Community Notes Highlight Family Visits and Local Events
The Valley News chronicles gatherings and visits across Lincoln County. The Sullivan anniversary Mass draws relatives to the Cathedral of the Risen Christ while a June farewell marks Clyde Hastings’s stay with local families. 4H members attend camp in Hordville as other residents host dinners, picnics, and birthday parties amid holidays and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wieseman
Lincoln
Cathedral of the Risen Christ
C. V. Sullivan
Sullivan
Clyde Hastings
Californianes
Raymond Cutter
Charles Boro
Dee Hastings
Jerry
Gerhardt Lux
Margie Lux
Denise Dunn
Dick Watts
Bruce Frizzell
Anna Engel
Lula Pickett
Christiana Sarow
Laurence
David Rutter
Debra Burritt
Irene Burritt
Local nuptials and family visits noted in Palmer region
The Grossnickisses Roy Harold and Holly Tom Hoss Rex Grossnicklaus attended the Judith Behrns James Paetz wedding Saturday in David City. Wilmer Carter home Palmer opened Saturday. Catherine Cerny and the Ne Ste family were present. Sterups and Kathy Daily returned with the Sterups after two weeks at the Carter home. Karen Sterup Catherine Cerny stayed a week. Lester Oberg of Pender and Gene Kai with daughters Amy and Carol of Santa Maria California were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Monson and attended Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin
Roy
Harold
Holly “Grossnickisses
Tom Hoss
Rex Grossnicklaus
Judith Behrns
James Paetz
David City
Ne Ste
Catherine” Cerny
Wilmer Carter
Palmer
Billy
Maria Sterup
Kathy Daily
Sterups
Carter
Karen Sterup
Catherine Cerny
Lester Oberg
Pender
Gene Kai
Amy
Carol
Santa Maria
California
Emil Monson
Local notes recall decades of Polk County history
A compact column lists birthdays, moves and events from 60 to 10 years ago. Entries mention Ley Green filing for county commissioner in 1909, temperance meetings in York, post office hours, church talks, doctors starting practice, and various local family updates and community happenings in Polk County across 1909 to 1959, with briefs on residents, schools, farms, and notable visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ley Green
Stromsburg
M. E. Bittner
M. C. Brooks
Temperance League
York
Pheasant
Wicklund
The
Baptist Church
Stoner School House
Ray Ludden
Omaha
Polk
del McCormick
Campbell and
Farnam
Phyllis Alfred
Dr. Lytle
Osceola
Arthur S. Nelson
Margy Richmond
Washington, D. C
Denver
Nebraska
Farm Security Administration
Polk County
Walter Berck
FSA
St.Andrew's
K. F. Schnoebelen
Sacred Heart Parish
Lincoln
James F. Jackson
Seattle
Washington
Fred Bond
Noble Grand
Rebekahs
Carl Avald Carlson
District 7
American Legion
Fremont
Wahoo
New Books at Osceola Library
Osceola Library lists new arrivals in both adult fiction and non fiction. Included are titles by Scott Corbett Ngaio Marsh Emilie Loring and Desmond Lowden among others plus works by Phyllis A Whitney Wendell Berry and Dorothy Eden. Also noted are biographies and regional history volumes. The list mixes classics with contemporary works and features authors across genres. Local readers can browse the expanded collection for varied reading options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Corbett
Roger
Charles Webb
Rex Anderson
Ngaio Marsh
Emilie Loring
Charlotte Armstrong
Margaret Culkin
Bann
Clay Blair Jr
Janet Grégory Vermaine
Colonel Blessington
Pamela Frankau
Noah Gordon
Theo
Jessamyn West
Faith Baldwin
Robert T. Crow
Fourth of July Gatherings Across Osceola Area
Mr and Mrs Terry Oman visited the Franklin E Oman family in Brady during the Fourth. Mr and Mrs Eugene Sterup and family joined others for a July 4 celebration at Willard Hiemer home in Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Oman
Franklin E. Oman
Brady
Eugene Sterup
Willard Hiemer
Shelby
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Valley News
Eda Burritt
Merrick
Don Conkling
Chris
Chad
Calmer Boden
Lynn
Lee Bellair
Lee
Hastings
Silver Creek
Bellairs
Dale Dunn
Ray Soukup
Lewis Dunn
Madison and
McConnell
Lottie Gay
Central City
Iowa
South Dakota
Dan Dunn
Fort Sheridan
Iinois
Scott Schmoker
Donald Schmokers
Dennis
Council Bluffs
Brian Umstead
Springview
Bill Umstead
Terri Wyman
Susie Wyman
Bruce Frizzzll
Ken Burritt
Elsie Cerny
Dick Merrick
Jack Wieseman
C. R. Carlson
Donald Schmoker
Hugh Schmoker
Jack Long
Kansas City
Missouri
Harry Shields
Anaheim
Kearney
Frank Lux
Adolph Grossnicklaus
Calmer Boden and Lynn
Julius Bernt
Alice Matheson
Walter Yungdah
Hordville
Bush Drug Store
Ray E. Brown
Nebr
Lynn Watts
Midwest
Goldenrod Saddle Club
Howe
Walter Schwartz
Cody
J. W. Fillman
Raymond Kepner
W. O. Cox
John Gabriel
Fuller's
Erickson and
Jackson
Essex
Charles City
Hazel McMeekin
Neela Wisely
Florence Timm
Doris Hanson
Wesleyan University
Crouse
Jack Steeple
C. A. Frazier
George Craven
Minnesota
Mid- West
Fullerton
Samuelson
Roxy B. Oades
Columbus
Bill Kepner
Milan Snodgrass
Creighton University
College of Pharmacy
Kenneth Sipes
OHS
National Science Foundation Institute For
University of Nebraska
L. E. Gissler
Bismark
North Dakota
Texaco Inc
Mary Wobig
Suzanne Trotter
Julie Gullberg
Marsha Carlson
Kathy Bond
Camp Sheldon
Samuel J. Cadwell
Clarkson Hospital
Millie Dahlberg
Richmond
Harry McBeth
Colorado
Alvera Strickland
LeRoy Rhodes
S. W. Calhoun
Methodist Church
Douglas Reeves
Wayne Reeves
Bellwood
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Robert Dutch - Riget
Walter Henry Nelson
My Lord
My God
Theodore Pitcairn
Robert N. Manley
Legislative Council
the Westerners
John Myers
Bernard Dunstan
Wendell Berry
Phyllis A. Whitney
Grace Livingston Hill
Ellen Jane Macleod
Unwilling Heart
Catherine Marshall
Craig Massey
Margaret Epp
When I
Grow Up
Judy Ainsworth
the Fireman
William Kotzwinkle
I Have A Tree
Lillie D. Chaffin
Little Red Riding Hood
Elizabeth
Katherine Gant
Ziggy
Joyce van Lamsweerde
Mile Dolan
Frans van Lamsweerde
Congress
Ebraska
Richard P. Vinal
Internal Revenue
Lee Newcomer
Cornhusker
Boys Nation
D. C
Boys State
Dave Morrison
American University
Boys
Sunny Point
Crow Wing Lake
Sid and Mara
Sigler
Neviswood
Park Rapids
Minn
Osceola News
Philco
Kenmore
Norway
York Auction CO
York, Nebr
Polk County Fairgrounds
Rodeo
Rod
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