Early October snow records noted in Shelby area
Shelby News recounts an October 9 snowstorm cited as the earliest on record for eastern Nebraska, with 1880 as a noted dry year and a long October into May snow period in Polk County. The report also covers local family histories, weddings, obituaries, harvest delays, homecoming events, a charity drive for Easter Seal Camp funds, church notices, and upcoming events in Shelby and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Polk County
August Thelen
Shelby Gymnasium
Judy Hernbloom
Robert Smith
Becky Nekl
Blake Matousek
Sandy Rosenberry
Steve Hopwood
Judy Vrbka
Bob Bucholz
Melissa Clark
Rory Rathje
van Grossnicklaus
Joan Taddiken Furbur
Debby Pope
Barbara DeTurk
Dixie Nekl
Susan Voss
Jolene Brase
Connie Morgan
Shelby
Robert Logan
Raymond Burke
Stromsburg
Inventory listing of household items and furniture
A truncated catalog of belongings including two old rockers two trunks one steamer lawn chairs television trays a card table a large window fan an electric bathroom heater pictures and frames two old wooden washing machines two laundry tubs on stands metal towel cabinet a treadle sewing machine hassocks and other items too numerous to mention.
Osceola visitors include Randells and Sutherlands
Saturday overnight guests in the Elmer Pehrson home were Mrs. Pehrson's brother Rolland Randell and daughter Judy of Florissant Missouri who had attended the Missouri Nebraska football game with the Tom Sutherlands of Lincoln. Then Randells had been Friday guests of his cousin Lt. Col. and Mrs. John Randell of Offutt Air Base Bellevue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Pehrson
Bulldogs
Polk Cubs
Henderson Huskies
Osceola
Lincoln
NMEA
Southeast High
Susie Davis
Julie Hiemer
Margie Simonsen
Cindy Nahrstedt
Debbie Larson
Linda Johnson
Sally Mills
Brian Hanson
Terry Anderson
Kurt Anderson
Dana Boden
Keith Peterson
Silver Creek
Tean
Polk
Educational Planning Night draws 200 as power fails at Stromsburg High
About 200 juniors seniors and parents from nine area high schools attend Educational Planning Night at Stromsburg High School to meet 22 eastern Nebraska colleges amid a blackout. Officials used candles to continue the session as darkness blanketed three floors, delaying some discussions while attendees sought guidance on higher education options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OHS
Nebraska
Stromsburg High School
Stromsburg
Valley News Highlights Local Socials And Military Note
Barry Schmoker graduates high in class and earns A B M leadership at Fort Sill Oklahoma with possible Korea orders in November. Neighborhood clubs and family visits fill a week with bridge nights, society meetings, a new member, and several dinners and outings around Stromsburg Columbus and Niobrara communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Schmoker
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Korea
Robert Wieseman
The
Night Owls
Valley Get-Together Society
Donal Wieseman
Neola Dunn
Walter Koehler
Lewis Dunn
Bruce Frizzell
Little John Kershaw
Lula Pickett
Jane
Stromsburg
W.S.C.S
Local Sunday Visits Dot Silver Creek Reading Scene
Eda Burritt and others joined dinners and card parties across Silver Creek and nearby towns. Guests included the Umstead Stromberg families in Omaha and Carl Wieseman home, plus Barbara Rafert and Irvin Rafert for birthday celebrations and farewell bridge notices in Silver Creek and Gresham areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Umstead
Mervin Stromberg
Omaha
Airport
Carl Wieseman
Ronal Peterson
Harold Matheson
Gertrude Reece
Effie Fernander
Dennis -Johansen
Gary Lux
Gary Reznicek
Kay Lux
Norman Lux
Lincoln
Bruce Frizzell
Silver Creek
Lula Pickett
Rex Dake
Eric
Eilert Fricke
Ulysses
Fred Wieseman
Don Rafert
Nancy Jo
Steven
Douglas
Irvin Rafert
Archie Steffen
Gresham
Allan Kresha
Mary
Barbara Rafert
Eda Burritt
Merle Peterson
Reuben Smith
Fern Merrill
Thelma S Robak Funeral Rites Held Friday
Thelma S Robak 82 died unexpectedly Tuesday in Genoa Hospital. Funeral services 9:30 a.m. Friday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church with burial in the parish cemetery. Survived by four sons Ted Duncan Hilbert Silver Creek Leonard Clarks Elmer Columbus 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild balance of survivors includes brothers Charles Stanczyk Frank Edward and sisters Mrs Charles Laska Mrs John Marfice Louis Pachunka. Husband John C Robak died 1954. Prior losses included a son and daughter in childhood and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Robak
Thelma S. Robak
Genoa Hospital
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Stanley Mitera
John and
Rose K
Pilsno
Polk County
John C. Robak
St. Mary Church
Nance
Merrick
Ted
Duncan
Hilbert
Silver Creek
Leonard
Clarks
Elmer
Columbus
Charles Stanczyk
Golden
Colo
Frank
Edward
Denver
Charles Laska
John Marfice
Table Rock
Louis Pachunka
Fullerton
John
James Stanczyk
Joseph Bator
Martin Cheloha
Ahlquists Charter Ride Home After Rochester Visit
Mr and Mrs Verner Ahlquist took Mrs Gary Ahlquist to Omaha on Sunday for her return to Mobile Alabama after a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Howard McKeag in Rochester where Mrs McKeag had surgery. The McKeags and Mrs Ahlquist arrived at Osceola Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Central City
Emery Kuhnel
John Marsh
Kenneth Kuhnel
Gerald Johansen
Clarence Funkhouser
Omaha
Anna Manzer
Judy Mejia
Kansas City
David Hiemer
Russel Smith
Smith
Tom Brigham
Tucson
Ray Brigham
Wilma Boardman
Santa Barbara
California
St. Francis
Kansas
E. L. Boardman
Sam Russel
Mountain Grove
Arkansas
Rex Brigham
Nellie Ingalls
Homer Ingalls
Verner’ Ahlquist
Gary Ahlquist
Mobile
Ala
Howard McKeag
Rochester
McKeag
McKeags
Ahlquist
Osceola
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blanche Brigham
Thelen
Union Cemetery
Herman Thelen
Portland
Oregon
Hampton
Alma Hartson
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Paul Graff
Lyle Hopwood
Robert Hopwood
Bill Ellsworth
Vern Kuntzelman
Emma Nyquist
Methodist
Universal Gas
Hassocks
Nance and Morrill
Philip Nyberg
Stromeburg
Osceola News
Osceola Bulldogs
Town & Country
Osceola Bull
Wilmer Anderson
Clarence,Austin and
Orville Dodds
First National Bank
Sale
Valley News
Callus
Savings and Loan Association
N Street
North
Ray
F.S.L.J.C
Federal
Pacific— Homestead Center
42Nd
Brook Park
Maple
Transmatic
Uae
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