District 18 social notes list visits around Shelby
District 18 residents and friends from Columbus Lincoln and Monroe are recorded visiting relatives and attending meetings. Names include Mr and Mrs John Gonka Homer Ingalls Valeria Smolenski Mary ann Edwin Lisko Cyrus Janicek and Doris Fyfe among others with several 4 H and school related events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gonka
Homer Ingalls
Shelby
Charles Johansen
Columbus
Jack Johansen
Los Angeles
California
Adolph Bernt
Connie Leimser
Karen Jo Schmidt
Valeria Smolenski
Maryann
Edwin
Edwin Lisko
Viola Gonka
Robert
Vick Wilcynski
Gonka
Matt Jarecki
Alvin Micek
Alfred Bernt
Myron
John 7
Pin Abe Nice
Shelly
Doris Fyfe
Minitaire
Nebr
Leslie Hohndorf
Fred Henggler
Cyrus Janicek
Fred Schmoker
Lincoln
Walter Bredehoff
Janice Moore
Monroe
P. W. Elliott
Carol Olcott
Omaha
Valley social News notes and visits from the Horst clan
Otto Horst flies from Omaha to California after a week visiting Elmer Horst at the county hospital in Stromsburg Nebraska. Nearby residents and relatives host dinners, picnics, and church events through the week with many family ties to Pasadena Columbus and Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Horst
Omaha
Inglewood
Calif
Elmer Horst
Christina Horst
Pasadena
California
Richard Wyman
Don Byers
Mart Anderson
Dave Rutter
Ernie Horst
Belgrade
Nebr
Jack Wieseman
Ragnar Carlson
Effie Fernandez
Allan Kresha
Bill Umstead
Harold Nelson
Florence Kresha
Jerome Jarecki
St. Mary’s Church
Fred Wiesemann
Wee Club
Boots for Hooves in Prairie Trails of Nebraska
When wagon trains roamed the West in Nebraska, oxen often became sore footed like the men. Crude boots were fashioned and fitted over hooves to heal injuries, using grease and tar inside the boot for treatment.
County board approves Osceola courthouse petition amid 1605 names
The Board of County Commissioners last Friday accepted a countywide petition for a new Osceola courthouse with 1605 names, surpassing the 1392 legal threshold. A southeast Canada and northwest Hackberry delegation urged a new steel bridge over the Blue River south of Shelby. Roger Sturdevant completes state university dental course and returns to lead the local practice once run by his brother. Three Osceola youths in a moonlit Reo encounter a ditch ride, initials Marion Shaw Heine Tex and Al Shalda, who say the car cost a nickel apiece and lacked electric lamps. the ship's boat connection and a derelict Navy craft reference linger on a wire fence near the Grossnicklaus place, alarmingly startling hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Osceola
Polk County
Canda
Hackberry
Shelby
Roger Sturdevant
The
State University
R. S. Sturdevant
Dr. Bell
Grossnicklaus Place
Marion Shaw
Heine Tex
al Shalda
Marion
John Carlson
Real Estate Transfers Near Osceola and Silver Creek
Thirty years ago A B Hedbloom of Stromsburg sold the Aaron Anderson estate two miles SE of Osceola to G J Mentink. Mentink then sold his Osceola farm to E M Watts. The Watts couple sold their Silver Creek farm to G J Cadwell and George Buchta. Total price 70400 with possession next spring. Meriden graveling and a town swimming pool discussed by the Community Club. Hardy Keller owns a new Jorden car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Hedbloom
Stromsburg
Aaron Anderson
Osceola
G. J. Mentink
Mr. Mentink
E. M. Watts
Hardy Keller
Jorden
Grain truck accident injuries reported near Aurora
Twenty years ago Ralph Mentink son of Mr and Mrs Garret Mentink was injured when a grain truck overturned he was pinned beneath the vehicle overnight suffering a compound fracture of the right leg and severe burns from gasoline and acid. Marilyn Scholz ten broke a leg and lacerations from an automobile collision. Osceola beat Ulysses 7 to 6 in a baseball game played last Sunday. Dr H J Leeper plans to move a dental office into remodelled rooms above the Farmers Union Store. Madeline Cook and Elmer Sandberg wed in Columbus and will live on a farm southeast of Clarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Mentink
