West Side News Social Roundup From Nebraska Families
Douglas Clark of Denver visits sister in Columbus with a family gathering at Nyffeler home. Many local families join picnics, visits, and Sunday gatherings across Genoa, Lincoln, York, Osceola, Gresham, and nearby towns. 4-H Classy Lassie club prep for County Fair. Tours include Donelson and Irmer families, swim tests, and birthday celebrations at Seaberg and Falk residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Clark
Denver
Ray Nyffeler
Nyffeler
Wesley Lusche
Fred Ingold
Chester Clark
Columbus
Allan Anderson
Darwin
Lynn Ray
Chappell
Nebraska
Robert Irmer
Lincoln
Bruno Irmer
York
Loup River
Lavelle Lamoree
Kenneth Anderson
Loris Neal
Central City
Lester Widga
Marvin Hengelfelt
Lanny
Loren Oberg
Eddy
Alice
Barbara
Jimmy Lusche
Sam Batchelder
Omaha
Arthur Ahlquist
Gaylen
Batchelder
San Gabriel
California
Dale
Denice Donelson
Tuesda
Danny
Timmy Stanton
Lee
Carol Ann Anderson
Gary
Gloria Peterson
Wallace Peterson
Richard Anderson
Robert Baker
Lori
Donald Peterson
B. W. Gertsch
Leroy Doremus
Gresham
Irvin Irmer
Osceola
Francis Donelson
Rodney Larson
Genoa
Donald Conkling
Platte Valley
Jennie
Carl W. Anderson
Orley Conkling
Swede Home News Family Sunday Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Nielsen visited Mr. and Mrs. Pete Simpson Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Jones and son, all of Lincoln, and Mrs. Ida Lesner of Osceola visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Johnson and sons. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Gestrine and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thelander and sons. Evening visitors at the Thelander home were Mrs. John Gestrine and family and Mrs. Frank Oquist and Evelyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Nielsen
Pete Simpson
Roy Johnson
Dennis Jones
Lincoln
Ida Lesner
Osceola
Mervin Johnson
Martin Gestrine
Henry Thelander
Thelander
John Gestrine
Frank Oquist
Evelyn
Martin Jones
Harold Nelson
Byron
Wayne Johnson
Wayne Beatty
Ray Smith
Norris Silverburg
Dean Bankson
Bertrand
Walter Bush
Horace ‘Stevens
Polk
Emily
Sandra Rodene
Wakefield
Harry Roene
Wally Rodene
Ernest Windgardner
Harry Rodene
Osceola News Roundup of Visits and Local Calls
A collage of social visits in Osceola and nearby towns. The report sits out Sunday and weekday calls among Martin Jones, Harold Nelson, Walter Bush, Pete Simpson, and many others. Guests include Wakefield, Lincoln, York, and Fremont residents, with school events, film developing deals, and a local drug promo.
Osceola Residents Relocate to East Osceola Property
Mr and Mrs Elmer Pehrson Nyla and Richard moved last Thursday to the George Finecy property recently purchased from Larry Johnston in Osceola s east part. Mr and Mrs Emil Monson and Mr and Mrs Irvin Warner were guests Sunday evening of Mr and Mrs George Heckman. Mr and Mrs Don Byers and house guests Mr and Mrs Walter Kirtley of Florida were entertained Monday evening in the home of Mr and Mrs Don Ray Byers and daughters at Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Byers
G. C. Fonda
Grand Island
Walter Kirtley
Florida
Fonda
Osceola
Byers
Marguerite Sean
York
W. S. Heitzman
Vida Beckmeyer
Arnold
Nebraska
George Sheets
Asceola
Caroline Rhodes
Lincoln
LeRoy Rhodes
O. L. Fischer
Madison
Earle Miller
Fischer
North Platte
Melvin Ross
Clyde Miller
Arthur Miller
Clarks
Morris Garretson
Walter Morgan
Wm. Herrmann
Herman Anderson
Alton Johnson
Roger Johnson
Charles Huggler
Alton
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
George Heckman
James Mr Beth
Shelby
Mary Eiseman
Philadelphia
Gary Conrad
Fremont
Clemmer
David City
Ray Conrad
Elmer Pehrson
Nyla
Richard
George Finecy
Larry Johnston
Emil Monson
Irvin Warner
Don Ray Byers
Columbus
Blackout relief man leads strangers home through London fog
In wartime London a blind veteran named John aids travelers during night blackouts. On a Spring night in 1941 near Union Station he guides people to their destinations, earning praise from grateful crowds and restoring his sense of purpose alongside his wife Matilda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Union Station
Matilda
John
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Wilmer Anderson
Hazel Crank
A. N. Donelson
Harlan Donelson
Clara Falk
Fredolph
Hannah
Julia Johnson
Anna Swanberg
Carl Sundberg
Warren Rudeen
Bruce Rudeen
Sundbergs
Bush
Swede Home News
Harold W. Johnson
Armour
Leen Bacon
Milady
Cornhusker
Duncan Hines
Kelloggs
Mason
Melvin Wilcox
Silver Creek
Bill Wieseman
Wm. Campain
Doris Lapp
Hamlet
Bernadine Gates
Beverly
Palisade
Earl Miley
Gene Tomaniek
Collyer
Kansas
Miley
Dale Frizzell
Ron
Jane
Lake Ericson
Norwood Creekpaum
H. B. Branting
DeAnn
Anna Ekstrom
Stromsburg
Raymond Branting
Anita
Carol
O. F. Branting
Crouse-Tex Drug
Sadie Roberts
Oakland
Sadie Jarmin
Primrose
Sarah Davis
Ed Shaw
Mattie Davis
Osceola News
Sosraved
Roe
Lesters
Hell
Athens
Teasemaar
Osceola Record
Bob
Merrick
Standard Service
Whee
HiWoy
Kepner
Polk County
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