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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1956
Page
4
Father John H. Howe presides at St. Vincent Church for Pentecost Sunday May 20 with Saturday partial abstinence and confessions 5 to 5 30 and 8 30 p m. Sunday masses are 7 30 and 10 30 a m. Religious vacation school opens Monday with 8 15 mass. Wednesday is a day of partial abstinence.
Thursday altar society meets at Hubert Bernt home at 2 p m hosted by Mesdames Hubert Bernt and Allen Zelasney. Sunday Mass at 9 a m with confessions before. Monday religious vacation school opens at 1 30 p m for grade students. Tuesday Holy Name Society meets in parish hall at 8 p m hosted by Conrad Kropatsch.
Rev. Robert V. Johnson, pastor, announces choir practice Thursday at 8 p.m. Congregational study at 11 a.m. Sunday worship and study times. Monday Vacation Church School begins with Luther League meeting at 8 p.m.
Evan Covenant Church of Stromsburg Nebraska lists services with pastor Cecil Johnson. Sunday School and Divine Worship at 10 am features a Pentecost sermon Rivers of Living Water and an 8 pm Evening Service. Covenant Hour follows at 1 pm. Tuesday includes Confirmation Class trip to Chicago. Vacation Bible School May 28 at 9 am to June 8. Welcome to our friendly spiritual home.
A local worship service is scheduled for 11 a.m. led by a student or teacher from the Lu- area, inviting community members to attend and reflect. The event emphasizes community faith and ongoing education.
Church announces weekly program items with sermon time choir practice and men s chorus sessions next week plus confirmation class on Saturday at 9 30 am.
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Wisconsin Synod led by Pastor R W Shekner invites children to Vacation Bible School starting Monday May 21 at 9 00 a m. Morning service at 8 00 a m and Sunday School at 9 00 a m mark the day. Located two blocks east of the High School.
Elias J. Timm born August 30 1870 in Three Rivers Michigan died May 6 1956 at Osceola Nebraska aged 85 years eight months six days. He married Paulina Wieseman February 17 1898 and Emma Schultz March 4 1915. Survived by Emma wife son Philip Osceola daughter Mrs Harry L Oman Gothenburg three granddaughters three great grandchildren brother Paul Timm Lincoln sister Mrs Hannah Herrmann Osceola and many relatives Friends note he was a lifelong Methodist and conscientious Christian.
Relatives confirm the marriage of Margaretta McCray daughter of Mr and Mrs Grant McCray to Frank Hanner of David City at Bethany on Sunday. Hanner expects Ray to become a full fledged member of the family after the ceremony.
Frank Malek and Dr. H H Cox depart by auto for a three week trip to the Pacific coast via the Grand Canyon. Also noted are local changes at Sinclair Oil Co station as George Koehler resigns and Hayden Welch assumes the post. Dr Shaw survives a car accident when a jack slips while he is changing a tire, ending with a bruised leg.
H L Bond aged 89, a late Civil War veteran in Polk County, died at the Soldier's Home in Burket Nebraska. Funeral services were planned for Friday at the Presbyterian Church.
David W. Riblett, born July 19, 1915, died May 6 at age 30. He served 36 months in World War II in North Africa, New Guinea and the Philippines, according to the obituary.
Two natural gas wells are drilled on Leo Chamberlain’s farm two and a half miles north of Herm an. The discovery is the area’s first and production may invite further exploration. A flow test was demonstrated by lighting the gas in darkness. The first hole was drilled two years ago and the second within the last month. Gas was struck at less than one thousand feet. In a separate note a 50 cent bowling wager led to an egg exchange between Petersen and Svendgard with Mrs Svendgard paying 16 eggs to Petersen for the debt.
Lexington welcomes a new nine hole course after planning for over a year. A kickoff breakfast and ribbon cutting marked the public opening. The community had lacked a golf course for 15 years.
The 13th annual Lamb and Wool Congress will be held at the Union Stockyards in Omaha on Wednesday June 6. Lambs are classified by slaughter grade with top pens of five and twenty five shown, then sold in pens of five and twenty five starting at 1 30 p m. Exhibitors may enter three pens of five, and entries must include exhibitor name and address mailed by June 5 to R E Cunningham Omaha Lamb and Wool Congress Livestock Exchange.
List of farm implements including John Deere two and four row mountings, Lister two and four row with narrow tread, Case two and four row, Godig and International implements, Woods Brothers seven foot combine, Allis Chalmers seven foot, 12 foot Ezee Flow fertilizer spreader, New Idea four bar rakes, Oliver seven foot mower, and automatic twine tie baler. Also mentions roller bearing disks and crust-breaking attachments.
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