Community Notes Highlight Local Social Guests and Birthdays
Green's Chapel residents share a busy social week with dinners and visits. Distinct gatherings include the Rystroms 48th anniversary dinner hosted by the Torells, multiple hospitality visits from Burke and Obrist families, and weddings such as Swigert Knerr at Waverly. Other events feature Phi Beta Kappa banquet in Lincoln, birthday celebrations for Dick Sundberg and grandchildren Melanie and Troy, and moves involving Rystrom and Warner families. The tone reflects a small town sequence of family visits, celebrations, and local travel between Osceola Hastings Lincoln and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Rystrom
Quintin Torell
Grant Johnson
Clarence Burke
Harlan Toline
Vivian Bayer
Polk
Gus Hartel
Mark
Swigert-Knerr
Waverly
John Knerr
Walton
Dick Sundberg
Philip Sundberg
Rolland Beatty
Phi Beta Kappa
Student Union
Lincoln
Jacqueline
Stanley Harless
Willard Anderson
Keith Kinberg
Harry Obrist
Terry Mentink
Morace Warner
Hannah Torell
E. J. Ward
Omaha
Carol Donelson
Larry
Edwin Lewis
Osceola
Richard Pehrson
Battle Creek
Mae Twarling
Esther Warner
Bill Stevens
Jackie
Roger Torell
Brooke Berggren
Archie Steffen
Pearl Leuand
Albert TeegerStrom
Jim Marak
Terry Tenniges
Burdette Obrist
Rolland Beattys
Myron Bernt
Warners
Roger Sundberg
Scott
Bob
Walter Opfer
Bill Hollister
Roger
Knerr-Swigert
Ralston
Delano Kinbergs
Bob Berggren
Grand Island
Karen Beatty
Melanie
Troy
Max Rystrom
Henderson
Minn
Bruce
Yankton
Dakota
Willard Bolton
Walter Seymour
York
Fertilizer strategy urged as supplies shrink for Nebraska crops
County Extension Agent notes fertilizer shortages will test farmer choices. University agronomists Sanders and Frank outline soil type and past fertilization influence on nitrogen needs, with recommendations for staged applications, timing near silking, soil incorporation, and banded phosphorus near seeds to boost efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Sigler
University of Nebraska Agronomists
Donald H. Sander
Lincoln
Kenneth D. Frank
NU South
Nebraska
Area Extension Agronomist Recommends Soybeans and Oats Varieties
Duane Kantor, area extension agronomist, outlines top soybean and oat varieties suited to Nebraska regions in 1973. The guide lists best adapted soybean cultivars for Platte Polk Colfax and Butler counties and early to mid-season oat varieties including Trio. It notes publication of out state testing circular 150 for full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Area Extension Agronomist
Duane Kantor
College of Agriculture, University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Platte, Polk and Colfax
Williams
Calland
Wayne
Beeson
Amsey
Dorsey
Butler County
Cutler
Bonus
Clark
Out
Platte and
Colfax
Neal
Trio
Santee
Otee
Grundy
Burnette
Kota
Pettis
Jaycee
Polk County
Kansas and
Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Stations
Upright vegetables for small sunny plots
A practical guide on growing vegetables upright in small areas with fence or trellis support. Highlights peas tomatoes beans cucumbers and training tips. Mentions irrigation, fertilization, and pest resistance notes from ARS USDA. references Iowa State and Illinois releases with testing circulars 151 4153 152.
Weekend visitors share Osceola gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ier of Omaha were weekend guests in the Ben Schmaker home. L. L. Ner joined them for a Sunday trip to Central City to visit Mrs. L. L. Her at the Parkview Nursing Home. Karen Gestrine visited from Sunday to Tuesday with the Delwyn Anderson and Edward Johnson families in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Ier
Omaha
Ben Schmaker
L. L. Ner
Central City
L. L. Her
Parkview Nursing Home
Karen Gestrine
Delwyn Anderson
Edward Johnson
Raymond Kepner
R. J. Inness
Newton Page
Joe Hill
Rodger Page
Humboldt
Carl Allinder
Goldie Johnson
Dave
Poole
Larry Axmann
Hazard
Bill Hauschilds
Litchfield
Doyle Frazier
Stromsburg
Osceola News Highlights Local Births, Moves and Auctions
Local notes from Osceola include the birth of Joyce Lynn Gabel on March 25 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gabel, and moves as the Harold Jones family relocates to the Ardis McMeekin home with Walter Jones and Debbie moving to a nearby farm. An April 3 public auction of Mrs. C R Timm’s household goods is announced. A joint 80th and 75th anniversary celebration for local churches occurred March 24 at Silver Creek. Marla Richards won the Polk County spelling championship on March 23 at Osceola High School. The Osceola Lumber Co. changes hands to W H Norton, Ray Conrad, and Bill Zedicher on April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gabel
Osceola
Joyce Lynn
Harold Jones
Ardis
Silver Creek Methodist Church
Silver Creek
Marla Richards
Polk County
Osceola High School
Osceola Lumber Co
W.H. Norton
Ray Conrad
Bill Zedicher
Chas. White
Japan buys junked American autos amid looming war clues
In a sweep of 1933 headlines a report notes Japan purchasing tons of junked U S autos as the long rising war clouds tighten. The piece also cites wheat price swings after a bank holiday with corn outpacing wheat in markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kate Smith
Fannie Hurst
Randolph Scott
Sally Blane
Lewis A. Beltzer
South Osceola
Bertice
Charles
LaRue
Archie
Weddings and local news from Swede Home and surrounding area
Fifty years ago on March 22 1923 a wedding at Swede Home Church linked Miss Myrtie Viola Johnson and Arthur R Swanson as they prepare to farm west of Swede Home. Meanwhile Lloyd Crouse wed Pearl Zedicher in Shelby and Dolan property plans promise major improvements and expanded chicken business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtie Viola Johnson
Swan Johnson
Arthur R. Swanson
Edwin Hedlund
Doy. & Thelander Bros
Omaha
Dolan
Ball
Lloyd Crouse
Pearl Zedicher
Shelby
U. B
Polk County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Green’s Chapel
Mildred Kreis
Osceola Locals
Mervin Ransom Sr
Greg Ransom
Wm. McCarthy
Mervin Ransom Jr
Shickley
Rex Bassinger
Stephania Thanel
P. M
Mills & Mills, Lawyers
Nebr
Leon H. Nicolas
With Alvin
ARS
USDA
Iowa State
Illinois State
St. Francis Hospital
Order of St. Bernardine Sisters
Leo Brocktrap
John Lockard
Court House
Wayne Augustine
Colorado
Tri-County
Flower Bowl
Fred Bond
Carl Bivens
Jelden
Violet Johnson
Eklund
W. E. Wilcox
Sgt
Donald Wilcox
Lorraine Conine
Olympia
Wash
LaVerne Jones
Irene Augustine
Ray Cruise
August Matson
Aurora
Matson
Russell
Delmar
Wm. Powers
Platte River
John Deere
P.t.o
Lister
Alvin
Swertzic, Owmer
Dekalb
Ray Branting
Frank Lisko
Elmer Stewart
Roy Glasser
Leland Harless
Norman Carter
Albin Beck
Clarks
Bill Dexter
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