Gay's Bottle House Opens in Osceola with Fraternal Event
Osceola residents celebrate the grand opening of Gay's Bottle House. A parade of visitors from Torrance California to Stromsburg and Alma area homes attended, with many neighbors hosting and sharing in birthday tributes and weekend gatherings. Families named include Andersen Lundstrom Johnson Gestrine and Hanquist, among others, with multiple dinners and social visits noted. The piece centers on community welcome events and local reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Andersen
Torrance
Calif
Martin Lundstrom
Lena Johnson
Stromsburg
Jerome Larson
Alda
Nebr
Myron Larson
Ellen Oquist
Ben Berger
Edna Gestrine
Harold A. Johnson
Web Cotter
Mullen
Idaho
Ruth Gestrine
Roger Hanquist
Amy
Harold W. Johnson
Osceola routs Staplehurst as Stallings goes 6 for 6 with three homers
Osceola pounded Staplehurst 18 to 3 in a T inning clash. Brad Stallings went 6 for 6 with three homers and Kenny Burritt also homered as part of a 22 hit attack off three Staplehurst pitchers. Bob Prokop earned the win. Nixon, Wiemer, Jackson, Gloystein, and Winkleman took the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Brad Stallings
Staplehurst
Kenny Burritt
Bob Prokop
Stallings
Grossnicklaus
Nelson
Nixon
Wiemer
Jackson
Gloystein
Winkleman
Debra Gondringer Honored At Osceola Recognition Night
Social Center notes Honor night at Osceola school gym recognizes Debra Gondringer with a high school promotion certificate. Families from Shelby Columbus Osceola and area attend Walton Jones home gathering. Various visits and guests record a busy community weekend with relatives from Omaha Phoenix and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Frances Gondringer
Mark Gondringer
Shelby
Phyllis Gondringer
Marilyn Saalfeld
Columbus
Erma Jones
Don Sigler
Agnes Timm
Walden Jones
Debra
Bill Pliefke
Ewald Pliefke
Byron Nelson
Omaha
Harold Nelson
Wesley Nelson
Donna
Debbie
Phoenix
Ariz
James Plato
Gary Nelson
Fall City
Deloras Nelson
Rosie Grossnicklaus
Irene Burritt
Calmer Boden
Gus Boden
Calmer
Neil Dawes
Fairbury
Marcia
Lincoln
Marvin Dawes
Bess Luft
Birthday and visiting guests at local homes
Agnes Timm from Jackson visited the Lewis Schott home with Mr and Mrs Hubert Girard and others. Don Reznicek and Hastings family joined Leonard Augustine’s home visit. Dennis Hiemer Richard Ekstrom and families, Ron Girard and Cris Houderscheldt, Lew is Schott and Jr were guests at Hubert Girard’s to celebrate Mrs Schott’s birthday. Irene Burritt Margaret Buresh and Leona Imhoff were coffee guests of Mrs Louis Blaser during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Lewis Schott
Hubert Girard
Don Reznicek
Hastings
Leonard Augustine
Dennis Hiemer
Richard Ekstrom
Ron Girard
Cris Houderscheldt
Lewis Schott and
Mrs Schott
Don Conkling
Omaha
Westside High
Ross Stebbins
Conklings
Ross Stebbins Sr
Albert Shemek
Garland
Texas
Louis Shemek
Helen Beebe
Larry Miley
Grand Island
Don Branting
Clarks
Dennis Kubiceks
Malcolm
Wm Kubiceks
Shelby
Kirk Bauers
Raymond
Jay McDonald
Becky
Nancy
Wilber
Joe Havel
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Osceola Midgets Fall To Rising City In Openers
Osceola Midget Baseball opened the 1976 season by losing 5 to 4 at Rising City after taking a 2-0 lead in the second and adding a seventh inning run. Rising City broke through with an eighth inning surge after a scoreless first three, led by Novak and Garrison on the mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Osceola
Rising City
John Zelasney
Neal Roehrs
Novak
Garrison
Shelby
Zelasney
Raymond Johnson
Roehrs
Grossnicklaus
Morgan
Shelby Battery
Bradley Lamb
Rick Johnson
Osceola News Highlights Memorial Weekend Events
Osceola residents and families attended Memorial Day observances at Fort Dodge and Webster City cemeteries and joined alumni and family gatherings. Attendees included Joyce Page, Ermal Vande Pol, Wallace Young, Rodger Page, and many local households with travels from Colorado to Nebraska. Memorial Day dinners, weddings, and alumni banquets featured prominently among Osceola and surrounding area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Page
Ermal Vande Pol
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Webster City
Rodger Page
Humboldt
Wallace Young
Maxine Johnson
Hudson, Colo
Calmer Boden
Ray Sedlak
Oklahoma
Kendall Keith
Stillwater
Keith
John Sedlak
Mary Ann Kohler
James McBeth
Fort Collins
Cole
Donna Schwab
Mike
Shelly Smith
Fairbury
Charles McBeth
Good Samaritan Center
George Heckman
J B Heckman
Colorado
Dawes
Osceola Park
Lloyd Dawes
Lincoln
Marvin M Dawes
Omaha
Neil Dawes
Frank Peterson
Marvin Dawes
Merle Dawes
Martha Harbert
Sylmar
Calif
Wm Larson
Rolland Ekstroms
Ekstroms
Clarence Carlsons
Vern Johnson
Clarence Torgeson
Billings
Mont
Paul Robinson
Long Beach
Jack Trenerry
Karen Johnson
Nancy Pifer
Howard Anderson
Torrance
Martin
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Gay’s Bottle House
Norman Gustafson
Mead
June Turner
Carmel
Norma Johnson
Pryor
Okla
Maria Chess
Norman
Mardell Johnson
Lillie Chindgren
Mark Utley
Clarissa
Pastor Swasko
Swasko
Dickson Cabin
Thomas Schofield
Anchorage
Alaska
Evelyn Swedenburg
Edna
Harold A Johnson
Esther Appleton
Harold W Johnson
Wayne Johnson
Marie Swanson
Central City
Vincent Krol
Lillie
Sander Chindgren
Ted Dittmer
Cathy
Chas Hopkins
NorthGlen
Ronald Johnson
Seward
Ann Anderson
Wausa
Martin Gestrine
Rod Johnson
Bob Rahrs
Neil van Housen
By Agnes Timm
Alfred Kuhnel
Vern Lees
Broomfield
Mike Swansons
California
Nicole
Laurie Frizzell
Silver Creek
Ray Larkins
Bernice Geis
Benedict
LeRoy Gabriels
Laramie
Wye
Lawrence Lufts
Cairo
Steve Kuhnel
Ivar Obergs
James Headlees
Brandon
Mike Cotter
Floyd Headlees
Aurora
Bob Lindburg
Chris
Polk
Lawrence Cremeens
Boulder
Chris Gaedekes
Cremeen
Irene Herrmann
OHS
Scott Conkling
Harold Osantowski
Kearney
Osantowskis
Dick Watts
Imperial
Gary Mentink
Andrew Allen
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
McMeekin
Terry McMeekin
Kelly Denise
Ardis Tibbetts
Beatrice
Jack Johnston
Frank McMeekin
Kei_ Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Bureau Insurance Company of
Nebraska
Polk County Agency
Mgr
Ray Soukup
Woodsy
America
Woodsy Owl
Forest Service
D.A
Washington, DC
Klein Insurance
Artis
Richard Klein
Insurance
Carson Craft
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