Community Notes from Swede Home and Surroundings
Local residents from Swede Home Genoa Exeter and nearby towns share visits, church activities and family events. The Calvert and Jones families are frequently mentioned with hospital visits funerals and social gatherings. Various host families entertained guests from Guthrie Center Lincoln Fremont and Omaha. A Bible study and choir fellowship were held at Calvary Lutheran Church with services and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Jones
Omaha
Martha Calvert
Clarkson Hospital
Ralph Jones
Robert Kallhoff
Hilda Falk
Guthrie Center
Iowa
Paul Gustafson
Dora Gustafson
Funk
Nebraska
Gustafson
William Larson
Rolland Ekstrom
Calvary Lutheran Church Choir
Swede
Everett Anderson
Eugene Cromwell
Genoa
Dorothy Gleim
Jim
Scott
Lincoln
Roger Hanquist
Harold A. Johnson
Ellen Oquist
Edna
Ruth Gestrine
Ray Gestrine
Mardell Johnson
Irvin Gestrine
Clarence Nielsen
Harold W. Johnson
Elwyn Yungdahl
Aurora
Fred Yungdahl
Oscar Imm
Larry Cudaback
Exeter
Evan Nordstrom
Fremont
Ralph Redman
Danielle
Amy
Obituary notices for Eugene L. Treadway and Herb Smith
Eugene L. Treadway 48 died in a traffic accident near Wilkenson Indiana on September 18 1972. He is survived by his wife five sons and three daughters with relatives listed and services held at Kepner Roberts Osceola and Sacred Heart Church Shelby. Herb Smith 72 funeral services pending at Aprel-Butler-Geddes Grand Island after his death at Omaha’s Veterans Hospital with local survivors named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene L. Treadway
Wilkenson
Indiana
Rising City
Lloyd Ernest Treadway
Edna M. Lockard Treadway
Irene Augustin
Michael
St. Louis
Missouri
Leland
Fort Hood
Texas
Richard
Lincoln
Robert
Shelby
Danny
Denver
Colorado
Deborah
Richard Neal
Judy
Carol Jane
James
Columbus
Elaine
Harold Heise
Omaha
Rosary
Kepner-Roberts
Osceola
Sacred Heart Church
Anthony Trausch
Shelby Catholic Cemetery
Herb Smith
Aprel-Butler-Geddes
Grand Island
Smith
Veterans Hospital
Lawrence Meister
Gary Lux
Francis Urban
Ben Schmoker
Albert Denstbier
Liberty
Notice of General Election for Various Political Offices
Voters are asked to vote in a general election for national state and local offices. The ticket lists president and vice president candidates, U S senator, representative, legislature member, county judge, district directors, rural district directors, supreme court judge, women’s compensation court, weed control authority, ESU board member, and sixteen constitutional amendments. Signed this 20th day of September, 1972 by Dale Frizzell Polk County Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Peterson
Osceola
Nebraska Central Dental District
York
Polk -County Extension Clubs
Associated Women
Polk -County Farm Bureau
Polk County
Oliver Westberg
Dick Mills
Baby
Blythesville
Ark
Blythesville Courier
Albion
Albion News
Polk County History notes donations and anniversaries
From Our Files recalls the Polk County Historical Society receiving its first material boost when Albert Ryan donated a two story building for a museum in Osceola. The Osceola Commercial Club pledged 150 dollars for repainting and remodeling as Mrs. Mabel Gillmor celebrates a 60 year PEO membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Historical Society
Albert Ryan
Osceola
Osceola Square
Osceola Commercial Club
Mabel Gillmor
Polk County Livestock Feeders Association
Legion Club
Richard Augustin
George Cemper
Shelby
Don Hayes
Silver Creek
Tom Brigham
Karen Longacre
Rising City
Norman Gabel
Sacred Heart Church
Hunting Map of Nebraska Distills State Game Areas
State Game and Parks Commission releases the Hunting Map of Nebraska a compact guide with range maps for ringneck quail prairie grouse turkey antelope and deer plus public hunting lands. The reverse features game laws safety tips and color portraits of a dozen species. Copies available by mail from Lincoln. OSCEOLA NEWS Miss Marguerite Senn entertained her bridge foursome Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Game and Parks Commission
