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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1962
Page
5
Valley residents host and visit across weekends and weekdays. Notable events include 25th wedding anniversaries for the Johnsons and Burritts 25th birthday celebrations in Lincoln and Gibbon. Guests include the Yungdahls Mentinks Harless Sarows and Burritts with several outings to Omahas and Lincoln trips.
Liberty School District 29 held its fifth annual reunion in Buckley Park on Sunday June 10 with 66 attendees. A noon dinner and 4 PM ice cream cake and coffee followed a day of reminiscence and scrapbook viewing.
Mr and Mrs Harry Brazee hosted Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Glen Brazee and their children from Lincoln. The visitors plan a two week trip to Springfield Tennessee to stay with Mrs Brazee’s relatives.
Garden Club meets June 19 with Lesta Mace and Edith Richards. Annual Grossnicklaus picnic June 17 at Rawnee Park Columbus. Polk County Historical Society June 22 at 6 p.m. Buckley Park Stromsburg. T&C Extension Club June 20 at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Harold Jarmin. Memorial service for Odd Fellows Rebekahs June 18. Lions meet June 20 at noon. Legion Auxiliary honors Gold Star members June 15 at 2 p.m. Hospital Auxiliary June 18 at 8 p.m. Wesley Chapel June 20 with Mrs. Schmoker. Home Extension picnic June 19. Friends and Neighbors birthday party June 20. Valley Get Together picnic June 24 at church 12:30. WCTU June 21 at 2:30 p.m. with Mrs. Ross Richards.
Dale Holt officiating pastor leads Trinity Sunday services with gatherings at 9 30 and 10 00 A M and an Augustana Mission Advance offering. A Nebr Conference churchmen retreat at Camp Cedars includes Bible study and worship by Rev Nels E Olson and a Stromsburg District Sunday program by local churchmen.
Gerald Leaf vice pastor announces church activities with Mary Unit meeting Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Churchmen meet at 8:00 p.m. Trinity Sunday observed Sunday June 17 with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Worship at 10:30 a.m. 70 Club meets Tuesday June 19 at 8:00 p.m. Luther League meets Thursday June 21 at 8:00 p.m.
Andrew Nuquist a Vermont political science professor will appear on David Brinkley’s program Friday evening with the time set for 6 15 or 9 30. Mrs Maude E Nuquist stays with her son in Burlington for granddaughter Elizabeths June 14 wedding after Elizabeths Vassar graduation at Poughkeepsie New York.
Mrs John Inness and daughter Marian hosted a one gift shower Friday for Miss Leila Miley. Close friends of the bride's mother attended. The color scheme was yellow and white. Pre nuptial games provided entertainment. Miley will wed LeRoy Rein on June 16.
Forty five relatives gathered at Osceola park Sunday June 3 to observe the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John Inness. Mr. and Mrs James Inness and children left for Harlingen Texas after a ten day visit with Verner Johansen and George Inness. Leroy Dinges completed another year at Kearney State Teachers College and left for Camp Hale near Denver for summer employment.
The P. F. Jones family reunion occurred Sunday June 10 at Benson Park in Omaha with 40 attendees. Notables included Herman Ralph Walter and David Jones families, Mrs Martha Calvert and others, plus guest Lefgren of Council Bluffs. Births reported: Ann Elizabeth Kentopp of Fremont. 1963 picnic planned for Buckley Park Stromsburg hosted by Mrs Ed Harkin and Mrs Duane Jones.
The W A Lewis family reunion was held at the National Guard Armory in York on Sunday June 10 1962 with 42 attendees. Oldest Tilla Lewis 77 and youngest Sandra Lewis 14 months. Attendees planned annual picnics and chose Salina Kansas as the 1963 site. Marvin Lewis named next year's chairman and family heads to contact their groups. A reunion photo from 71 years ago was shared and future photos planned.
The Lindblade reunion was held in Osceola on Sunday June 3 with 70 relatives attending. Attendees included out of town guests from Omaha Grand Island Lincoln Fullerton Clarks and Clarks and numerous local family members. A picnic dinner ice cream and cake followed afternoon visits with committee chairs named.
The committee selected for 1963 features Mrs Barney Grant, Mrs Dorothy Jones, and Mrs Clarence, with details indicating an all female lineup guiding community efforts this year.
A wedding dance for Lux Bartushock will be held at the parish hall in Shelby on Saturday June 16 with music by Bud Compte and a March at 8 30 PM.
Osceola Boy Scouts Troop 162 earned one bar and two bar merit ribbons at the Camporee near Shelby. The three patrols were judged for campsite, equipment, organization, leadership, kitchen safety and sanitation and personal cleanliness. Each member received a neckerchief slide shaped like an arrowhead with the date and site engraved.
Mr and Mrs Fred Husak attended the Creighton University commencement in Omaha on June 6 where their son Thomas Husak earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy. Thomas a 1955 Osceola High School graduate works at Walgreens Drug near 72nd and Dodge and is married with two sons.
The Republican Post Primary Convention at Osceola named Perry Sapp as chairman Miss Allegra Johnson of Stromsburg as vice chairman and women's head secretary Mrs. Lloyd Hahn of Polk and Glen Babcock of Polk as treasurer They schedule a July candidate picnic and a fall banquet.
Funeral services were conducted at Spencer Methodist Church for Mrs. Andrew Hanson attended by Mr. and Mrs. Philip Nyberg and family. The 80 year old, who died Saturday at a Grand Island rest home after a long illness, was buried in Spencer.
Richard J. Kropatsch, engine man third class USN, advanced May 16 aboard the submarine Sea Cat based in Key West after passing a fleet wide exam. Army MSgt Charles A Jenkins, 44, son of Christina Jenkins, competed in the Fifth U S Army Rifle and Pistol Matches at Fort Riley Kansas while serving with the XVI U S Army Corps Headquarters in Omaha.
The Clear Creek 4-H Club met June 4 at the Dale Hopwood home with leader Ted Cannon and assistant Dale Hopwood demonstrating how to block sheep for show. The next meeting is set for July 2 at the Darrell Atkinson home with reporter Dale Carlson.
The Topnotchers 4-H Club met at Joyce and Judy Farley's home on June 4 in the evening. Beth Monson presided as president and led a brief Burwell horse clinic update. Record books were reviewed and a question and answer session covered the project. Newsreporter Luona Richters.
Local riders Mr. Leon Merrick and Mr. S. W. Calhoun report spotting a deer on the south edge of the Osceola cemetery while riding. The document also lists a string of visiting relatives and attendees at a wedding in Axtell, Nebraska, and social guests in Osceola, Iowa.
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