Homestead era memories from Mrs. Lowell Barr drawing
Mrs. Lowell Barr describes her father John Monson and the Monson family of the Osceola and Silver Creek area. She recalls 1873 homestead by Pete and Carrie Monson, a 1885 house, a dugout shelter, and early Swedish immigrant roots with anecdotes of blizzards fires floods and railway work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Barr
Osceola
Silver Creek
John Monson
Pete
Carrie Monson
Lill
Annie
Osceola High School Alumni Elects Wieseman President
At the seventeenth annual alumni banquet in Osceola the class of 1964 welcomed by Bert Gissler as alumni president, R Wieseman selected for the coming year. Dinner for about 375 was from St. Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. Turner officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola High School
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Turner
Ruth Lux
Bert Gissler
Carolyn Girard
John Irland
Maurine Schuman
High School Choraliers
Gene Dappen
Sandra Walgren
Margaret Ada Bense Lindquist
Gladys Schwab Lehmkuhl
LaVina Carlson Swanson
Clifford Hernbloom
William H. Norton
Willard McKeag
Community Calendar Events and Local Notices
Calendar items list meetings and activities for June and July across WCTU VIO X clubs cemetery society baseball Osceola Central City Genoa and civic groups. Also notes visitors from Proctor Texas and social club gatherings plus school events and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCTU
Harry Brazee
Lillian McDonald
Beulah Cemetery Society
Clara Frizzell
Silver Creek
Seer
Osceola
T C
Calmar Herrmann
Central City
Chamber of Commerce
City Council
Pianic
Genoa
E School Board
IOOF
American Legion
Rebekahs
Osceola Garden Club hosts guests from area clubs
The Osceola Garden Club met Tuesday evening at St. Vincents Hall with guests from Stromsburg and Polk Garden Clubs and Mrs. Kenneth Shrader of Buhl Idaho. Mrs. Emil Monson led the program featuring vocal solos by Mrs. Gregg Johnson with Mrs. Alton Johnson at the piano a trumpet duet by Amber Johnson and John Sediak and Mrs. Harry Brazee reviewed the book Shepherd of the Hills. Dessert was served at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Garden Club
St. Vincents Hall
Stromsburg
Polk
Kenneth Shrader
Buhl
Idaho
Emil Monson
Gregg Johnson
Alton Johnson
Amber Johnson
John Sediak
Harry Brazee
Birth notices and a wedding in Nebraska and Iowa
Births include Richard Ralph Rhoades born June 16 to Eu gene and spouse Benedict weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces. Leon Draeger and spouse Osceola welcome a son weighing 10 pounds 6 4/5 ounces on June 16. Gregory Ronald Sabata born June 10 to Richard and Ruth Sabata Brainard weighing 5 pounds 5 ounces. Wedding of Miss Wilma Hopkins Adair Ta and Mark Gondringer son of Shelby couple, at Blackstone Hotel Omaha June 6. Families attend. couple to reside in Shelby. Golden Wedding of W S Smith and spouse noted in Gordon Nebraska. Various social visits reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhoades
Eugene Rhoades
Benedict
Richard Ralph
Draeger
Leon Draeger
Osceola
Sabata
Gregory Ronald
Richard Sabata
Brainard
Ruth Zelda
N. V. Gondringer
Shelby
Walden Jones
Omaha
Wilma Hopkins
Adair
Gondringer
Mark
Blackstone Hotel
Transferred list of names and households across several towns
A compiled transfer notice enumerates individuals and households moving among Stromsburg Osceola Polk Benedict Silver Creek Columbus Brainard Gresham Shelby and related areas. It includes Mrs Ida Sheldon Anita Peterson Morace Schmoker and others with spouses and babies noted in multiple communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Sheldon
Stromsburg
Anita Peterson
Osceola
Mark Glad
Polk
Pamela Liedtke
Morace Schmoker
C. M. Hadley
Cordell Lewis
Linda Fellows
Virgil Warnick
Casper Larson
Leonard Mentink
Gerald Holm
Leslie Teegerstrom
Richard Sabata
Baby Boy
Brainard
Esther Larson
Eugene Rhoades
Benedict
Leon Draeger
Floyd Frizzell
Silver Creek
Albert Rommers, Jr
Harold C. Ostrander
Margaret Huston
Edwin Glad
Joel Toline
Charles Wright
William Schlesinger
Shelby
Alice Sechtem
Gresham
Willard Larson
Martin Braun
Shelby Wesley Michener, Stromsburg John Peterson
Walter Watts
Robert Lux
Kenneth Anderson
Paul Wagner
Faula Wagner
Supper honors 15th wedding anniversary and neighbors
Mr and Mrs Richard Eichmeier of Benedict hosted a Sunday supper in honor of Mr and Mrs Paul Meisters 15th anniversary. Attendees included Marie All of Shelby and several Gabels along with Edgar Klein and Meister of Stromsburg. A surprise party followed at the Meister home with neighbors attending. West Island 4 H Club met June 1 at Ronald Boruchs to discuss calf washing and hair care with a plan to meet July 6 at Donald Skarkas. The Dwight Swanson family visited Mauritz Swanson. Ina Mangelsen attended her son Edwins Neb University graduation. Visitors to Max Simonsens included John Schenk of Oklahoma.
