Freedom vigilance and highway safety concerns raise alarm
Fragmentary notes mix reflections on liberty with a list of property transfers. The prose laments lives lost on highways while citing transfers involving Shelby Lumber, Polk Lumber, and several individuals across Osceola and surrounding areas, including property deeds in sections 14-15 and 24-25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Lumber & Supply Co
Joseph F. Vrbka
Arthur W. Timm
Edmond C. Schott
Louise E. McClung
Noe Kumpf
Neksex
Hahn family Navy service spans six brothers from Polk area
Darwin Hahn and five brothers nicknamed Slug Dick Shorty Pete Buck and Dob enlisted or served in Navy Army and Seabees. Two brothers later joined Korea era duty and Pacific theaters. Darwin trained in San Diego and hopes to visit similar battle zones as his relatives. All six grew up in Polk area and share the D names. An Osceola couple has been released from hospital after last week’s collision with Emil Zima near Utica on the detour road to Gresham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POLK
Darwin Hahn
Hannah Hahn
Darwin
Harvey
Hahn
Donald
Dennis
Doyle
Navy
Dwayne
Delane
Mediterranean
South -Pacific
San‘'Diego
Calif
Span
Wvés
Seattle
Wash
Wes
Australia
South Pacific
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Haiti
Cuba
Italy
U. S. Army
Korea
Seabees
Guam
Delano
Arkansas
Bremerton
Slug
Shorty
Pete
Buck
Dob
Osceola
Gresham
Emil Zima
Utica
Community Calendar Highlights and Local Gatherings Abroad
Local groups announce events across July including the Busy Bells Extension Club picnic at Osceola Park at 5 30 on Sunday July 7 and a joint Masonic Lodge and Silver Creek Baseball gathering in Stromsburg Park. The week features Eastern Star Little League Siglers against Gas Co and Rebekahs and Maple Leaf picnics with Osceola Lodge events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busy Bells Extension Club
Osceola Park
Silver Creek
Osceola
Shelby O.es
Masonic ‘ Lodge
Prravis
Stromsburg Park
Eastern Star
Little League Siglers Vs. Gas Co
Gust Peterson family reunion held at Osceola Park
The nineteenth annual Gust Peterson reunion gathered 80 of 148 relatives for a picnic dinner and dessert on Sunday. Local and out of town relatives Attendees included Edna Peterson Burdette Baker Milton Peterson Reynold Peterson and many others. The 1964 committee members were Jean Peterson La Verne Cooper and Harriet Peterson with plans to hold the next picnic the last Sunday in May at Buckley Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gust Peterson
Osceola Park
Myron
Larson
Rolland Ekstrom
Bert Rapp
Dorothy Jones
Edna .Peterson
Burdette Baker
Milton Peterson
Reynold Peterson
Linda
Duane Peterson
Herbert Anderson
Ted Johnson
Emil Monson
Mae Peterson
Robert Peterson
Joe Lindblade
LeRoy
Delores
Irene Ericson
Marvin
Merlin Steele
Roy Fjell and Mars
Ralph ‘Simpson
Mirs
Selma Peterson
Ralph Cooper
Gayle
Eugene McCarros
Kevin
Lincoln
Sam Farris
Holly
Santa Marie
Calif
LeMoiyne-Monson
Grand “Island
Omaha
Hazel Johnston
Jean Peterson
la. Verne Cooper
Harriet Peterson
Buckley Park
Weekend mishaps and poolside chaos at Howe
In Howe, a spate of small accidents mars the warm spell. Timmy injures fingers on an electric fan while Billy breaks a window pane. families cope with swimming, towels, and a busy ridge as rabbits and youngsters fill daily hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Timmy
Billy
Bin
Reunion honors Elbert Hubbard kin from far west
Relatives gathered at Osceola Park on Sunday June 23 for a reunion honoring Mrs Elbert Hubbard of Manson Washington and Mr and Mrs Ervin Gustafson and Kerlin of Ontario California. Attendees included multiple Richards families from Guide Rock Red Cloud Central City Rising City and Lincoln with several Gustafson kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Park
Elbert Hubbard
Manson
Wash
Ervin Gustafson
Kerlin
Ontario
Calif
Earl Richards
Guide Rock
Bill. Richards
Red‘ Cloud
Dennis Richards
Central City
Tom Richards
Public notices and club meeting notes from 1963 1968
Nebraska tax calendars outline July due dates for personal property income and occupation taxes alongside state and federal filing deadlines. The Merry Mixers 4 H club met June 28 1968 at April Walgreen home with diapering demo, games, and planned July rest home visits. John DeLand and son Jack from Culver City are visiting Osceola this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bretared
Merry ‘Mixers
April Walgreen
Connie Leach
Vickie and
Karen Peterson
John DeLand
Jack
Culver City
Calif
Osceola
Inter ‘Revene
O.A.S.S
Director of Internal Revenue
An old hospital notice lists many patients and archiving
The fragment lists numerous patients and discharges from Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital, naming individuals and family relations across Osceola Shelby Stromsburg and Stromsburg. It also includes tax and corporate form references and a travel note about the Rutter family visiting Omaha before a Kansas trip.
