Community News From Stromsburg and Surroundings
Riverside Verneta and Karen Ferris spent Tuesday afternoon at the Robert Bryan home. Mrs. C. R. Carlson visited at the Jack Wieseman home Monday evening to help Janet celebrate her first birthday. Many locals attended weddings, visits, and hospital events, including the DeEtte Smith and Jerome Brand wedding at Silver Creek and a baby shower for Mrs. Bob Johansen at the Wieseman home. Community members moved residences, traveled to fairs, and supported family events across Columbus, Stromsburg, Clarks, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verneta
Karen Ferris
Robert Bryan
C. R. Carlson
Jack Wieseman
Little Janet
Don Hayes
Kathy
Chris
Wyoming
Washington
Fritz Engel
Silas Hoffer
Clarence Fusby
Geo Mace
Fusby
Stromsburg
Emma Peterson
Mary Carlson
Morris, Minn
Barbara Oberg
And
Joe Karges
Melvin Burruss
Columbus
W. B. Dake
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Osceola
C. O. Carlson
Ceva Carlson
Harold Martin
Silver Creek
Walter Stohl
John Stohl
Egnar Carlson
Guildford Bryan
Bill Ferris
DeEtte Smith
Jerome Brand
Gerald Bryan
Burwell
Carl Holm
Allen Anderson
Alma Toline
Curtis Bryan
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Verneta Ferris
Denver
Karen
Henry
Lottie Galus
Bill Bryan
Denise Gabriel
Art Gabriel
Duane
Donette
Pam
Patti
Ronald Carlson
Debra
Julie
Ardith Anderson
Leon Schutte
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Clarks
Paul
Clifford Johnson
Raymond Hurd
Los Angeles
Calif
Glen Willits
Joe Tomasiewicz
Schutte-Anderson
Henry Strickland
Harriet
Des Plaines
Ill
Bertha Berck
Bob Johansen
Berck
Bryans
Wedding and community notices in Columbus area
Attendees in Columbus include the Hahn Leimser Bollig and Tschauner families visiting for a Saturday luncheon at the Tschauner home. The Adkisson Shotkoski wedding took place with Connie Leimser as bridesmaid and a reception at the Armory followed by a dance. Funeral services were held for Marvin M. Branigan at St Bonaventure Church with burial in Catholic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hahn
Mildred
Carl Tschauner
Columbus
Carl Bollig
Todd
Rhonda Leimser
Lawrence Leimser
Adkisson-Shotkoski
Armory
Connie Leimser
Brainard
Charles Novak
C. W. Leimser
Howard Hussmann
Marcy Cuza
Albert Inselman
Rudolf Nitsch
Alfred
George Spitz
Nora Spitz
Fred Cockson
Marvin M. Branigan
St. Bonaventure Church
Roger Neimeyer
Branigan
Spitz
Cockson
H. J. Flesner
Community Birthday and Local News Highlights
Mr and Mrs Carroll Hahn and family celebrate John M Hahn's birthday with cake. Rhonda Leimser visits. Evelyn Cyza leaves for St Joseph Convent Colorado Springs. Columbus High students return for opening day. fair parade cancels part of Thursday morning. Community members attend events, trips, and school counts listed with names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Hahn
Cheryl
Duane
Rhonda Leimser
John Hahn
John M Hahn
C. Hahn
Duane Hahn
Evelyn Cyza
Lonny Cyza
St. Joseph Convent
Colorado Springs
Colo
Connie
David
Sharon Leimser
Gordon
Gary Inselman
Marcy Cyza
Donald Hegi
D. Spitz
Columbus
Ed Watke
L. Leimser
Polk County Community Notes and Births
Polk's oldest resident Mrs Chan nah Erickson observed her 87th birthday September 1 with relatives at home. Airport news mentions births, school officers, and REA events including Paula Kay Young born August 23 in Corvallis. Polk High School enrollments show 42 girls and 42 boys with 28 freshmen, 19 sophomores, and 22 juniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Anna McKenzie
Wichita
Kansas
Marvin McKenzie
Joyce Stewart
Polk High School
Janelle Smith
Karen Stevens
John Larkin
Natalie Hahn
Lonnie
Jeri Cramer
Corvallis
Oregon
Paula Kay
Robert Young
Paula
Out of Old NEBRASKA by Will H. Spindler reviewed
A review notes Will H. Spindler, born in Holt County and longtime Pine Ridge teacher, presents Yesterday's Trails a collection of short sketches on individuals families and Indian customs in northern Nebraska and southwestern South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will H. Spindler
Mr. Spindler
Holt County
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Nebraska
S. Dak
Wounded Knee
Kid Wade and the Vigilantes End an Outlaw Career
The tale recalls late 1870s to early 1880s Nebraska when horse stealing surged in Holt Rock and Brown counties. Vigilantes captured Kid Wade after a sho wing confrontation near Bassett and Long Pine, forcing a gun exhibition before turning him over for execution by hanging. Wade’s demise became a lasting Nebraska folklore milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kid” Wade
Spindler
Holt County
Rock and
Brown
Wade
Iowa
le Mars
Nebraska
Paddock
Kid Wade
Kid
Long Pine
Brown County
Rock County
Bassett
Birthday and farewell gatherings span town
Mrs. L L Iler and Mrs. Ed Bonne plus De Lana hosted a birthday and farewell party for Mrs. Lindgren and Mrs. Berglund with 17 guests and a lunch. Mr. and Mrs. Wren Sherwood attended a birthday gathering for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoffer. Joann Vizal returned to Wichita after visiting grandparents the past weekend. Mildred Snodgrass spent the weekend in Cedar Rapids with the Larry Snodgrass family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Iler
Ed Bonne
de Lana
Lloyd Lindgren
Lindgren
Harold Berglund
Bonne
Wren Sherwood
Clarks
Charles Hoffer
Joann Vizal
Wm. Buhl
Wichita
Kansas
Mildred Snodgrass
Cedar Rapids
Larry Snodgrass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Riverside
Mrs
Osceola Cleaners
Lone Star
Mildred Hahn
Firestone
Beauty
Mascara
Kenneth Schnoebelen
Clayton Schnoeblen
Margie Swantek
Marie Zeph
Theresia Kampovitz
Aurora
Platte County
David Bernt
Fred Bernt
Allyn
Beatrice, Adams
Seward
Minnesota
Rhonda
Harold Hussmann
Gail
Elmer Rudeen
Nebra
Bill Schnackenberg
Gilbert Lampshire
Parker Aker
Polk County Farmers Union
Buckley Park
Elton Berck
State Farmers Union
Orville Hennings
Gresham
Fifth District
Gail Giles
Oscar Sundberg
Alaska
Portland
Polk
Mrs. Lloyd Hahn
Old
Overland Sand & Gravel
Polk County
Sinclair
Sinclair Ome
Dale and
Jim Lewis Sinclair
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