4-H and community visits fill Valley town weekend
The Clever Clover 4-H and Jr. Farmer clubs held meetings at the homes of Mike Larson and the Wiesemans respectively. Numerous visits occurred with families including the Grossnicklaus, Burritt, Matheson, Rutter, Urban and Fernander households. A large Kresha family reunion drew about 60 guests at Pawnee Park in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Larson
Jr. Farmer Club
Eddie
Evan Wieseman
Calmer Boden
Trene Burritt
Don Conkling
Pearl Matheson
Fremont
George Matheson
Carl
Jack Wieseman
Harold Grossnicklaus
Jack
Gary Lux
Ellen Wieseman
Valerie Rutter
Effie Fernander
Kresha
Bruce Pickett
Floyd Frizzell
Grand Island
Kenneth Swanson
Riverside
Calif
Harry Brazee
Wesley Chapel Club
Brazee
George Kresha
Diane
Jerome
Bakersfield
Leo Kresha
Pawnee Park
Columbus
Benedict
Irene Burritt
Adolph Grossnicklaus
Carl Wieseman
Phil Wieseman
David Rutter
Mary Rutter
Effie Fornander
Debbie Dunn
Newton
Dale Dunn
Earl Miley
Fremont Lakes
Francis Urban
Effie Fernandez
Lewis Dunn
Lottie Gay
Don Madison
Central City
Don Sterup
Dianne Boro
Danny
Robert Wiesemans
Riverside and Fairview News Highlights Community Events
Stock Growers Association meeting in Grand Island with Mr and Mrs Don Hayes in attendance. Mrs Fritz Engel elected District 28 school board secretary but declined. post goes to Mrs Don Schott. School grounds and building improvements discussed. budget approved. Marilyn Oldigs to teach twenty pupils. Local visits include Fritz Engel family hosting, and others visiting relatives in Chadron Hot Springs SD. Several calls and trips to Lincoln Bryan Memorial Hospital and the new State 4 H Camp at Hal sey Nat Forest Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hayes
Stock Growers Association
Grand Island
Fritz Engel
District
Don Schott
Marilyn Oldigs
Dwayne Douglas
Fritz Engels
Bertha Engel
Bankie Johansen
Ronald Carlson
Chadron
Hot Springs
S. D
New State
Halsey Nat’ Forest, Mines
Cecil Larson
Jean
Elin Stahl
Carl Holm
Hilda Carlson
C. R. Carlson
al Yungdahl
Red Cloud social notes and Red Cloud frontier memoirs
District 18 Canasta club prizes awarded to Mrs Wallace Benda and Mrs Ralph Hasselbalch. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Dean Smith near Rising City and others from Columbus and Hastings. Red Cloud's 1870 settlement described with Garber place, Willa Cather links, and the town’s early stronghold site defined by Silas Garber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canasta Club
Neal Hasselbalch
Wallace Benda
Ralph Hasselbalch
Dean Smith
Near Rising City
Richard Eller
Sharon
Red Cloud
Republican River Valley
Nebraska
Willa Cather
Miss Cather
Willa Cather Memorial Association
Coun
Mildred Bennet
Garber
Silas Garber
Birthday greetings and socials around Osceola area
Social notes recount visits and gatherings across Osceola and nearby towns. Mrs. Harold Martin’s birthday honored at Silver Creek. multiple calls, visits, and weekend plans include the Galus, McCampbell, Carlson, Engel, Hayes, and Carlsons families. A tenth birthday, weddings, picnics, and dinners are noted with surrounding towns Columbus, York, Stromsburg, and Geneva mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Martin
Silver Creek
Henry
Lottie Galus
Henry B. McCampbell
Omaha
Mavis Carlson
C. R. Carlsons
Patti
Also Mentioned on This Page
Valley News
Frank Pickett
Riverside and
Fairview News
Louis A. Schmidt
Don Schmidt
Near
Richland
Alfred Bernt
Lee Iwanski
Frank Ziemba
Sal Bernt
Frank Korger
Frank Gabel
Fred Flamme
Norfolk
Leslie Hohndorf
Wilbert Hohndorf
Shelby
Sharon Leimser
Karenjo
Lincoln
W. B. Aeschbacher
Diresta
State Wistomcal Society
York, Nebraska
Fatso
Reasen Implement CO
Trey Iy
RSS
Greg Andreasen
Shelby, Nebr
Pete
Overland Sand & Gravel
Osceola Feed Mill & Elev., Inc
Vinson Bittingers
Clarks
Jerry Hayes
Spokane
Wash
Jerry
Mike Bittinger
Galus
Helga Bush
Hilda Carls
Curtis Bryan
Linda Trusty
LaVernery
Gerald Bryans
Leo Anderson and
Osceola
Earl Collison
California
Maury Fatts
Ronald Carlsons
Leonard Kropatsch
Bernt
Don Fletcher
Carol Olcott
Claude Fletcher
Edward Lisko
Emil Koziol
Bill Fyfe
Alfred Bernts
Edward Liskos
Raymond Luchsinger
Luella Menke
Gerald Hopwoods
Leon Hopwood
Leon Eller
Dick Eller
Fredrick Flamme
Phil Micek
Geneva
John Stec
Monroe
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of
L. Clark
First National Bank of Osceola
Muse Theatre
Osceola, Nebraska
SUN
MON
Natalie Wood
Rosalind Russell
Karl Malden
Technicolor
Techniroma
Columbia Pictures
Danny Kaye
Man
Cara Williams
Martha Hyer
McDonalds
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