Social Roundup of Local Visits and Gatherings
Swede Home Mr and Mrs Vance Toline spent Wednesday evening with Mr and Mrs Ronald Sarow. Mrs Signe Van Doren from Omaha attended the funeral of Mrs Edna Sandin in Aurora Friday. Mr and Mrs Albert F Anderson and Mr and Mrs Rudolf Sandin visited Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Axel Anderson. Monday evening coffee guests included Ansel Fredrickson and Evelyn Oquist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Toline
Ronald Sarow
Adolph Forss
Harold W. Johnson
Keith
Signe van Doren
Omaha
Albert F. Anderson
Rudolf Sandin
Edna Sandin
Aurora
Stanley Oquist
John Gestrine
Harold A. Johnson
J. E. Gestrine
J. W. Toline
Stromsburg
Lena Johnson
Martin Lundstrom
James
Robert Willits
Jerry Smith
Axel Anderson
Sterling Anderson
I. H. Fredrickson
Roger Hanquist
Floyd Everett
Central City
Ronald Sar
DeVon Johnson
Timmy Hadley
Raymond Gestrine
Ansel Fredrickson
Evelyn Oquist
Community Social Roundup Sees Birthdays Visits and News
West Side families host gatherings and celebrate Clare Ann Peterson and Gene Fusby birthdays. News includes births Randolph Scott and local visit updates with Petersons and Kreises, plus various supper hosts and guests across multiple days.
Local family guests at varied midweek visits
Supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Nelson Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Carol Rystrom were Sunday dinner guests at the Francis Donelson home. Lincoln visitors Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Francis Donelson and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Leach and Connie. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sund berg visited with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boyd and Ricky Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy Nelson
Carol Rystrom
Francis Donelson
Lincoln
Norman Leach
Connie
Howard Sundberg
Richard Boyd
Ricky
Local Family Gatherings and Visits Across Columbus and Surrounding Areas
Sunday last week mr and mrs alvin hohn dorf and families from omaha and shelby joined by mr and mrs leslie hohn dorf at columbus home of mr and mrs ronald clobes. clobes later planned a trip to hillsboro oregon to visit relatives. numerous neighbors and relatives from monroe columbus dun can osceola schuyler and lisding stopped by for visits meals and greetings including wedding anniversary celebrations and patrons days at dist 18 school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Hohndorf
Omaha
Wilbert Hohndorf
Shelby
Leslie Hohndorf
Ronald Clobes
Columbus
Hillsboro
Oregon
Clobes
John Steck
Monroe
Frank Ziemba
Allie Thompson
McCook
James Lawthers
Ike Thompson
Ike
Edward Lisko
John Gerber
Duncan
Dist
Ronald Clotes
Phil Zakrzewski
Lindsay
Leo Stecard
John Stec
Butch Eschler
Maxine
Ruby Zollars
Delores
Lawther
Louis A. Schmidt
Karenjo
Chas. Sladek
Schuyler
Maxine Eschler
Joe McKown
Victoria Staroscik
Osceola
Bonnie
Tom Micek
Maine
John Micek
Barney Tomasevicz
Community Notes From Wayland and Surrounding Towns
Wayland Church held services at 10 30 led by Mr James H Lowther. Social gatherings included Mrs Craven Stream attending the Jolly Works Club in Osceola and the Koffee Kuppers meeting at Mrs Lee Campbell’s home. Families and neighbors visited in Stromsburg York Shelby and Rising City for dinners plays and football banquets. A large reunion honored Bill Walford of Seward with local relatives bringing baskets to the Jones Bank auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Lowther
Craven Stream
Jolly Works Club
Harry Obrist
Koffee Kuppers
Lee Campbell
Osceola
Donald Hoffman
Sons
Polk
Tommy Gonnerman
Max Lott
Marla
Rising City
Peter Kopke
Robert Barr
York
Raymond Bond
Elmer Schuknecht
Methodist
Stromsburg
Ronald Eklund
Nebraska
Holly
Kappa Delta
Reg
Sigma Nu
Bill Walford
Seward
Jones Bank
Larry Miller
Calmer Stephenson
Susan
Carl Richter
Sophia Richter
Lyle Cockle
Gonnerman
Willard Larson
Shelby
Lloyd Livingston
Nebraska tourist promotion debated amid funding gaps
