Hail storms hit Polk County farmers and local storm scenes
From Osceola to Shelby severe weather marked the week with hail damage southwest of Osceola and a later terrifying storm near Shelby. The report notes Dutch elm disease confirmed in the area and ongoing local updates on hospital activity and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Shelby
Jim Green
Glen Greens
York
Margaret Dozier
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
Chicago
New York
Petrus Nelson
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Norman Fintel
Communities Welcome Visitors From Across the Midwest and California
Numerous families from Omaha Cedar Rapids White Bear Lake Anaheim Encinitas Lincoln Lincoln Calabasas and Kilgore visit Osceola and surrounding areas. Guests include the Sterups Lindblades and Snodgrasses with extended relatives in Nebraska City Uniontown and Huron sharing weekends reunions and travel stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Colby
Omaha
Ed Wagners
Larry Snodgrass
Cedar Rapids
Dan Strobl
White Bear Lake
Minn
Lee Snodgrasses
Kathy
Anaheim
Calif
Snodgrass
Osceola
Charles Petrzilka
Anthony B. Kouma
Encinitas
Joe Kunasek
Bee
Nebr
Kathryn Hutchinson
Jerry Strand
North Highlands
Victor Serup
Hutchinson
Strand
Sterup
Eugene Johnson
Lincoln
Raymond Lindblades
Mildred Lundgren
Russell
Huron
S. D
Elmer Pehrsons
Holm
Columbus
Lundgrens
Pehrson
Victor Sterups
Bob
Eugene
Don Sterup
C. J. Henderson
Benicia
Eric
Alvin Cederberg
Chad
Carl Cederberg
Clarkson Hospital
Garey Gray
Valerie
Kilgore
Tex
Gray
Jerry Dunnings
Nebraska City
Dwight Bush
Maxine Winslow
Gail Hanson
Carolyn White
Kansas City
Earl Winslow
Betty
Uniontown
Alfred Gondringer
Karen
Ray Soukup
Bill Snodgrass
Shelby
Frank Jinright
New Mexico
Kenneth Ringgenbergs
White Sands
Valley of the Fires
Sierra Blanca
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Mexico
George Heckman
Anna Appleton
Seaside
R. A. Poland
Robert Sterup
Ken Kroeger
Litchfield
Lana Johnson
Sean Darnauer
George Heckmans
Tom
Harlan County
Greens Chapel visitors and local social notes
The column lists weekend guests and visits across several households including the Lynn Taylors of Denver and the Morace Warners. It notes boating at Branched Oak Lake, camp counselor Kathy Torell, and multiple family visits from Lincoln and Chula Vista. A chicken barbecue at the Tolines home preceded belated fireworks and fruit, with various local residents mentioned by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Taylors
Denver
Colo
Mr. Taylor
Berck
Morace Warner
Edwin Doremus
Terry Mentink
Gary Peterson
Don Rafert
Branched Oak Lake
Jim Lauerman
Stephanie
Richard Teegerstroms
Dwayne Sterners
Chula Vista
Calif
Jim Marak
Mrs. Sterner
Marak
Pam Marak
Jim Maraks
California
Kathy Torell
Polk Bible Camp
Marlowe Johnsons
Norris Johnsons
Carroll Peterson
Vernon Bodens
Hannah Boden
Bud Jacobson
James Ganz
Sarah
Kathy
Georgia
Gibbon
Marion Lowther
Jim Ganzs
Lincoln
Vern Bercks
Burdette Berck
Gary Toline
Harlan Tolines
Ken Toline
Merwin Carlsons
Cyndee Carlson
Clarence Austin
Funeral Services for Mrs Vern Kinnaird AttendNebraska Church
Obituary details the death and services for Blanche Margaret Hull Kinnaird. It covers her birth in Ulysses Nebraska on December 19 1897, marriages to Ernest Lucas and Verna Kinnaird, children and survivors, and her faith with Covenant Church affiliations. The piece notes burial in Shelby Cemetery. It also includes the poem The Bridge That Lies Between.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Kinnaird
