Osceola High to Host 19th Alumni Banquet Saturday Evening
Osceola will hold its 19th annual alumni banquet Saturday night with a large crowd expected. Charles W. Fischer class of 1939 leads the organizing group as reminiscing programs include honored classes from 1916, 1926, 1936, plus musical numbers and remarks by Lillian Channer Timm, Dorothy Koehler, and others.
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Osceola High School
Charles W. Fischer
Swedish immigrant Andrew Hanson, Osceola resident, dies at 77
Andrew Hanson born August 25 1888 in Skromberga Ska ne Sweden died May 21 1966 at Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Osceola. He came to the United States in 1909 settled in Polk County married Alma Swensen in 1913 and had six children. He was a lifelong farmer and livestock raiser, became a U S citizen on September 18 1917, and members of St Pauls Lutheran Church. Services were held Tuesday at St Pauls Osceola with burial in Osceola Cemetery.
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Andrew Hanson
Skromberga
Skane
Sweden
Annie Jeffrey
Myron
Culver City
Calif
Raymond
Moline
Ill
Frances Holm
Topeka
Kans
Irene Adelson
Carol Petersen
Stromsburg
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Osceola
United States
Polk County
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Osceola
Robert Turner
Wesley Peterson
Carl Cederberg
Betty Boden
Hospital News Dismissed List and Osceola Local Notes
Osceola area hospitals discharged a number of patients including Pius Poeffel Louis Robak Mrs Selma Carlson Mrs Duane Jones and baby girl Mrs Robert Lux Charles Hope Mrs Retta Dawkins PATIENTS Mrs Clarence Armagost Roy Grossnicklaus John W Gabriel Mrs Lee West Miss Edna Stunkel Mrs Er J Anderson Miss Hilda Carlson Mrs Walter Rudeen Mrs Edna Anderson Hattie Kumpf Alice Sechtem Charles Stanton Charles Nuttelman John Monson Mrs Morris Law William Hoffman Mr Roy Russell Mrs Mercie Smith Dennis Emmons Mrs August Senn OSCEOLA LOCALS Esther Brown arrived from Glendora Calif for alumni banquet at Newman Grove Lulu Ward visited the Luis Wests in Wa hoo Edith Richards attended granddaughter Mary Jeanne Moore graduation at Duncan Harley Warners helped celebrate grandson Jim Ehlers 21st birthday with family in Seward.
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Pius Poeffel
Osceola
Louis Robak
Selma Carlson
Stromsburg
Duane Jones
Robert Lux
Shelby Charles Hope
Retta Dawkins
Clarence Armagost
Shelby
Gerald Quick
Roy Grossnicklaus
John W. Gabriel
Lee West
York
Edna Stunkel
Polk
Er. J. Anderson
Arvid Wittgren
Hilda Carlson
Walter Rudeen
Edna Anderson
Hattie Kumpf
Alice Sechtem
Gresham
Charles Stanton
Charles Nuttelman
John Monson
Morris Law
Benedict William Hoffman
Roy Russell
Mercie Smith
Shelby Dennis Emmons
August Senn
Esther Brown
Ervin Grossnicklaus
Glendora
Calif
Newman Grove
Lulu Ward
Luis Wests
Wahoo
Edith Richards
Mary Jeanne Moore
Duncan
Harley Warners
Jim Ehlers
Henry Ehlerses
Seward
Holy Name Hosts May Meeting at Parish Hall
Koenig and Rinke led Holy Name Society hosts in the parish hall for May. The Sylvester Janiceks visited with the Charles Jaworskis in Fremont. The Cyrus Janiceks weekend visit included Roy Gross Nicklaus at Osceola hospital. Donald Zwiener of Lincoln spent the weekend with Fred Zwieners. The Emil Zwieners returned after a week with the Kamenskis in Sydney. St Joseph parishioners attended mass at Presentation church Marietta for grade school graduates.
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Cyrus Janicek
George Koenig
Lawrence Rinke
Holy Name Society
Sylvester Janiceks
Charles Jaworskis
Fremont
Cyrus Janiceks
Roy Grossnicklaus
Osceola Hospital
Donald Zwiener
Lincoln
Par
Ents
Fred Zwieners
Emil Zwieners
Jerry Kamenskis
Sydney
Thomas Malczyks, Jr
Columbus
St. Joseph
Presentation Church
Marietta
Ve nus Campbell obituary and Shelby area notices
Funeral services for former Osceola resident Ve nus Campbell 76 of Kansas City Mo were held Tuesday at Kepner Robe rts Funeral Home Burial was in Osceola Cemetery A sister in Omaha survives Campbell died May 20 He formerly ran a Osceola hardware store Other items note Shelby high school track honors Otis Larson of Grand Island dies in Shelby motel ASC district supervisor Gilbert Larson 64 of Grand Island died of a heart attack in Shelby Other notes cover Mothers Day breakfast open house 25th anniversary and various graduations and visits by local residents
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Kepner-Roberts Funeral Home
Venus
George) Campbell
Kansas City
John Stalions
Osceola
Omaha
Campbell
ASC
Shelby
Gilbert B. Larson
Grand Island
Marquette
Larson
Births at Annie Jeffrey Hospital and St Joseph Hospital
Mr and Mrs Wayne Coffin of Shelby welcomed a daughter born May 25 at Annie Jeffrey Hospital. Christie Lynn Shaffer arrived at St Joseph Hospital in Burbank California to Huey P Shaffer and Jenonne Dawes Shaffers reside in Culver City California Grandparents are Marvin Dawes Osceola and George L Shaffer Phoenix Arizona.
