OHS Alumni News Highlights Local Students and Staff
Richard Bernt of Columbus marks 20 years with Loup Power District after a career starting as test engineer in 1955 and rising to superintendent of powerhouses. Other notes include Beth Fjell elected Pi Epsilon treasurer for 1975 76, Scott Walgren named honor student at Curtis UN School of Technical Agriculture, Steve Monson inducted into Phi Eta Sigma, and 41 Platte College singers joining a 1975 College Chorale tour. Rick Johnson leads in Nebraska Junior Bowling Tour after first round. 2500 entrants. tourney spans Omaha and eight states.
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Richard Bernt
Columbus
Loup
National Radio Institute
Washington
D.C
Bernt
Beth Fjell
Joe Fjell
Midland College
Fremont
Pi Epsilon
Scott Walgren
UN School of Technical Agriculture
Curtis
Paul Walgrens
Rick Jones
Mike van Hoosen
Platte College
College Chorale
Ralph Jones
Stan van Hoosen
Rick Johnson
Kelly Grossnicklaus
Shelby
John
Jerome Zelasney
Nebraska
Omaha
Rick
Greens Chapel social notes from local church events
The item lists recent social visits and guests across Greens Chapel and nearby towns. It notes the Mother Daughter banquet at the United Methodist Church and various weekend and Friday afternoon visits among families including the Engles, Greens, Teeger stroms, Lauerman, Carlson, Steiners, and Teeger stroms, with origins in Peru, Lincoln, York, Pomona and Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foy Rosenberrys
Vern Berck
Harlan Toline
Don Baker
Merwin Carlson
Cyndee Carlson
United Methodist Church
Mike Engel
Peru
Gerald Engels
Gerald Engel
Glen Greens
Tracy Teegerstrom
West Point
Richard Teegerstroms
James Lauerman
Stephanie
Lincoln
Richard Teegerstrom
Quinten Teegerstrom
York
Carol Donelson
George Stebbins
Pomona
Caitis
Albert Timm
Osceola
Mae Twarling
Carroll Peterson
Murry Peterson
Vernon Peterson
Verlin Johnson
Lawmaker opposes costly state bills in Nebraska speech
Statehouse report notes the governor's spending stance and opposition to LB 332 and LB 559 on pesticides and solid waste. The speaker criticizes add on costs to citizens and businesses and questions the reach of appointed officials in land use protections. SB 433 creates a lay advisory committee on land use for input to agriculture and environment panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Committee On Agriculture and Environment
Kruescher
Department of Agriculture
Drain
Department of Environmental Control
Lincoln
Doug Bereuter
Office of Program and Planning
Bereuter
The
Fice
Tiemann
Cengas Seeks Five Month Delay on Northern Natural Gas Rate Hike
Cengas asks the Federal Power Commission to suspend for five months a 69.3 million rate increase by Northern Natural Gas affecting 50 Cengas communities in Nebraska and South Dakota. An average residential bill could rise about 1.85 monthly. May 27 was the proposed effective date.
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Cengas
Federal Power Commission
Northern Natural Gas Company
Northern Natural
Upper Midwest
Nebraska
South Dakota
Glenn Bonacker
David City
Chris Dahmke
Northern
Bonacker
District 54 bridal shower and weekend social notes
Social roundup from District 54 highlights Linda Gress bridal shower at Mrs. Glade Wyman’s with 25 guests. Also reported are birthday celebrations for Mrs. John Drog, Dale’s 10th birthday anniversary, Girls State events for Silver Creek, and multiple family visits and weekend gatherings across Beatrice Columbus Fullerton and surrounding communities.
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Linda Gress
Glade Wyman
Roma Meyer
Rose Anderson
A. C. Codner
L. A. Hanson
Wilcox
Nebraska
John Wyman
Donald Schott
Gordon
Beverly
Jamie
John Drog
Benedict Cheloha
Columbus
Drog
Cherry Gembica
Kearney
Janea Wyman
Beatrice
Ted Wymans
Jerry Tooker
Alda Beth Tooker
Merna
Jim Nowak
Dale
August Schutt
Leona Imhoff
Raymond Lindblade
Duane Lindblade
Schutt
Imhoff
Lindblade
Beth
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Teri Wyman
Charles Gentleman
Sylvia
Grand Island
Silver Creek
Darrell Atkinson
Ted Wyman
Frank Gembica
Margaret Tooker
Mike Chmiels
Fullerton
Frank Gembicas
York
Gembica
Leroy Vanek
Mike Chmiel
Emil Stankoski
Cosmeir Stankoski
Poland
Bill Wyman
Mike Patience
Shelby
Heidi Patience
Swede Home Club to Meet. Local Social Guests Noted
The Swede Home Project Club will meet with Mrs Reuben Sundberg on Friday afternoon May 2. Numerous local families hosted and visited one another including Mr and Mrs Wesley Peterson and Mr Ted Johnson at the Davis home Friday night. Several birthdays and gatherings marked the week with neighbors from Lincoln to Norfolk attending events and dances, and Fairbury College students visiting the Hanquist home.
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Swede Home Project Club
Reuben Sundberg
Wesley Peterson
Ted Johnson
Larry Davis
Don Turk
Littleton
Colo
Lillie Chindgren
Carl
Johnson Scott
Carol
Colleen
Nick
Tracy Peterson
Vernon Peterson
Everett Anderson
Raymond Fredrickson
Lincoln
Stanley Oquist
Ellen Oquist
Oquist
Wilbur Olson
Levert Oquist
Melanie
Dan
Arnold Ekstrand
Martin Gestrine
Karen
Edna
Ruth Gestrine
Heidi Ernst
Gregg Hanquist
Ed Woeppel
Fairbury College
Roger Hanquist
DeVon Johnson
Diane
Carl G. Johnson
Don Bankson
Hordville
Walter Jones
80th Birthday Celebration for Ellen Oquist
Mrs Harold W Johnson and others attended the birthday event for Ellen Oquist at Lincoln guests included Mr and Mrs Levert Oquist and family Mrs Hilda Carlson and many Oquist relatives. The gathering followed a funeral for Wayne Henderson at Valley with interment in Lincoln.
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Everett Anderson
Chris Huggler
Wayne Henderson
Valley
Lincoln
Rudolf Sandin
Ronald Sarow
George Heckman
Levert Oquist
Ellen Oquist
Brenda Paulus
Duane Oquist
Hilda Carlson
Ragfrat Chs
Robert Stohl
Alfred Yungdahl
Ruth Gestrine
Wilbur Olson
Stanley Oquist
Arnold Ekstrand
Curtis Mickey
Harold W Johnson
Ray Gestrine
Alaska pipeline job warning from state labor officials
Nebraska officials relay Alaska labor cautions on frauds promising pipeline work. The letter highlights high unemployment in Alaska, resident hiring preferences, strong union hiring, high living costs and scarce housing, and caps on private agency fees. Prospective workers are urged to secure bona fide employment before moving and to expect harsh weather.
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Alaska
Gerald Chizek Afer
Chizek
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