Looking Back 50 Years A Polk County Tour and Election
From the Osceola Record reminiscences note a 50 year old Polk County tour by Congressman Charles H. Sloan ending with a Osceola courthouse night meeting. Also listed are local names, a relocation election petition for the county seat set for Nov 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Sloan
Polk County
Court House
Osceola
George Bennett
Central City
Genoa
Judge Campbell
Ridge
Harold Ware
C. B. Pottet
Flossie Hartman
Rystrom
Marian
Lawrence Shaw
Lincoln
Lawrence
Board of County Commissioners
Alex Scott
Zelasneys mark 50th anniversary
Mr and Mrs James Zelasney of Osceola celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on October 23 with a mass at St Marys Pilzno and a family dinner in Columbus. The couple, married October 25 1916 at St Marys Pilzno, have 10 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavina Kopke
Craig Beebe
Bill Beebes
Raymond Beebes
Ormund Moores
Howard Potters
Columbus
Dick Diers
Bessie Irland
Gresham
Elroy Hoffmans
Walter Schroeders
Louis Hoffmans
Lincoln
Vern Bercks
Fay Rosenberrys
Valentine
Julie Romohr
Craven Streams
H. S. Eklund
Nellie Bong
Maria Fulwider
Osceola
Ronald Eklunds
Ardle Eklunds
Peter Kopke
Robert Barrs
York
Elmer Schuknechts
Robert Campbell
California
Bill Nuttelman
Archie Steffen
Tom Gonnermans
Wesley Johnson
O'Neill
Craven Stream
Leah Livingston
James Zelasney
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Pilzno
Columbus Cafe
Henry Swan
Genoa
Rita Swan
Jerry Moldin
Floyd Arnsmith Jr
Mary Iwan
Adrian Iwan
Rita Iwan
Zelasneys
St. Mary’s Pilzno
Henry
Lorraine) Swan
Allen Zelasney
Shelby couple marks 40th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Clarence Coffin celebrated 40 years of marriage with a reception for 200 guests at Rose's Coffee Shop in Shelby on October 30. Grandchildren gave gifts including a white orchid corsage and boutonniere. Red roses and floral decorations filled the room, with petite fours from Eat at Bit of Sweden, Stromsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Coffin
Rose
Shelby
Coffin couple marks silver wedding anniversary
Mrs Joe McKown and Mrs Hilbert Hefti hosted a family gathering for the Coffins in Shelby. The couple were married Oct 27 1926 in David City and have three children Geraldine McKown Roy W Coffin and Leonard Coffin. The Coffins run Rose's Coffee Shop and their family includes six living siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McKown
Hilbert Hefti
Mmes. McKown
Roy W. Coffin
Leonard Coffin
Mmes. Hefti
George Durand
Neal Drum
Alfred Studlo
Dean Williams
Beth Ann Coffin
Coffins
Shelby
David City
Rose Thompson
James H
Lydia Allen Thompson
Mr Coffin
Ida Porter Coffin
Columbus
Charles W. Coffin
Rose
Joe
Geraldine) McKown
Roy W
Rising City
Leonard L
Osceola
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H. C. Beebe
Methodist Church
State House
James Dunn
John C. Rogers
Baby
Fairbury
Vera Harvey
Henry Beebe
Guy Beebe
Robert Nuquist
G. W. Morgan
Greenfield
Morgans
South
Bill Pratt
Texas
Bill
Alf Landon
Ray C. Raeder
Ethel
Mabel
Robert Young
Betty Furness
Fred MacMurray
Jack Oakie
Jean Parker
Texas Rangers
Robert Montgomery
Rosalind Russell
Colorado
W. W. Norton
The
American Legion
Andrew F. Nuquist
State Street
Highway 92
Clair Emmons
Helen Wamsley
Osceola Implement Company
Reece Tractor and Equipment. Co
Ford Equipment
Osceola Implement Co
G. C. Fonda
Yora McCormick
Blanche M. Clark
Lloyd Erickson
Stromsburg
Wayland
Robert Anderson
Brian
Crisie Anderson
Foy Rosenberrys
Lee Campbells
Alice Sechtem
Clyde Reeds
Milton Rogge
Nebraska City
Ernest Lotts
Polk
Lee Anderson
Raymond DeLair
Maria Lott
Superior
Robert Campbells
Chula Vista
Calif
Elmer Schuknecht
Ralph Allison
Raymond Bond
Ted Gonnerman
Raymond Beebe
Ruth Moore
Otto Wegmans
Dollie Marsden
Grant
Fay
Emi
Coom
Saw Yi
Hall of Fame
Ernest Tubb
Lonzo
Oscar
SONS of the __ PIONEERS
Texas Troubadors
Taylor Sisters
Pat Brady
Jack Green
Cal Smith
Lincoln Pershing Auditorium
Gold
Eva
Beatrice
Roscoe Hill
Hatchery
56Th Street
Nebraska
Rogers Shoe CO
York, Nebr
American National Red Cross
Bit of
Sweden
Wegner
Monument CO
Nebr
Richard
Dick’ Merrick
Ray A. Conrad
Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley McCoy
Lus
Chevrolet
Jtonniges Chevrolet
Osceola, Nebraska
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