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Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Coffin
Wayne Coffin
Shelby
Christie Lynn Shaffer
Huey P. Shaffer
St. Joseph Hospital
Burbank
Calif
Shaffer
Jenonne Dawes
Shaffers
Culver City
Marvin Daweses
Osceola
George L. Shaffers
Phoenix
Ariz
Community Calendar Highlights May to June Events
Community calendar lists firemen Memorial Day services Old Times Day City Council IOOF American Legion NBBO Maple Leaf Club Lions CES Garden Club Rebekahs WCTU VIU-XU Club Legion Aux Girls State report and Calvary Evangelical Lutheran and St Paul Lutheran church activities. Memorial Day services at Calvary Cemetery May 30. Neb synod meets at North Platte. Confirmation events at St Paul Lutheran.
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City Council
IOOF
American Legion Nbbo
Dorothy Bush
Maple Leaf Club
Audrey Wescoat
Lions
City Hall
CES Garden Club
Elvena Monson
Lillian Brown
Friendly Neighbors
Sheila Grossnicklaus
Sheila Grossnicklaus. Wednesday, June 15— Rebekahs
WCTU
Beatrice Brazee
Viu-Xu Club
Betty Nahrstedt Stedt
Legion Aux
Girls’ State Report
Peggy Mills
Chrm
Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church OF
Swede Home News Social Roundup Across Families
Local families and friends share visits and gatherings across several towns. Circles include Caspers in Stromsburg and Fremont, Forss and Johnsons hosting Bible study, and numerous cordial calls with relatives from Osceola, Lincoln, Columbus, and Central City.
Bridal showers and family visits mark District 54 notes
District 54 News lists bridal shower for Sharon Kershaw and June wedding plans for Sharon and Bruce Frizzell. It covers visits among the Wyman, Tooker, Imhoff, McCormick, and Adams families, school graduations, and a detailed bus trip narrative by Frank G. Frizzell recounting travel from Columbus to California and back, with multiple relatives visited across many states.
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Leona Imhoff
Robert Tooker
Sharon Kershaw
Methodist Church
Sharon
Bruce Frizzell
Hector Blasers
Monroe
John Wymans
Omaha
Norman Tooker
Elmer Tooker
Donald Schippareil
Wm. Wyman
Elmer Powers
Virgil Willits
Richard Wyman
Beth Imhoff
Columbus
Marilyn
Phyllis
Helen Ziemba
Charles Cole
Frank Stanczyks
Jim Nowaks
Waterloo
Linda
Nowaks
Dale
Judy Graham
Edna Stankoski
Bill Wymans
Ted Wyman
Donald Schippareit
Diana
Lottie Gay
Don Madison
Central City
Addie Wieseman
Bertha Berck
Dale McCormicks
Vern
Gilbert
Torrington
Wyo
Emmett Bensons
Donald Bensons
Herman Carlson
Johnnie Carlson
Chris Gaedeke
Sam Wymans
Silver Creek
Tim Wyman
Dale McCormick
Bill Imhoff
Beth
The
Valley Church
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Boise
Ida
Pendleton
Ore
Glenn
Portland
Scappoose
Salem
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Roosevelt Hotel
Chinatown
Bay Area
Los Angeles
Malibu
Ontario
Cheno
Riverside
Pickett
Donald
Margaret
Tombstone
Ariz
June
Wallace
Alliance
Nebr
Frank G. Frizzell
Memorial Day at Pierce Chapel Services and Bible School
Memorial Day services will be held at Pierce Chapel at 9 45 am with a program and speaker Rev Melvin Zichek of Central City. Vacation Bible School starts Tuesday at 9 am May 31. Local families and visitors share meals and visits with neighbors across Fullerton Grand Island Duncan St Libory and Central City.
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Pierce Chapel
Melvin Zichek
Central City
Leo Ostranders
Belgrade
Clifford Ostrander
Grand Island
Dick Riekens
Josephine Scahill
Ethel Richards
Roy
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New York
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Hastings
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Rudy Sandins
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Martha Larson
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Calmer Johnson Family
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Linda Myers
Jane Fredrickson
Bob Dittmer
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Allen
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Hordville
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Augie Evers
Jim
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Hie
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Bush
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