Sigma.
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Peter Smith
Ulysses
Elinor Elaine
Paul Alan Bloomgren
L. A. Bloomgren
Holdrege
Miss Smith
Nebraska Wesleyan
Kappa Delta Pi
Osceola
Bloomgren
Wesleyan
Sigma Pi Sig
Honorary couple plans February wedding in Ulysses
The bride and groom announce a February 23 wedding at the Ulysses Methodist Church. The groom is now serving with the Coast Guard in Mobile Alabama.
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Coast Guard
Mobile
Alabama
Ulysses Methodist Church
Clara Horst Farm Sale Next Tuesday
A public sale of Mrs. Elmer Horst is scheduled for next Tuesday February 5 at 12 30 pm. Merrick and Engel auctioneers will conduct the sale at the Osceola area farm located two miles north one and a half miles west three miles north and two miles west of Osceola or three miles south and two miles east of Silver Creek.
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Elmer Horst
Merrick & Engel
Osceola
Silver Creek
Zoucha Gondringer Wedding at Sacred Heart Church
Miss Ethel Mae Gondringer and Felix L. Zoucha wed at 9 a m Saturday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church Shelby. Parents listed as Nicholas Gondringer of Gresham and George Zoucha of Monroe Nebr. Attendants include Phyllis Gondringer Elaine Gondringer Delores Zoucha. Best man Larry Zoucha. ushers Mark Gondringer Norbert Zoucha Albert Krumbach Cyril Zoucha.
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Zoucha
Gondringer
Ethel Mae Gondringer
Felix L. Zoucha
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Shelby
Nicholas Gondringer
Gresham
George Zoucha
Monroe
Nebr
Phyllis
Elaine Gondringer
Delores Zoucha
Larry Zoucha
Mark Gondringer
Norbert Zoucha
Lindsay
Albert Krumbach
Cyril Zoucha
Funeral services held for Hubert J. Bernt Osceola 68
Hubert J. Bernt 68 of Osceola died Friday morning of a heart attack. Funeral at St Andrew's Church Monday at 9:30 a.m. with Rev John Howe. Rosary Sunday at 7:15 p.m. at the family home. Surviving include wife Pauline Weiser, three sons Wilfred Marvin Albin, six daughters Marcella Zelasney, Bernarda Schaf, Dolores Irene Elaine Iona, three brothers Gus Oswald Fred, two sisters Clara Alt Emil Alt, four grandchildren. Pallbearers nephews Raymond Mark Alt Leo Bernt Clarence Bernt Donald Hamling Leonard Kennig. Burial at local area with relatives from multiple towns in Nebraska and Minnesota.
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Hubert Bernt
Hubert J. Bernt
Osceola
St. Andrews Catholic Church
John Howe
Mr. Bernt
Polk County
Edward Bernt
Cecilia Glatter
Bernt
Pauline Weiser
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
Wilfred
Marvin
Albin
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Allen
Marcella) Zelasney
Shelby
Bernard
Huberta) Schaf
Columbus
Dolores
Irene
Elaine
Iona
Gus
Oswald
Fred
Clara Alt
Emil Alt
Raymond
Mark Alt
Leo Bernt
Clarence Bernt
Donald
Osceola Boosters Cancel Saturday Special Event
The Osceola Boosters announce the Special Event sponsored each Saturday is discontinued effective immediately until further notice.
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The
Osceola Boosters
Local Ladies' Team Wins City Bowling Tourney
Anderson Mercantile's Ladies' Team captured the Stromsburg city bowling tournament Friday evening. Capt. Phyllis Kresha led teammates Pat Lockard Mrs. Ray Conrad Mrs. Lloyd Fjell and Mrs. Stanley Braithwait to a total series score of 2572.
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Anderson Mercantile
Stromsburg
Phyllis Kresha
Pat Lockard
Ray Conrad
Lloyd Fjell
Stanley Braithwait
New Instructor Appointed in Osceola High School
Mrs. Martin Svoboda of Benedict is named the new commercial instructor at Osceola High School replacing Miss Elinor Smith who resigned to prepare for her February wedding. Svoboda holds a BA after studying at Kearney State Teachers College and the University of Nebraska. her husband is Mr. Svoboda, superintendent of Benedict schools, and the couple has four children.
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Martin Svoboda
Benedict
Osceola High School
Elinor Smith
Svoboda
Kearney State Teachers College
University of Nebraska
Calvary Lutheran Church Service Schedule
Calvary Lutheran Church announces Sunday activities led by Pastor A. D. Capek with 10:00 a.m. Sunday School and 11:00 a.m. Divine Worship.
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Calvary Lutheran Church
A. D. Capek
St Vincent Church Service Schedule
Father John Howe presides on the 4th Sunday after Epiphany with Masses at 7:30 and 10:30 a m. Confessions are offered Saturday 5 to 5 30 p m and 8 to 8 30 p m. Weekday Masses at 7:30 a m. Parish family communion Sunday.
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ST. Vincent Church
John Howe
St Andrew Church February 3 Masses and Parish Events
February events at St Andrew Church include Friday masses at 6 30 and 8 p m with devotions at 8 p m concluding the parish mission. Sunday mass at 9 a m and confessions before mass. Monday features a high school students discussion club at 7 30 p m in the parish hall.
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ST. Andrew
John Howe
Stuents
Parish Hall Meeting and Burial Notice
Parish hall gathering set for 4 p m with unrelated religious instruction. Vital statistics note Hubert Bernt buried from this church in parish cemetery on Monday Jan 28.
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Gious
Hubert Bernt
Calvary Ev Lutheran Church Swede Home Schedule
Calvary Ev Lutheran Church Swede Home announces Sunday School at 10 a m Worship at 11 a m Choir practice Monday 7 30 p m Stromsburg Dist Church men s meeting Feb 5 at Genoa Brotherhood Chorus Wednesday 7 30 p m Dorcas society meets Thursday 8 p m at Mrs Roger Hanquist home
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C. M. Hadley
Stromsburg Dist
Genoa
Men of Calvary
Brotherhood
Dorcas
Osceola Social Newss Farewell Parties and Birthdays
Osceola neighbors join Mr. and Mrs. LeMoyne Anderson and sons for a farewell at their home as they move to a new farm northwest of Osceola. The event includes a gift and lunch. Nearby birthday observances honor Mr. Horst and Mrs. John Anderson with family and friends dropping in for meals and gifts.
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LeMoyne Anderson and Sons
Mrs. Anderson and
George B. Anderson
Osceola
Lysle Hopwood
Roy Horst
Vincent Lane
Lincoln
Horst
John Anderson
Albert Swanson
Milton Anderson
Elsie Peterson
Stromsburg
Homer Farley
Rolland Johnson
Hannah Johnson
Lillie
Vernelle Carlson
Clarence Johnson
Mrs. Anderson
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Mal Hansen
Leonard Augustine
Howard White
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Hospital News
Fred Allen
McDonald’s
Red & White
Swansons
Maxwell House
Morton House
Mrs. America
Bob
Merrick
Clara Horst
UD Editor
OHS Commercial
Antes News
Calvary EV
Luth
Church of Swede Home
Osceola News
Green
Bush
Sealy’s
Serta’s
Kepner’s
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