Creek Names Settled by Federal Board in Polk County
A Federal Board in Washington clarified which stream is Davis Creek and which is Prairie Creek in Polk County under the Interior Department. It affirmed Davis Creek runs about 14 miles to the Big Blue River near Stromsburg and Prairie Creek about 12 miles to the same river near Stromsburg, correcting local naming confusion with McCool Junction and nearby towns.
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Washington
Davis Creek
Prairie Creek
Polk County
Dept. of Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Hastings
Secretary of the Interior
Osceola
Stromsburg
Aurora
McCool Junction
McCool
McCook
A Christmas Message from Father Chonta
Father Raphael P. Chonta of St. Vincent Church Osceola offers a Christmas meditation on the Incarnation, the Word made flesh, and the call to see Christ in every person amid 1964 racial tensions. He urges readiness for Christ's appearances in daily life and services, ending with a blessing for a merry Christmas in Christ.
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Raphael Chonta
St. Vincent Church
Osceola
God
Mary
Christ
Palestine
Jesus of Nazareth
John
Heaven
Earth
Cave of
Haven
St. Paul
St. John
Simeon
Zachary
Lord
Israel
Paul Claudel
France
Jericho
Bethlehem
Raphael P. Chonta
Berggren Christmas Dinner Brings 21 Members Home
Local families shared meals and visits during the Christmas season. The Berggren clan held their annual dinner at the Allen Berggren home in Stromsburg on Sunday December 20 with twenty one members scheduled to attend. Other gatherings included guests at the Strand and Johnson homes and a pre Christmas family dinner in Stromsburg with Harless and Shay families among attendees.
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Gilbert Lampshire
Marvin McKenzie
Kansas City
Gerald Stevens
Elsie Stevens
Robert Stevens
Lincoln
Baptist Church
W. R. Whitacre
Emma Anderson
Lillis Lind
Lloyd Lind
Arlyce
Eddie Johnson
Walter Green
Harold
Jay Dee Green
Bessie Green
Gary Green
Amy
Central City
Everett Green
Reggin Lincoln
Elmer Gainers
Susan
Hardville
Robert Clymer
Charles Cramers
Kearney
Harvey Lind
Roland Bodine
Wallace Lind
Loren
Dean Donelson
Lynn
Ernie Lott
Max Lott
Shelby
Roy Davenport
Aurora
Lloyd Stromberg
Wilmer Rodine
Roland Rodine
Gene Jones
Columbus
Ray Ruge
Central
City
Duane Newton
Bradshaw
Gary
Arlan
Charles Stromberg
Merle Stromberg
Waco
Beda Stromberg
York
Rolland Stromberg
Barbara Glasser
Arlo Stevens
Cliff Branting
Vern Eklund
Roger Clayton
Cliff Facquier
Clarence Munn
Jerry
Robert Brazda
St. Francis Hospital
Grand Island
Kenneth Werner
Charles Nelson
Max Gee
Chapman
Richard Sealey Jr
Gary Bruening
Kasson
Minn
Paul Strands
Bruening
Strand
Berggren
Allen Berggren
Stromsburg
Paul Strand
Kassin
Leland Harless
J. Harless
Dick Harless
Gary Harless
Stanley Harless
Laird Hengelfelt
Vera Shay
Fairbury
Vernon Brount
Danny
Larry Shay
Frank Bret
Eddie
Seward
James Harless
Omaha
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Harold Bedient
Polk
March OF Dimes
Nebraska March of Dimes
Bill Macdonald
Walton
Dewey Sigler
Oscaola
Hollis Wilthoft
Merrick County
Joseph
Anna
Hich
Low
Best
Haith Motor CO
Dodge
Dodge Trucks
DART
Dodge and Dart
BOOTH
Clarks
Raymond Sundberg
Willard Lindburg
Martha Larson
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