District 18 social notes from Petersburg visits and gatherings
Alta Lisko reports on neighborhood visits across Petersburg and nearby communities. Families including Bendas, Bernis, Hecker, Flammes, Ziems, Curtises, Hasselbalchs and Luschingers share meals and host card parties. Canasta club prizes awarded. district 17 recesses for summer with a schoolhouse picnic and teacher Mrs. Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Hasselbalch
Glen Hegi
Dist
David Schmidt
Lee Iwanski
Family of Columbus
Alfred Bernt
Easter Tornado Remains in Local Memory and Omaha Toll
A social center news recap details Kuhnel family hospital visits and community events. It recounts Easter Sunday 1913 tornado devastation in Omaha and surrounding towns with 122 deaths in Omaha and 38 elsewhere, 400 injured and over 6 million dollars in damage, noting era weather forecasts contrasting with the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Nebraska
Omaha
Nebraska State Historical Society Library
Sunday World-Herald
Cass County
Saunders
Yutan
Berlin
Mead
Rock Bluffs
DeSota
Nehawka
Craig
County reports 12000 trees planted this year
About 12000 more trees are growing in the county after planting operations completed by over 25 persons with cooperation from Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District and others. Raymond Johnson supervised planting. largest batch was 3000 on the Burnell Witt farm. Other major plantings ranged from 100 to 2100 trees. A planting machine aided most work and cost sharing supported site prep and stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
County Extension Service
Raymond Johnson
Burnell Witt
Darrell D. Atkinson
Robert Bryan
Ray Burke
Don Dahlkoetter
James Marak
Elmer Stewart
Don Rafert
Harley Rafert
Howard Sundberg
Must Fall The Love Story Of A Born Loser
A dramatic narrative follows a self confessed failure and the social fallout of a doomed relationship. The story charts personal ambition, heartbreak, and the examiner of self worth amid a hostile cityscape.
Omaha Tornado Devastates City and Council Bluffs
A massive tornado cut a half mile wide swath through Omaha and into Council Bluffs killing 11 more near Carter Lake. Governor Morehead and Ft. Omaha troops aided recovery as homes and the Joslyn castle suffered severe damage. The city rallied, aid poured in and Omaha rebuilt in short order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Fifty-first
Center Streets
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Carter Lake
Morehead
Ft. Omaha
Joslyn Castle
Nebraska
Nation
The
World Herald
Silver Creek Bridge Club Hosts Dessert Luncheon
Mrs Eldon Benson and Mrs John White led the Silver Creek bridge club with high scores at a Monday evening dessert lunch. Guests included multiple area families at various commencement lunches, with about 30 relatives visiting Bruce Cowgill and Bruce Kershaw homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Creek
Eldon Benson
John White
Benson
Bridge Club
Elmer Benson
Nina Delamore
Bill Gaedekes
Elmer Baumans
J. D. Bickford
Ashland
Bob Jacobses
Columbus
Ted Nyffelers
Duncan
Anna Ferris
Jeannie
Chris Gaedekes
Osceola
Chester
Virgil Zegar
Louis Tschantre
Bennie Kings
Dean Spike
Henry Smolenski
Leslie Johnson
Floyd
Bruce Frizzell
Edith Kershaw
Thelma Hunter
Bruce Cowgill
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District 18 News
Bendas
Petersburg
Alta Lisko
Carl Benda and
Robert Benda
Sal Berni
Frank Ziemba
Fred Heckers
Millard Thompson
Fred Flammes
Martin Mohr
Lake North
Butch Eschlers
George Cadys
Carl Benda
Jack Curtises
Genoa
Edward Liskos
Emil Brenz
Ruby Luschinger
Fred Flamme
James Lawthers
George Cady
Ed Mueller
David City Hospital
Phil Micek
Don Fletcher
Frank Andersens
Claude Fletcher
Andersen
Fletchers
Fletcher
Fred Hecker
Irwin Hecker
Surprise
Ruby Zollars
Clarence Ricketts
Richland
Richard W. Eller Sr
Leslie Hohndorf
Ronald Clobheses
Fred Bernt
Leonard Kropatsch
Canasta Club
Ivan Hecker
Ralph C. Bond
Stromsburg
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Ilinois
Farmers Union
Cooperative Marketing Association
Peron
Farmer’s
O. Osceola
Social Center News
Kuhnel
Esther Kuhnel
Alfred Kuhnel
Alfred
Bergan Mercy Hospital
Arthur Johansen
David Richards
Cheryl Johansen
Jerry Johansen
Leonard Augustin
Hubert Gerard
Delmar Augustin
Wayne Augustin
Lewis Schott
Duane Schmoker
Minnie Augustin
Marcia
Fr. Chonta
Richard Gabriel
Fullerton
Hubert Alt
Dick Alt
Harold Nelson
Mary Brell
Darrel Schachenmeyer
York
Eldon Kuhnel
David
Dale Dunn
Ray Richards
Vivian Dunning
Max Gabel
Adolph Kresha
Hazel Johnston
Morris Dunn
Gary Lux
Marian Cotter
Jim McKeag
Cora
Robert Abraham
Lincoln
Jim McKeags
Social Center School
Boy Scout Cabin
Osceola Park
Tom Schmoker
J. P.gabriel
A. E. Kuhnel
Shelby
Emery Kuhnel
John Hussman
Arlo Bray
Arthur Runge
Don Geier
Lillian Runyan
Rising City
Jim Fasbender
J. Renner
Clarence Funkhouser
Mable
Herbert Swanson
St. Edward
George Yungdahl
Stockholm
Sweden
FORD
Ford Dealers
Osceola, Nebraska
Muse Theatre
Baby
Steve McQuinn
Lee Remick
Don Murray
Sun
George Marian
Anjanette Comer
Sat.Sun
Chicago, Ill
Eleanor Padroza
Chuck
Frank Padroza
Sterling
Colo
Bill Padrozas
Neligh
Albin Valasaks
Phil Gray
Chas. Valaseks
Ann Purdy
Sterling, Colo
Gilbert Bakers
Larry Boros
John Geiers
Lorraine Arnold
Charles Boro
John Cave
Raymond Cutsor
Vernon Peterson
Ruth Huston
Clarabell Rice
Hazel Jacobi
St. Francis Hospital
Grand Island
John _ Sledden
Leonard Robak
AL Hedbloom
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha, Nebraska
Union Pacific Office
Tetreit Pacific Railroad
American Oil Research
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