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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1953
Page
4
District 18 notes social calls among Bernt Seiz Schmidt and Bonk families. John Gonka sustained a head injury when elevator hopper fell. several stitches required. Altar Society events and multiple Sunday dinners and visits with relatives across Bellwood Columbus Monroe and nearby farms are recorded.
Mr and Mrs Robert Sigler Jr announce the birth of Dianne Kay on September 24 weighing six pounds 13 ounces. The child has a brother Rickie and grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Sigler Sr and Mr and Mrs R J Mangelsen. Local families shared supper in the Wm Campaia home and attended the Merlin Simpson Lois Bailey wedding at Stromsburg Baptist church. An all Swedish comedy show is slated at Burg Theatre Stromsburg October 13 14 15. The Osceola Lutheran churches invite worship and activities with services and Sunday School times listed and district Luther League Rally at Salem St Edward with Brotherhood meeting to follow.
August P Anderson flew to Indianapolis to visit his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Donald Schewe for ten days. He chose the train for the return trip to see the country and his daughter Mrs T I Black went to Omaha on Tuesday to meet him and bring him home.
City officials report the Wymore sewage disposal plant remains shut down after recent repairs. Beatrice and Marysville continue dumping untreated sewage into the river, while Wymore spends about 100 dollars monthly to operate the plant on stand-by at Wymore Arbor State.
Two young men from Denmark on a round the world motorcycle tour spent one night at Blair House before continuing homeward. The travelers, who kept to a tight schedule, planned to resume their journey at dawn and hoped to reach their destination soon.
The pair left Copenhagen in June planning a four month world tour by bicycle. They intended to sleep outdoors in sleeping bags and cross mountains deserts and swamps. They spent a night on a motel mattress and stored their cycles in a model A Ford while crossing the USA on highway 30. They expect to travel about 16 000 miles to reach New York City on return to Denmark.
A unknown assailant fired a .22 calibre rifle Sunday afternoon causing extensive damage on the Melvin Havelsrud farm and the Kittelson farm. No injuries were reported as bullets damaged a power grinder, a large saw, a wind rower, a weed sprayer tank, buckets, and a stock watering tank.
Former Central City musician Charles Pat Sheppard was telecast Sunday evening in Omaha while performing with the Hank Winder orchestra at the Music Box. He featured in a trumpet solo and also plays with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra Central City Republican Nonpareil.
The York Republican notes multiple rattlesnake incidents in McCool over a week. Shirley Borden stepped on a snake, which bit the leg but was stopped by a passerby. A prairie rattler with three tail rattles caused harm to a puppy days later. Residents blame hay trucks for dropping snakes in the area.
Eugene James Valeski was arrested near Laurel after a Tuesday incident in which he was shot in the finger and side but not seriously hurt. The O'Neill Frontier notes the Hastings, Minnesota man faced charges following the alleged attempted murder.
The foundation was poured last Wednesday with Vet Ag boys volunteering to assist. Much of the labor comes from volunteers to cut costs as water pipes and sewer connections are installed and block laying will begin soon for the new fire station.
Plans are nearing completion for the dedication of the Memorial hospital in Schuyler on Sunday October 11. A barbecue dinner will precede the program at Oak Ballroom, with the hospital opening after the dedication once equipment is installed.
A new Nebraska legislature law fixes city bond interest at four percent, sparking speculation on actions by Neligh and similar small towns with six percent bond rates and nine percent delinquency charges noted by Neligh News.
Bernard P. Dixon of Holdrege, engineer in charge of Henderson hospital work and currently at Henderson school, was named last week by the special swimming pool committee as engineer for Suttons new 35000 dollar pool. The rectangular pool measures 35 feet by 105 feet with a side wading pool for children. Work to begin after trees are cleared.
Father John H Howe presides on the 20th Sunday after Pentecost with Masses at 730 and 1030 am. Confessions Friday 530 pm. Rosary devotions 8 pm Sunday. Thursday confirmation by Bishop Kucera of Lincoln at 230 pm. Altar Society meets Wednesday 2 pm. Choir rehearsal Saturday. Weekday Mass 8 am. Rosary for World Peace 130 pm Sunday.
Father John H. Howe presides at St Andrew Church with altar society meeting at 2 p m at the Arthur Gabriel home with Mrs Alois Shemek as co hostness. Sunday Mass at 9 a m with confessions before mass. Holy Name Society meets Monday at 8 p m in the parish hall with Vincent Wieser as host. Ministration at 4 p m by Bish
Osceola’s Jobs Daughters chapter, now 29 members, received its charter in the lodge halls last Wednesday. Grand Guardian Council members attended including Fern Cook and her daughter Delores. Edith Abel. Jessie Young. Out of town guests from York and Columbus. Lunch followed with purple and white decor and serving by Mrs. Burritt and Mrs. McMeekin.
Fredrick Albin Anderson born January 9 1880 on his Stromsburg area homestead died September 26 1953 at Methodist Hospital Omaha aged 73 years eight months 17 days. He married Gertie Johnson May 1 1907 and they had four children Allen Kenneth Althea and Marian. He was confirmed at Calvary Lutheran Swede Home in 1895 and remembered as a devoted husband father and friend.
The obituary notes a large Stromsburg area funeral for a man with a widow and child mourners plus a sister Edna M. Anderson of Stromsburg. It lists surviving relatives, and names the Salem Lutheran church service on September 30 at 2:00 pm with Rev. Bernt Johnson officiating. Interment followed in Stromsburg cemetery. Several out of town attendees are named from Idaho to Colorado.
Mrs Lulu Ward Mrs Fred Bond Mrs Homer Bollinger Miss Lulu Hendrickson and Mrs Ross Richards traveled to Norfolk last Tuesday to attend the WSCS Seminar.
Sunday dinner guests in the Earle Miller home were Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Fischer and son, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Campain and Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Campain and family. Mrs. Martin Roberts was hos tess to the NBBC Friday evening. Bridge was the entertains ment for the evening and high score prize was won by Mrs. Jay McDonald and second high by Mrs. Delmar McFadden. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Le Ner of Sioux City Iowa a son on September 16 weighing nine and three-fourths pounds. He has been named Dennis Lee. The baby is the 12th grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jer.
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