Garret Mentink
Aurora
John Albert Anderson
Andrew Anderson
Polk County
Edwin
Edgar
Dave
Gladys Brodin
Marilyn Scholz
Carl Scholz
Osceola
Ulysses
Farmers Union
H. J. Leeper
Hastings
Madeline Cook
Elmer Sandberg
Columbus
Sandberg
Clarks
Ten Years Ago Local Girls State Attendee and Community Notes
Ruby Walgreen selected by the American Legion Auxiliary to attend the fifth annual Girls State at the University campus. Numerous social notices follow including weddings, obituaries, visits, and family gatherings across Osceola and Swede Home with residents like Florenne Larson, Kenneth Almstrom, Mrs Daisy Drummond, Mrs Louis Scholz, Marjorie Jean Johnson, Mervin L Johnson, and many local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Walgreen
American Legion
Florenne Larson
Kenneth Almstrom
Osceola
Almstrom
Denver
Daisy Drummond
Salt Lake City
Utah
Polk County
Louis Scholz
Martin
Walter
William
Reuben Timm
Rush Young
San Diego
Roy C. Johnson
Marjorie Jean
Mervin L. Johnson
Lena B. Johnson
William M. Wisely
Swede Home News Dinner Guests At Ekstrom Home
Mr and Mrs Tom Englehardt and family of Saronville and Mr and Mrs Joe Fjell and family were dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs Arthur Ekstrom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee Hastings
John Anstrom
Los Angeles
Dave Waller
Dale Dunn
Fred Dunn
Gary Lux
Margaret Crosby
Gary Garey
Richard Wyman
Stromsburg Park
Bill Wyman
Louis Willits
Falls City
Walter Jones
Gustav Peterson
Iverne Dowie
Ruth
Wahoo
O. H. Guttormson
Silverton
Oregon
Otto Swans
Guttormson
Gustaf Nordling
David Jones
Carolyn
Martha Lindquist
Betty Gustafson
Otto Swanson
Roger Hanquist
Layne
Conrad Johnson
Harold W. Johnson
Buckley Park
Otto Wegmann
Byron Johnson
Robert Malmen
Robert Baker
Tom Gonnerman
Joe
Judy
Allen Scheuneman
Susan
Omaha
Joe Wegmann
Steven
Minneapolis
LeRoy Johnson
Navy
Kenneth Mentink
Sharilyn Lindgren
Axtell
Raymond Johnson
Philip Nyberg
Polk
Alvin Lindquist
New Jersey
Leo Schaecher
Lindsay
Roy Farris
Kim
David
Fremont
Glen Wobig
Orval Eickenhorst
Kenneth Schmidt
Lincoln
Dale Frizzell
Ron
Jane
Bassett
Newport
O'Neill
O. L. Fischer
Madison
Wm. Campain
Hollis Campain
Earl Miller
George Hruska
Mary Cerny
Elsie
Dale Nahrstedt
Cindy
C. A. Nahrstedt
Tom Englehardt
Saronville
Joe Fjell
Arthur Ekstrom
Also Mentioned on This Page
District 18 News
Alta Liska
Ira Thompson
Near
Bellwood
James Lawthers
Pearl
Marshall Thompson
Lanny Cyza
Virgil
Orthopedic
Cyza
Tom Micek
John Micek
A. D. Fellers
Art
Ben Fellers
Louis A. Schmidt
Edward Lisko
First National Bank
Nebraska
Valley News
Irene Burritt
E. E. Burritt
Donal Wieseman
Larry
Calmer Boden
Dub Grossnicklaus
Floyd Frizzell and Sons
Bruce Pickett
Fred Hugegler
Bud Wieseman
Lewis Dunn
Cheerie Sisters
Barbara Wieseman
Osceola Park
Francis Urban
Willits
Walter Yungdahl
Henry Schipporeil
Silver Creek
Art Deeter
Hilbert Buchta
Norris Larson
Valley Church
Joe Horst
Donald Schmoker
Carl Timm
Dale McCormick
Steve Henggeler
Danny
Rising City
Jim Woods
Woods
Opal Huggler
Don Schippareil
Marcia Burritt
Dick Alt
St. Vincent Church
Fred Wieseman
S. W. Calhoun
Robert Wieseman
Lydia Wieseman
Albert Nelson
Leon
Clayton Nelson
Marquette
Central City
Neal McBeth
Carl Bedient
Beulah Cemetery Society
Clara Frizzell
York
Brewers Foundation
First Nat'l Bank Bidg
Hormel
Elda
Beckman Heating and Plumbing
the Gas Company
Cheryl Willits
Johnson
F. H. Fredrickson
Axel Anderson
Sterling and Marshall
Everett Anderson
Ellen Anderson
Osceola News
Kent White
Woodburn
Iowa
Wm. Harrison
Swede Home News
Depe
Sort Water Service
Eervienet
Johnson NG
DH. Green
Bush
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