Ringneck Range
Game and Parks
Commission
P. O
Nebr
Do It Yourself Weight Control Workshop Planned
Osceola City Hall hosts a weight control workshop led by Home Agent Freddie Lee Nickles and Area Extension Agent. Sessions run at 1 30 p m on October 18 25 and November 1 with a $1 registration due in the Extension Office by October 13. No weighing in or personal information revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Lee Nickles
Osceola City Hall
Local social visits reported for Oscar Imm homes
Thursday evening callers in the Oscar Imm homes included Mr. and Mrs Elmer Benson and California guests Mr. and Mrs Phillips An afternoon visitor was Mrs Bob Bryan Walter Watts of Shelby visited Mr and Mrs Fred Huggler Friday evening Edna Anderson Irene hosted Thursday overnight guests Mr and Mrs Roy Renquist of Sterling Colo Karen Bender daughter of Mr and Mrs George Bender attends Columbus School of Cosmetology Friday evening guests of the George Bender family were Mr and Mrs Omar Latham and family of Columbus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Larson
William Larson
Everett Anderson
Chris Huggler
Willard Ross
Loup City
Freda Waller
Sven Carlson
Carlson Home
Dave Waller
Philip Waller
Don Peterson
Vern Kinnaird
Henning Carlson
Ansel Fredrickson
Sherman Ferrell
Nelson
Jim Ferrell
Lincoln
Bob Ferrell
Frank Nordberg
Adolph Forss
Ruth Gestrine
Harold W. Johnson
Ralph Jones
Martha Calvert
Omaha
Dorothy Gleim
Jim
Scott
Roger Hanquist
Ben Berger
Lester Gestrine
Dennis Berger
Ogallala
Edwin Lewis
David Jones
Elmer Benson
Walter Jones
Clarkson Hospital
Oscar Imm
Phillips
California
Bob Bryan
Walter Watts
Shelby
Fred Huggler
Edna Anderson
Irene
Roy Renquist
Sterling, Colo
Karen Bender
George Bender
Columbus School of Cosmetology
Omar Latham
Columbus
Recent visitors to Irene Mea cham home
Recent guests included Mrs Ed Anderson of Stromsburg on Saturday afternoon Mrs Mabel Carter of Silver Creek on Sunday and Mr and Mrs Chas Mosier of El Cajon California on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Meacham
Ed Anderson
Stromsburg
Mabel Carter
Silver Creek
Mrs
Chas. Mosier
el, Cajon
Calif
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Harold W. Joh
Renovea
United States
George McGovern
R. Sargent Shriver
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Senator
Terry Carpenter
Carl T. Curtis
Congress
Warren Fitzgerald
Dave Martin
Erwin F. Matuika
Loran Schmit
Robert T. Cattle, Jr
Joseph C. Hranac Myri D. Edstrom
Nebraska Public Power District
Larry Miller
David L. Duren
Polk County Rural Public Power District
Clinton P. Myron W. Jones
THE
Supreme Court
Leslie Boslaugh
Nebraska Women’s Compensation Court
Richard 8
Wills
Tie Sey
Polk County Weed Control Authority
Clifford Hernbloom
H. P. Tewell Morris Dunn
ESU NO. 7
Brooke Berggren
Marilyn A. Houdersheldt
Democrat
Dale Frizzell
Robert Taddiken
AAA
Harley, McKeag
Vaughn Deay
Army
Chico
Tillman Joy
Joy
John Braithwait
Harry Pierson
Merwin Schutt
Genevieve Hartson
F. P. Shelmadine
A. V. Tyrrell
Robert Sigler
H. E. Fleming
William Carson
Doris Hanson
Gertrude Matheson
Morris Dunn
W. H. Clark
Hanson
Florence and Eldon Addison
John Irland
Fred Calkins
Lester Peters
Court House
Emil Ellison
North Side
James Misner
Silas Miller
L. M. Pratt
T. W. Blake
National Grand Army
Des Moines
Mary Stone
Hassler Drug Co
Alvin Monson
S. O. Whaley
Peterson & Peterson
W. H. Martin and Son
Chester Carson
Carson Farm
J. P. Heald
J. W. Crozier
WCTU
Central City
Spencer Query
G. W. Query
Furnas County
Osceola News
Marguerite Senn
Gerald Krieger
Kurtis Charles
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
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