Nebraska Highway Department Needs Modernization
A Colorado official reports Nebraska's highway department lacks modern management despite adequate laws and capable staff. He urges decentralizing workload, retirement programs, and higher pay for key personnel while noting postwar growth strained systems nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Colorado
Charles Schumate
Frank Morrison
Shumate
Nebraska Highway Department
Shumata
Wayland Church News and Community Notices
Sunday services at 10 30 led by James H Lowther. Funeral for Charles Moomey at Wayland Church at 2 with Rev Lowther. burial Blue Ridge cemetery. Bridal shower for Miss Jane Schuknecht. July wedding planned with Dwane Wilcox. Many visits and dinners follow in the Wayland area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Lowther
Charles Moomey
Wayland Church
Blue Ridge Cemetery
Moomey
Wayland
Jane Schuknecht
Koffee Kuppers
Miss Schuknecht
Dwane Wilcox
Stromsburg
Lee Carter
Peter Kopke
Recitals and community notes in Columbus area social pages
The column lists numerous attendees at recitals and concerts in Columbus and surrounding areas including Isabelle Micek Studio and Trinity Lutheran Church. It records family visits, weddings, and illnesses, plus mentions Luther Day, vacation school plans, and local social events. It also recounts 1860s Pawnee City pioneer recollections and early education institutions Nemaha Valley Seminary and Mount Vernon College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhonda Leimser
Bollig
C. W. Leimser
Betty Schreiber
Fred Hess
Trinity Lutheran Church
Columbus
Albert Inselman
Mary Brenz
Immanuel Lutheran Church
St. Andrew’s
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Church
Father Schnoebelen
Milton Pittman
Leo Reeves
Helen Higgs
Calif
John Hahn
Lawrence Leimser
Helen
Sunnyvale
Raymond Scott
Kearney
E. J. Jeldon
Mildred Hahn
Robert Leimser
Jerome Cuza
William Sprunk Sr
Platte Center
Robert Schmid
Pawnee County Recollections From Early Days Collected
Mr Harry F Huntington of Longmont Colorado sent two accounts on Pawnee County memories. One interview features Mrs Joseph H Frey and the other a piece by Mrs David Butler wife of Nebraska’s first governor after statehood.
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Pawnee County
Harry F. Huntington
Longmont
Colorado
Joseph H. Frey
David Butler
Nebraska
Huntington
Social Notes From Osceola Weekend Gatherings
Mr and Mrs Hollis Campain and families enjoyed a weekend visit through Memorial Day. Duane Oquist celebrated his sixth birthday with a wiener roast at Levert Oquist home. Earle Miller hosted Sunday dinner guests including the Campains Campains and Miller families plus Fort Collins Colorado visitors. Butter Dunn picnic Saturday at Osceola park drew families from Rising City Omaha Los Angeles and Osceola. James Dunn and Effie Fernander hosted guests and Zadie Burns of North Dakota stayed with E E Burritt. James Dunn and family then headed to Los Angeles after a ten day visit.
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Laurence Heaston
Fay Rosenberry
Ralph Allison
Dean Moomey
Fremont
Norman Moomey
Overton
Fred Moomey
Litchfield
Carl Black
Orient
Iowa
Lee Campbell
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Elmer Otten
Marshall
Minnesota
Campbell
Sheryl Rae
Osceola
Elmer Gleim
Stromsburg
Raymond Bond
Horace McKeag
Harold Covey
San Diego
California
Peter Kopke
Esther Winter
Bradshaw
Robert Barr
York
James H. Lowther
Bernard Moomey
Alliance
Alice Lechtem
Wm. Thompson
Grand Island Hospital
Kenneth Nienhauser
Grand Island
Ladies Aid
Ruth Eklund
Paul Bond
Raymond Beebe
Max Quick
Douglas. Colberg
Lincoln
Mae Johnson
Max Lott
Theresa Hoffman
Rising City
Hollis Campann
Jimmy
Rosemary
Ord
Martin Jones
Levert Oquist
Duane Oquist
Earle Miller
Hollis Campain
Fort Collins Colorado
Wm. Campain
Richard Miller
Ralph Rhoades
Osceola Park
Verlin Bauer
John Ringel
Omaha
James Dunn
Los Angeles
Calif
Fred Dunn
Effie Fernander
Dave Rutter
Dale Dunn
Zadie Burns
North Dakota
E. E. Burritt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nebr. Highway Department
General Fund
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Educational Board
State Board of Professional Investment
Board of Lands and Funds
Don Thompson
McCook
Senate
Revenue Committee
Douglas County
Lancaster County
Morrison
Capitol
Hall of Fame
State Historical Society
LaVipa Kooke
Firestone
Speedway
Lone Star
Lee Hegi
Isabelle Micek
Nancy Hegi
Louis A. Schmidt
Karenjo Schmidt
Micek
Allyn Leimser
Columbus High School
Gene Novak
Utica
Nebr
Carroll Hahn
Theodore Svoboda
Brainard
Harold Husmann
Carl Bollig
Jackie Husmann
Pawnee City
Butler
Nemaha Valley Seminary
Hiram Burch
John McKenzie
Mount Vernon College
Peru
Peter Lawford
Kirby
Nbc-Tv
State Farm
Petrus Nelson
State Farm Mutual Automobil Insurance
Bloomington
Miinois
Osceola Implement Company
Osceola Feed Mill
Merrill
Foxbilt
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