Local Social Calendar Highlights September Meetings
Social Calendar lists Swede Home Project Club meeting September 5 at 2 30 at Mrs Dennis Johnsons home with co host Mrs DeVon Johnson electing officers First Gab o lots meeting September 10 with Mrs Carl Johnson Entre Nous with Mrs John Inness Polk County WCTU convention September 10 at Salem Lutheran Stromsburg Eastern Star September 9 at 8 PM Rebekah Lodge September 10 at 8 PM NBBO Bridge Club September 8 at 8 PM St Vincent Altar Society September 10 at 8 PM hostesses Dawes Schott Kresha Kuhnel first fall meeting
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Stromsburg
Wednes
Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
Nbbo Bridge Club
Walter Koehler
St. Vincent Altar Society
Mesdames
Marvin Dawes
Raymond Schott
Allen Kresha
Alfred Kuhnel
West Side Visitors and Local Gatherings Gain Community News
Mrs. Homer Green and Mrs. Grace Moberg visited with Mrs. Clara Falk and Jenny Friday afternoon. The Gertsch and Scheapler families attended the Platte County Fair in Columbus Thursday and hosted visits with relatives. Davida Sundberg returned from Denver with her parents. Local families hosted guests for dinners and visits including the Luchsingers, Johnsons, Donelsons, Freeman, and Nielsons. Michael Rystrom stays ten days with grandparents John and Mrs. Seymour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Green
Grace Moberg
Clara Falk
Jenny
Bruno Irmer
York
B. W. Gertsch
Gilbert Gertsch
Clarks
Don Scheapler
Charles
Polk
Platte County Fair
Columbus
John Luchsinger
Davida Sundberg
Howard Sundberg
Denver
Colo
Harry Hahn
Milton Johnson Jr
N. O. Freeman
Harlan Donelson
Francis Dishner
Patty
Linda
Bertha Luchsinger
Eldon Nielson
Monroe
Delwyn Rystrom
Johnny
Wyoming
Salt Lake City
Boulder
Ralph Ecton
Oxnard
California
Arthur Ahlquist
Morris Johnson
L. Will
Schuyler
Maureen
Grand Island
Rex
Betty
Harold Wilson
Orley Conkling
Gary B. Garey
Donita
Dick Anderson
Happy Lassies Club
Don Conkling
Darwin Anderson
W. V. Denning
John Seymour
Henry Seymour
Chester Baker
Jim Conway
Becky
Julie
Tommy
Julie Morey
Lincoln
Art Ahlquist
Gertrude Harvey
Delwin Rudeen
Omaha
Tom Morey
A Delano Ahlquist
Community Notices and Obituary Remains In Swede Home
A long list of local visitors and family gatherings spans several towns including Schuyler, Omaha, Lincoln and Columbus with relatives visiting and staying with Ahlquist and Conkling households. A death notice honors a longtime Swede Home resident, detailing the funeral at Calvary Lutheran Church with pallbearers named and a farewell poem.
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August
Axel
Roy
Stromsburg
Russell
Polk
Joseph and
Lloyd
Osceola
Swede Home
C. M. Hadley
Martin Lundstrom
Reuben Lundstrom
Gerald Holm
Ansel Fredrickson
Martin Gestrine
Harold Johnson
Alma Fjell
Alma Sophia Elizabeth Fijell
Alfred
Carolyn Forss
Polk County
Nebraska
Calvary Lutheran Church of
Swede
William Fjell
Alma Fjell and Charles L. Lanfare Obituaries and Contests
Obituaries for Alma Fjell and Charles L. Lanfare outline births, marriages, and deaths in Nebraska with burial details. The page also notes a story contest for scholarship money, listing national prize amounts and required local editor submissions for Nebraska entrants.
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Dearborn
Nebraska Press Association
Nebraska
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Osceola Social Notes Show Busy Local Weekend
Osceola residents attend the State Fair in Lincoln and host and visit relatives across Nebraska. Families from Bozeman, Wakefield, York, Omaha, Denver, Wahoo, and Lincoln linked gatherings, travels, choir activities, and tours, with many guests at Osceola homes and local events.
Osceola High Opens School Year With Band Practice
Joyce Roberts reports the Osceola school year starts with 113 High School pupils and 306 in Grade School. Grade School serves first meals, Miss Magorian leads band practice, and eleven returning lettermen back football. Students seek community support for a successful year.
