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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1971
Page
7
A writer recalls near misses at a Union Pacific line with heavier rails. He contrasts train safety thoughts with a lyric riff on loud radios and the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, noting audience energy but preferring not to sit in the front row.
Army Private Jack Thorpe completed an eight week combat engineer course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He trained in road and airfield construction field fortifications and building fixed and floating bridges. Mrs Andrea Thorpe resides in Stromsburg and his parents live in Scottsbluff.
Mrs Wesley Michener 70 died early Tuesday at Annie Jeffrey Hospital. She leaves husband four sons Norman Columbus Raymond and David Denver and Lester Rising City two daughters Geneva Detloff Omaha and Grace Schutt Stromsburg and several grandchildren with son Robert deceased. Arrangements pending at Anderson Funeral Chapel. Nels Melander of Fargo ND visiting daughter Mrs Raymond Schott.
Bob Gissler of OHS 1971 Vale is listed in Merits' Who's Who Among American High School Students for his scholarship and leadership. The honor makes him eligible for one of ten $600 scholarships he has applied for.
List of patients and statuses across Stromsburg Osceola Ulysses Shelby Clarks Benedict Rising City and other towns. Names include Edna Peterson Selma Nordberg Nora Burk George Buchta Milton Anderson Clarence Burke Enid Myers Jessie West Burdette Williams Kenneth Schutt Gregg Moore Harry VanHoosen Paul Janak Mary Wunderlich Edmund Kantor Grant Dorsey Emma Johnson Josephine Beck Shirley Marsh Fern Baer David Watts Loren Peterson Lynn Brigham Ethel Westenius Horace McKeag Edwin Buse Sarah Corbett Kenneth Strong Addie Wieseman Daniel Schotz Lee Boden John Schotz Henning Carlson Wesley Michener and others with hospital statuses.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Cooper of Lincoln mark their Silver Wedding Anniversary with a dinner at Knolls Restaurant attended by relatives including Mr and Mrs Ted Johnson Royal Peters son of Osceola Miss Diane Wotpika York Mr and Mrs Herbert Anderson Mr and Mrs Paul Wolff Mrs George Krieger Gayle Cooper Linda Currie Crete then gathering at the Cooper home for the evening 1960s era small town event.
Army Private Scott Anderson son of Mr and Mrs LeMoyne Anderson of Osceola completed a five week light vehicle driver course and three weeks of on the job training at Ft Polk La He learned operation and maintenance of military vehicles under four and one half tons capacity and transportation of personnel equipment and supplies.
Miss Ruth Christner and Richard Prell wed in a candlelight ceremony at Paul Ko nig Church Osceola officiated by Rev Paul Ko nig The bride daughter of Ralph Christner and the groom son of Neal Prell The couple will reside in Columbus following a wedding trip and a reception was hosted by Mr and Mrs Bill Uhler of Fullerton The wedding party included relatives from Tucson Cameron Osceola Lincoln and Omaha with a reception guest list and flower details noted throughout
Engaged Mr and Mrs Henry Kisler of Polk announce the engagement of their daughter Nancy Kisler to Jerry Gondringer of Osceola Miss Kisler is a Bryan Memorial School of Nursing graduate The fiancé works at Cushman Motors in Lincoln An August 28 wedding is planned.
A farewell coffee for Mrs. Glen Green at Viola Wieseman’s home, co hosted by Mrs. Merle Johnson, with eleven neighbors presenting an autographed towel. Navy serviceman SP2 Michael Wieseman on leave from the war zone visited Omaha airport and was stationed near India. The Osceola centennial series recalls Rev. James Query and Indigenous life anecdotes with details of camp life, attire, and methods of transporting children by saddle and poles.
The piece describes horse handling by Indians without bridles, using a long dragging buckskin rope and a heavy quirt to direct them. It notes abundant wildlife along the Blue River, including deer, elk, buffalo, beavers, otters, and other animals, plus an anecdote of Rev. James Query catching an elk on a fish hook setup and wolves preying on calves.
Engagement announced by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Headlee of Aurora. Janelle Louise Headlee, 1970 Aurora High School graduate, works as a clerk for the Hamilton County Road Department. Robert James Lindburg, Polk High School graduate, attended Kearney State College and Central Nebraska Technical College, now farming near Polk. Wedding planned for September 25.
Phillip Coffman brother of Mrs Alfred Hanson earned a Doctorate in Administration at the University of Toledo in Toledo Ohio, receiving the degree in June.
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