Johnson Family Picnic At Buckley Park In Stromsburg
The Johnson family annual picnic was held Sunday June 30 at Buckley Park Stromsburg with 41 in attendance. A chicken dinner ice cream cake and coffee were served. Byron Johnson and Mrs Roswill Johnson led the organizing committee. Attendance included Oscar Johnson Leonard Mentink Robert Baker and families Ray Branting Bill Buhl Harlan McKeag Colin Carlson Carl R H Johnson and others from Osceola Stromsburg Lincoln and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Buckley Park
Bill Buhl
Dean i
Harlan McKeag
Colin
Carolyn Sue
Robert Baker
Glenda Johnston
LeRoy Johnson
Carla Lee Buchholz
Lyle Naeve
Raymond Branting
Clarence Sands
Osceola News Briefs Mention Local Visits
Osceola residents Peggy Kellner and Cold are visiting their aunt Vida Reckmeyer for several weeks. Families gathered for a Tuesday supper at the Wren Sherwood home with relatives from Shafter California and local siblings. The Conrads attended DeAnn's graduation in Minneapolis and visited Bonnie Bergren's family before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eekey
Peggy Jan Kellner
Vida ‘Reckmeyer
Wren Sherwood
Rueben Swanson
Shafter
Calif
Wallace Sherwood
Cindy
Monica Willits
Mauritz Swanson
Carolyn
Rueben
Robert Peterson
Mich
Mike Snodgrass
Billy
Vern Johnson
Steve
Carson
Ray
Conrad
Minneapolis
Minn
Burke
Bonnie Bergren
Conrada
DeAnn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vo. L. Clark
First National Bank of Osceola
Plate Armed Forces
iSociety
Rebekahs
Oscedla Lodge
Peterson
Fray. Howe
Kathy
Coorte
Lirida Herrmann
Eric
Igang
Connie Stromberg
Valerie Rutter
Marilyn
Church News
ST. Paul Lutheran
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church OF
Nck
Dale. Buchta
Verna Rhodes
Marilyn Oldigs
Monroe
Miss Oldigs
Rex
Duke
Harry Hennings
G. A.parks
Detroit
John. Carlson
Herman. Carlson
Jack Wieseman
C. R
T & C Club
T & C’” Extension Club
Lewis Durin
Raymond Wagner
WSCS
Maurice Watts Sr
Jim Majors
John Osenbaugh
John Stalions
Nebraska
Tha Phat
Merry
Annie’ ‘Jeffrey Memorial
Hews
Virgil Bugbee
William Larson
Albert Rommers
Gerald. Ford
Benedict
Kathleen Hart
Shelby
Lydia
Engelhardt
Raymond. Dobson
Stromsburg
Freda.Newman
Rodney Zona
Fullerton
John Pokorney
Carl. A. J
Chas
G. ‘Johnson
William Harrison
Arthur Bloomquist
Ray Bolton
Esther Peterson
Stroms
Lillie Abolt
Alma Benda
William Kroger
Everett Blackburn
Los Angeles
Jane
Nebraska Safety Council
Osceola News
Bert
Gissler
Nerigaan Pyyriry
Kansas
Missouri
Harold S. Hook
Gresham District
Polk ‘Co
Jrate Ays
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