Picnic Honors Clarks Couple on 60th Wedding Anniversary
Busy Bee Club hosted a Sunday picnic at the Clarks VFW hall honoring Clarence Vincents on their 60th anniversary July 24. Relatives and friends attended. Vincent cake was baked by Mrs. Clarence Rahrs of Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarks
Busy Bee Club
VFW
Clarence Vincents
Vincents
Clarence Rahrs
Polk
Claud Shenk
Grand Island
Clarence
Jerry Kohl
Dale Richards
Central City
Richard Vincent
Burdette Church
Community Church and Parish Schedules
Clark s phone 548 2477 morning service church school 10 00 senior MYF 1st and 3rd Wednesday evenings 8 00 WSCS Clarks monthly Pierce Chapel 1st Thursday 2 00 Pierce Chapel Divine Worship Sunday School St Peters Catholic Church Rev Richard A Wolbach Masses Oct 1 May 31 8 00 and 10 00 June 1 Sept 30 7 00 and 9 00 Daily Mass 7 00 Confessions Saturday 4 5 and 7 8 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarks
WSCS
Pierce Chapel
St. Peters Catholic Church
Richard A. Wolbach
Bennie Gabriel to Coach Clarks Football this Fall
Bennie Gabriel family of Ohiowa moved to Mrs Frank Betts home and Bennie will coach Clarks football this fall. The piece also lists numerous social visits and weekend guests across surrounding towns, including birthday celebrations for Pam Colby and travels of the Kolhof, Dittmer, and Smith families. It closes with a note on a 1966 Nebraska History article by Robert N. Manley about early Nebraska coal discoveries and settler interpretations of coal indicators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennie Gabriel
Ohiowa
Frank Betts
Bennie
Clarks
Clinton Colbys
Silver Creek
Dennis van Winkles
Hordville
Glenn Colby
Pam Colby
Ford Didier
Lonna Garrean
Omaha
Ronda Rondfeldt
Council Bluffs
Otto Dittmer
Guy Smith
Guy Shenks
Vern Smiths
Ed Rudmans
Asa Pollard
Mary Kluck
Sharon Yosten
Grand Island
Jim Ksiarek
Dodge Clardy
Bob Boyers
Carol
Mullen
Clarkson Hospital
Raymond Dittmer
Guy Smiths
William Starostka
Leo Starostkas
Colorado
Kans
Colorado Springs
Ghost Town
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Trudy
Mitch Mustard
Denver
Ralph Swedenburg
Wesley Swedenburg
Stromsburg
Albert Rice
Palmer
Art Swedenburg
Hazel Jacobi
Jim Jacobi
Merle Jensens
Ellsworth
Jensen
Jim Dittmer
Rodney Timmons
Stanley Chadwick
Central City
Jim
Peggy Vincent
Don Kelly
York
Art Schlondorf
John Schlondorf
Nebraska History
Nebraska Historical Society
Robert N. Manley
Nebraska
Nebraska Coal Fever Through the Years and the Honey Creek Mine
A historical sweep shows early coal fever in Nebraska with bucketfuls found near Florence in 1955 and eight southeastern counties reporting paying quantities by 1870. By 1872 mines operated near Plattsmouth and other towns, a 1872 Pittsburgh-promised strike site, and 1874 northeastern sightings. The 1906 Honey Creek mine near Peru produced 200,000 tons before the vein ended. The 1967 geological survey and Hayden's cautious verdict contrasts with public skepticism and continued searching for commercial coal.
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Nebraska
Florence
Plattsmouth
Pawnee City
Brownville
Aspinwall
Otoe City
Seward
Pittsburgh
Ponca
Dacotah City
Congress
Ferdinand H. Hayden
Hayden
Nebraska City
The
State Journal
Otoe County
Honey Creek
Peru
West Side Story hospital note and local events
Short health update reports John Anstrom of Los Angeles hospitalized. The column covers local social happenings including the Nyffelers 25th reunion at Elks Club Columbus, multiple family visits, birthdays, weekend hosting at Sundbergs, and Mrs. Edythe Sweders Johnson’s wheelchair confinement after a fall.
