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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1970
Page
3
Esther Kuhnel reports on weddings and anniversaries in Columbus and surrounding areas. Visitors include the Jones, Kubicek, Alt, and Dawes households with multiple weekend gatherings, birthdays, and a 25th wedding anniversary in Shelby. Community members travel to Lincoln and Omaha for games and zoo outings.
A surprise dinner for Addie Wieseman marked her 81st birthday on Oct. 2 with two floral arrangements and two birthday cakes. Guests included Dr. and Mrs. Harold Wieseman of Omaha, the Mulgrae family of Lincoln, Delmar Frizzell of Aptos, Vern and Bill Wieseman families, and other Wieseman relatives from Silver Creek, Bertha Berck, and Cory Wieseman.
Friday overnight guests included Mr and Mrs Glen Buchta and Gary from McCook. Karen Buchta, 16, won Reserve Champion Jersey and placed 8th in Showmanship at Ak-Sar-Ben. Visitors from Peace Dale R I Mr and Mrs John Albro joined local residents for a family dinner Sept 20. The Dewey Siglers assisted the Albros with travel arrangements and hosted hospital visits for hip surgery.
Valley News reports a flurry of visits and hosting in the area. Lilac and Lulu guests rotate through the Schmoker and Wieseman homes while residents attend club meetings, church events, and a football game in Lincoln. The piece lists numerous names and households in a typical community roundup.
Joan Koziol and James C. Kropatsch wed in a noon ceremony at St Mary Catholic Church with Rev. Edward O Leary officiating. Attendants included Doris Koziol Calvin Kropatsch and bridesmaids Eileen Lockhorn Connie Kula. The couple plans a Duncan home after a reception at the Columbus National Guard Armory. the bride works as a Platte County welfare secretary and the groom is a Becton Dickinson engineer after Nebraska graduation.
Miss Dorothy Gondringer of Sioux City Iowa spent the weekend with Osceola and Shelby relatives. Sunday dinner guests at the Holly Grossnicklaus home were the Jan Grossnicklaus family of Shelby for the birthdays of Mr and Mrs Jan Grossnicklaus. Mr and Mrs Dean Buhl and Dion celebrated with the Wm Buhl family Saturday. E C Schott Don Schott and Jamie Lynn visited the Drogs at St Edward Monday last week.
Three Osceola High School students Bob Gissler Andrew Kresha and Bruce Treffer were named Commended on the 1970 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. They ranked in the upper 2 percent nationwide among high school graduates of 1971.
Richard L. Howe of Osceola Nebraska wins first place in the Famous Writers School Westport Connecticut first annual writing competition. His entry A Story of Pre-Dawn Tour was chosen from over 250 submissions by students and graduates of the home study school. He will receive a framed certificate.
Polk County Assessor Roy E Horst attends the State Assessors Association Convention in Omaha on September 23 and 24. Speakers include State Tax Commissioner Murrell B McNeil and State Soil Scientist Lloyd B Mitchell. Committees meet and report Horst serves on the telephone committee.
Osceola residents report Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cook celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with family. Mr. Ray Thompson of Denver attended as the brother of Mrs. Cook, while Mrs. Neva Liedloff returned from a 10 day visit to Scottsbluff and Alliance and accompanied Mrs. Agnes Timm to Scottsbluff.
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