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Joyce Roberts
OHS
Local residents share visits and travels over Labor Day weekend
Marian Petrzilka of Brainard visited with Dr. and Mrs. Paul Kucera and family in Omaha. Gus Close of Waterloo Iowa and other families toured cities, state fairs and vacation spots including Yellowstone and the Great Salt Lake. Numerous calls and dinners mark a busy weekend with relatives from Lincoln Osceola Greenwood Rising City and Shelby visiting, plus planning meetings in Camp Comeca Nebraska and Philadelphia events.
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Marian Petrzilka
Brainard
Paul Kucera
Ea Kucera
Omaha
Sunny
Gus Close
Waterloo
Iowa
Ina Mangelsen
Orval Eikenhorst
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Glen Green
Sharon
Jimmy
Robert Slezak
Lincoln
Agnes Loukota
Marilyn Loukota
Osceola
Erwin Kiel
Camp Comeca
Cozad
Nebraska
G. C. Fonda
Scottsbluff
Dale Carrell
Floyd Speirs
Danny
Janie
Fort Collins
Colorado
Rolland Ekstrom
Willis Warner
Livermore
Calif
California
Bruce Pickett
Dave Rutter
H. S. Eklund
General Grand Chapter
Eastern Star
Philadelphia
New York
Lawrence “Shorty” Bowe
Jack & Jill
Anderson Mercantile
Don Donaldson
Greenfield
Phoebe Morgan
Jessie Carter
Shelby
Sam Cook
Clarks
S. H. Cook
Fred Dunn
Verland Bauer
Rising City
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West Side
Sewereamer
Charles L. Lanfare
Charles L. Fanfare
Kentucky
Mr. Lanfare
Toledo
Ohio
Roberta Doyle
Lanfare
Social Center
Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital
Wichita
Kansas
Phoenix
Arizona
Kepner Mortuary
Garrison
Shelby United Brethren Church
Irene Hasselbalch
Chester Buchholz
Osceola News
Kenneth Sipes
Crawford Campbell
Laurie
Bozeman
Mont
Phil Campbell
Crawford
Little Laurie
John Bright
Fairbury
Ray Read
Waldo Rodene
Wakefield
de Verne Rodene
Harry Rodene
Geo. B. Anderson
Osceola Park
Bruce Anderson
L. G. Headley
Lee
Lynn Kinghorn
Auburn
Jim Newcome
Faye Johansen
Jack Headley
Ernest Nyquist
Edwin Hedlund
Wahoo
Vernetta Ferris
W. E. Ferris
Miss Ferris
Harvey McKeag
Walter Watts
Judy Koehler
Steve Sigler
Westminster
United States
Steve
Princeton
Larry Bowker
Alexandria
Kearney
State Teachers College
Delmar McFadden
Park Rapids
Minn
Richard Swearingen
McFaddens
Ted Johnson
DeVerne Johnson
Roger Johnson
MarVerie Johnson
Merie Johnson
Waldean Johnson
DeVerne
Roger
San Diego
Cali
Art Gabriel
Roy Rogers
Joan LeMar
Fargo
S. D
Andrew Inness
Carol Bahr
Charlotte
Mildred Dilley
Mille Engel
Asceola
Uli Bahr
Bahr
Elmer Johnson
Steven
Wausa
Neb
Rebekah Kensington
Thelma Caldwell
Fred Bond
Lee Campbell
Ford Bond
Cornhusker
Lin
Charles Kucera
Vickie
Norman Hofbauer
Dimensions
Alise
S. W. Calhoun
Rolland Johnson
Arlene
Rolla Jean
Sharilyn
Lillie Johnson
Vernelle Carlson
Vance Teegerstrom
Timmy
South Dakota
Sid Sigler
Robert Sigler, Jr
Wilmer Anderson
Marjorie
Kay
Mary
Mary Gerdes
John Anderson
Leonard Wieseman
Green River
Marvin Hamiston
Sam T. Crouse
Charles Fischer
H. A. Warner
Milady Coffee
Robinhood Flour
Parkay Oleo
Star Kist
Morton
Boston Butts
Wieners
Prairie Maid
Bologna
Donald Duck
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