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Lindblade
Buckley Park
Stromsburg
Arthur
Estelle Lindblade
Joe Lindblade
Leroy
Delores
Irene Ericson
Marvin
Evelyn Fijeil
Marcia
Mavis
Dorothy Jones
Monty
Murray
Ralph Simpson
Gary
Janet
Merlin Steele
Douglas
Debrah
Mark
Henry Hankel
Margaret Lindblade
Omaha
Orra Garretson
Elmer Johnson
Bernard Grant
Grand Island
Haze
Snowden
Wallace Garretson
James
Shirley and
Bruce
Central City
Delano Kinberg
Kirk
Lincoln
Ken
Richard Eichmeier
Benedict
Paul Meister
Marie
Shelby
John E Gabel
Max Gabel
Norman Gabel
Osceola
Edgar Klein
Meister
Messrs
Mmes
Fred, Husak
Leroy Brown
Glen
Hendrickson
Clem Marak
Ralph Watts
Debbie
Loren Treffer
West Island
4-H Club
Ronald Boruch
Donald Skarka
Randy Neujahr
Dwight Swanson Familly
Wren Sherwoods
Mauritz Swanson
Ina Mangelsen
Edwin
University of Nebraska
Max Simonsen
John Schenk
Oklahoma
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Sweden
Litchfield
Minn
Andrew
Martin
Great Northern Railway
Columbus
Dist
Lloyd Boden
L. F. Loeffler
General Contracting
R.F.D
Columbus, Nebr
Man
Dad
Osceola Feed Mill & Elev., Inc
R. Wieseman
Phoebe Morgan
Johnsons
Ralph Cooper
Gayle
Selma Peterson
Ted Johnson
Herbert Anderson
Reynold Peterson
Merle Johnsons
Waldean Johnsons
Roger Johnsons
Lillian Brown
Ruth Walker Clark
Marie Willits Vincent
Flossie Hartman Lindgren
Charles W. Jeffrey
Robert Wieseman
Mary Rose Schott Girard
Louise Smith Timm
Maurice Watts, Jr
Joan Johnson Richards
Ramona Schott Augustin
Duffy Belovad
OHS
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Club
Julie Gullberg
Girls State
Robert Mills
Adelsons
Terry
Lloyd Adelson
Cornhusker
IBM
Lincoln School of Commerce
Phoenix
Ariz
Continental Trailways
Stromsburg High School
Betty Jo Anderson
Kathy Wyman
Jane Dunn
Connie Richards
Alice Dunn
Debbie Johansen
Mrs. Anderson
Garden Club
Gondringers
J. A. Smith
Twin Falls
Ida
Lula Herrington
Los Angeles
Calif
Clyde Smith
Gordon
Nebr
W. S. Smith
J. H. Gustafson
Medy Branting
Oregon
Roy Her
Wren Sherwood
Bob
Shelby, Nebraska
Vinton L. Clark
Mark Boettcher
Silhouette Luggage
Kepner’s
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