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Homer Green
John Anstrom
Los Angeles
Calif
Ray Nyffelers
Nyffeler
Elks Country Club
Columbus
Irvin Anderson
Bertha Binford
Don Ostberg
Binford
Ostberg
David Sundberg
Litzenberg Hospital
Central City
Arthur Ahlquists
Gaylen
Delwin Rudeen
Omaha
Tom Morey
Lincoln
Delano Ahlquist
Irvin Andersons
Glen Knerr
Kenneth Johnsons
Steve Lindquists
Carl Sundbergs
Arvin Sundbergs
Eldon Sundberg
Pat Delk
Joe
Ruth Sundberg
Nathan Sundberg
Marian
Mark
Reuben Sundberg
Stromsburg
Buffalo
N. Y
Francis Donelson
Denice
Ansel Lindquist
Arlo Stevens
Gail
Hordville
Karen Stevens
Edythe Sweders Johnson
Turlock
Johnson
Piano recital draws local crowd at Fullerton church
A Sunday afternoon piano recital by Polly Petersen at Fullerton Presbyterian drew a local audience including Mrs. Walter Beck and several listed families. Attendees enjoyed the program while other social visits and family gatherings were noted through the day in Pierce Chapel News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Hansen
Ventura
Cal
Halver Hansens
Fullerton
Lyle Rieken
Carmine Peck
Florence Krong
Edgar Petersons
Stromsburg
Dixie Lee Jamison
Los Alamos
N. Mex
Evelyn Zlomke
Doris
Thomas Scahill
Polly Peterson
Central City
Fullerton Presbyterian Church
Dwain Schultz
California
Lawrence King
Genevieve Turner
Lincoln
Bill Douglas
Bill Wurtz
Gary Morris
Debbie Douglas
Bill Alley
Lewis Corbidge
Fort Leonard Wood
J. B. McGuinn
Elva Sargent
Sam Cook
Cook
Nellie Lavelle
Linnie Hoffer
Vernie Hoffer
Elmer Sandberg
John Lohrweids
Grand Island
Lou Ann Engel
Douglas
Les Braman Jr
Paul Winfield
Alpena
Mich
Walter Beck
Josephine Scahill
Don Grafe
Jack Burger
Lavonne Gregg
Harvey Phelps
Max Butts
Polly Petersen
Harry Rudolph
Augie Evers
Pam
Linda Rolf
Raedene Rieken
Roger Hellbusch
Leo Ostranders
Belgrade
Dick Rieken
John Mangelsens
John Edward
Ray Clarks
Ruth Fish
Anita Beck
John Mangelsen
Community notes from Lone Star News district weekend visits
Local families including the Leimser, Husmann, Bernt, and Stempek clans hosted relatives from Clarks, York, and Grand Island. Allyn Leimser won first in the Western Talent Division at the Silver Creek Centennial. Masses and St Marys Altar Society events are listed with a Knights of Columbus breakfast at St Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Herman
St. Francis Hospital
Grand Island
Fred Hilderbrand
Hilderbrand
Faye Hickman
Mt. Home Ark
Nanny Hardle
Myrtle Brown
Lyons
Kans
Bentley Brown
Steve Brown Sr
Fairfield
Bill Brown
Holdrege
Steve Browns Jr
Lincoln
Lawrence Young
Donna Burger
Merle Hilderbrand
David City
Dale Hilderbrands
Duane Hilderbrands
Roy Betties
Ohio
Anita Beck
Ruth Fish
John Heale
Don Grafe
Josie Burger
Cindy
Christi Husmann
Clarks
Laurence Leimsers
Laurence Leimser
Oscar Adkisson
Ron Stempek
Mildred Hahn
Carl Bolligs
Erv Joneses
Osceola
Allyn Leimsers
Harold Husmann
Allyn Leimser
Carl Bollig
Todd
Silver Creek
Richard Wiesti
Elmhurst
Glen Xxreska
Virgil Hastingses
Nebraska City
Pauline Bernt
St. Mary’s
St. Andrews
St Mary’s Altar Society
Knights of Columbus
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David Morris
Litzenberg Memorial Hospital
Diane Douglas
Fred Gilliard
Shirley
Don Lewis
IBM
Tony Douglas
Don Douglases
Alex Kufeldt
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Kansas City
Rodney Pollard
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Sheppard Field
Tex
Engineering Tech
Gordon Wembhoff
Lackland Afb
Clarence Weinhoffs
Gordon
Clarks Locals
Church News the Methodist Church
Josephine Sechill
Congregational Church
Ralph de Bourgh Larson
R. W. Carlin
25Th Ave
Neb
Merrick County
Jaycee Junior Rodeo
Dick & Gary
Geren Drugs
H. Riley Agency
Lepp & Larsen
Roger Hohnroth
Nebr
Nebraska Rodeo Ass‘n
Shetland
Clarks News
Osceola, Nebraska
Pierce Chapel News
McDonald’s
Washington
Rich
Lipton
Maxwell House
Duncan Hines
Morton House
St. Regis
Roxey
del Monte
Hanesbig Smith
Uniroyal Rubber
Lone Star News
National Guard
Gary
Bobents
Bob Leimser
Richard Stachura
National Guards
Harold Bernts
John Husmanns
Ricky Husmann
Sandra Lisko
Frank Liskos
Lee Hegi
Friendly Neighbors Club
Ron Bennett
Bob Ault Jr
al Newman
Duncan
Twila Lheere
Massey Ferguson
Alls Chalmers
Greg Andreasen
Shelby
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