Evangelical Covenant Church
Stromsburg
Nebraska
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Osceola
Robert Kronberg
Oskar Molinder
Orion Hanson
Myron Johnson
Emil Alt
Clifford Hernbloom
Robert McGimpsey
Nean McKeag
Ernest Lees
Dean White
Kepner- Roberts
Shelby
Blanche Margaret Hull
Alpheus
Sarah Hull
Ulysses
Butler County
Ernest A Lucas
Methodist Church
Arcade Rebekah Lodge
Nadine Vaggalis
Marjorie Waller
Richard
Dale Lucas
Ernest Lucas
Verna Kinnaird
Lincoln
Nebr
Wahoo
Mead
Mead Ordinance
Midwest Covenant Home
The
Covenant Church
Ethel Ludden
Clarence
George Hull
Richard Kinnaird
Nicholas
Daugher
Dave Waller
Richard Lucas
Alice
Arvada
Cole
Joyce
Pearl Burrows
Scottsbluff
Joseph Hull
Dorothy
Grand Island
Leslie Ludden
Gibbon
Mmes
Elverda Raymond
Mildred Traver
Virginia Meek
Margaret Twaddle
Helen Drieger
Edith Clark
Flossie Hanson
Bonnie Limpach
Joseph Kinnaird
Christ
Osceola Social Events Highlight Schott Visit and Nuptials
Mrs Joe Schott traveled to Hartington on Friday and attended the Marilyn Sims David Ludbeck wedding at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with a reception at KC Hall and a dance at Skylon Ballroom. The groom is her nephew. Rolland Ekstrom and Karlene joined the Richards Ekstroms in Omaha for Rodney’s second birthday and later the Ekstroms visited Clarence Johnson’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Board of County Commissioners
C L. LeMar
George Craven
Osceola
Camp Sheldon
Columbus
Kathleen Albin
Avis Beatty
Dorothy Clark
Mildred Craven
Carol Bahr
Webster Mills
Marian
Omaha
M. Dalbey
al Grossnicklaus
Wilds
Minnesota
John Revell
Denver
West Indies
Steve Rafert
Harley Rafert
Roger Sundberg
Catherine Berggren
Brooke Berggrens
Jennie Burke
George Burkes
Central City
Earl
Everett Loveman
Everett Powell
Gerald Mentink
Brian Dose
Nichole Mentink
Susan Sall
Roy Hurds
Roxy Balak
Ed Wieseman
Joe Schott
Hartington
Marilyn Sims
David Ludbeck
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
KC Hall
The
Sky
Lon Ballroom
Schott
Rolland Ekstrom
Karlene
Richard Ekstroms
Rodney
Clarence Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheldon Bond
Legion Auxiliary
W. H. Norton
Wm. Wolfe Legion Post
Eugene Johansen
Ervin Gustafson
Calmar Dunn
ABB
Crouse- Tex Drug Co
Seward
Mary Beth Powell
Gary Baker
Polk County Farm Bureau
Sacred Heart
Shelby Commercial Club
Grand Central Art Galleries
Terence Duren
Strain
Wallace Monson
Arthur Deeter
H. F. Nantkes
Iva Belle Rosenberry
Taddiken
Leonard Fellows
Standard Oil Co
Brainard
Swiss Park
Lancaster
Platte
Butler
Nance
Boone
Hamilton
Polk
Merrick
W. O. Mickey
Walter Lundgren
L. C. Williams
Sturdevant
Ridge
Mr. Williams
R. L. Dalton
Marjorie Dunn
Chas
Greenwood
Dorothy Boden
Lucille Koehler
Mary McFadden
Virginia Schmoker
Crawford Campbell
Glenna van Horn
Doris
Hennings
Helen Dunn
Margaret McFadden
Ruth and
Irma Stewart
Mary Mae Timm
Floriene Dunn
Maxine Brooks
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance CO
Grinnell
Blanche Margaret Kinnaird
Mae
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company
West Des Moines
Iowa
Mer
Shelby Flying Service, Inc
Jerry Peterson
Co-op Oil, Inc
Silver Creek
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