Lincoln committee reviews Nebraskas tourist potential with Mel Steen urging a 6 million capital investment and annual 100000 for promotion. Steen says tourism could reach 500 million by 1975 driven by western history and Buffalo Bill, while highway growth and city traffic rise strain state budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Mel Steen
State Game Commission
Steen
Legislative Council
Buffalo Bill
South Dakota
Local social notes feature Wilcox and Keehn visits
Sunday afternoon and supper guests included Mr and Mrs Dwane Wilcox and Mr and Mrs Elmer Schuknecht. A.J. Keehn moved to a furnished apartment in Stromsburg for the winter. Marla Anderson and Lee Anderson of Stromsburg attended a 25th wedding anniversary dinner for Edmon Hoffman of Rising City at Louie's Cafe in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwane Wilcox
Elmer Schuknecht
A. J. Keehn
Apt
Stromsburg
Max Lott
Marla
Lee Anderson
Louie’s
Columbus
Edmon Hoffman
Rising City
Peter Kopke
Emma Carter
Shelby
Paul Bond
Lincoln
Doug Colberg
Mrs. Lott
Joline Anderson
Nebraska Loss of Young Residents Hits 20 to 24 Group
The University of Nebraska bureau of business research reports thirty seven deaths linked to alcoholic liquor and finds that during 1950 to 1960 Nebraska lost 13 941 people aged 20 to 24. The study notes one in seven prime young Nebraskans leave the state for employment, but the exodus is not as large as some believed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Accident Records Bureau
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Bureau of Business Research
Cornhusker
Local social notes from Riverside area and nearby towns
Riverside residents and Farm Bureau members attended the state convention in Lincoln. Numerous dinners, visits, and social gatherings are recorded, with attendees from Silver Creek Stromsburg Osceola York Grand Island and Aurora. Events include hospital visits football game outing and club meetings over multiple days.
Thanksgiving Feasts and Fortunes on Nebraska Frontiers
A historical sketch recalls early Nebraska Thanksgiving days. Gov. Alvin Saunders frames the 1840s observance amid Civil War gloom. It recounts 1870 Red Cloud frontier dinner with buffalo meat mince pie, wild fruit preserves, and late-season produce, plus 1871 Red Willow County camp dinner using flapjacks and syrup around a campfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cloud Stockade
Guide Rock
Red Willow
Nebraska
Republican Valley Land and Townsite Company
Red Willow Creek
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Muse Theatre
Osceola, Nebraska
Tom Tryon
David Hedison
Tom Reese
Rock Hudson
Kirk Douglas
West Side
Mrs. Homer Green
Wallace Peterson
Gene Fusby
Ellen Wittgren
Paul Fusby
Sharon
Arthur Peterson
Ed Oberg
Clare Ann Peterson
Kenneth Anderson
Homer Cuddeford
Genoa
Jennie Anderson
Mable Thesing
Bob Kreis
California
Morris Johnson
Matt Peterson
Milton Johnson, Jr
Emil Youngland
Vernon Peterson
Cordell Lewis
Carl Johnson
Clarence L. Carlson
Carl
Ruth Rudeen
Carol Ann
Fred Anderson
Loris Neal
Russel Kreis
The
Church of Your Choice
XS Company
Western Power & Gas Company
Alta Lisko
Wayland
LaVina Kopke
State Highway Department
G. C. Strobel
Beatrice
Grand Island
Hastings
North Platte
Scottsbluff
South Sioux City
Strobel
Highway Department
12Th
O Streets
Frank Morrison
Boxscore
Bureau
Riverside
Mrs
Joe Karges
Henry Galus
Farm Bureau
Henry
Silver Creek
John Stohl
Egnar Carlson
Alfred Youngdahl
Bob Stohl
Near Polk
C. R. Carlson
C. O. Carlson
Glen Knerr
Guildford Bryan
Robert Bryan
Art Gabriel
Fritz Engel
Don Hayes
Bill Wurtz
Bertha Berck
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Bryan
Alice Richards
Ronald Carlson
Kensington Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Harold Martin
Patti
Maury Watts
Alan Morris
Axtell
Bill Ferris
Ner
Bertha Engel
Andy Engel
Walter Church
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Dean Church
Don Miller
John Miller
P. H. Miller
Arnold Church
Ray Stern
Ted
Larry Kuhn
Clarks
Dale Hopwood
Julie
Carl Samuelson
Joe Barges
Robert Topinka
Carl Holm
TOF
W. D. Aeschbacher
State Historical Society
Gov
Alvin Saunders
Times
Nebraska Frontier
W. A. Sherwood
Red Cloud
John
Rexall Drug Store
John’s Rexall
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