Community Notices and Holiday Socials Across Osceola Area
Christmas guests gathered at Harold Reeds in Osceola while friends and families shared holidays in nearby towns. A public farm sale was announced as Ivan Johnson quits farming, with a New Year open house for S J Harless’s wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sterner
Arborville
Barcroft
York
Ivan Johnson
S. J. Harless
Polk
Osceola
Polk Theatre
Border River
Evangelical Free Church
Ira Spear
John Hoschar
Polk Cemetery
Roger Hanquist
Duane Newton
Bradshaw
Curtis Hoffman
Seward
Alaska
Wayne Person
Richard Johnson
Marilyn Rosalie
Dale Nyberg
Rose Nyberg
Walter J. Nyberg
Roger Werner
Grayce Hahn weds Lt Gov Burney at Polk Methodist
The Grayce Hahn and Lt Gov Dwight Burney marriage took place at Polk Methodist Church on New Years Day with Rev Harold Jensen officiating. Several local couples reported birthdays and anniversaries while church groups held events and a land auction for the John C. Peterson Estate was announced for January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arborville
Evangelical Free Church
Stromsburg
Nettie Carlson
Ellsworth
Philip Johnson
Wallace Lind
Lois Johnson
Curtis Flodman
Curtis
John C. Peterson
Martha Larson
Raymond Lundberg
Willard Lindburg
Harsh Winter Week Ends 1974 With Cold Snow Remains
A retrospective weather wrap recounts a frigid week turning the year 1974 into 1975. Temperatures ranged from single digits to the low thirties with snow arriving on January 2 and minor slush forming as nights froze. Strong winds and clear days alternated with overcast skies through January 5.
Things We Own Cannot Sustain Our Lives
A reflection on modern overreliance on possessions inspired by J F Balzer and Loren Eiseley. The essay argues that clutter and entrepreneurial progress erode human values, urging limits on ownership and a return to a living, earth grounded ethic. It links 1959 ideas to present urban pollution, power, and the erosion of community institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Balzer
Crete
Balzer
Emersonium
Loren Liseley
Fiseley
Eiseley
New Orleans
Liseley
Aristotle
Friday Night Guests at Dwight Burney Home
Friday night supper guests included Henry Reed Edolf Erickson Blanche Sundberg and Hulda Sagehorn. In Alvin Dahlin home New Year’s Eve were Mr and Mrs Jof Ostberg. James Davis and family spent New Year holidays in Fremont with Lumir Wesley and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Burney
Henry Reed
Edolf Erickson
Blanche Sundberg
Hulda Sagehorn
Jof Ostberg
Alvin Dahlin
James Davis
Fremont
Mmr
Lumir Wesley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victor Kerker
Lincoln
Henry Reeb
Charles Carlson
L. Blase
George Reeb
Walter
Ralph Fenster
Hampton
Elaine Garling
Norman Keuper
Harold Reeds
Orville
Eddie Dobberstein
Ft. Morgan Cole
Fred Dobbersteins
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Marjorie Hahn
Denver
E. W. Hahns
C. R. Peterson
Sundberg
Albert McNeely
Vincent Jones
Robert Strickland
Methodist Church
Clarks
Nellie Peterson
Arthur
U. S. Navy
Tacoma
Wash
F. P. Anderson
Melcher Widga
Richard Widga
Ludwig Widga
Polk County Fairgrounds
Oliver Hay
International
Dempster
Oliver Mower
Knoedler
Behlen
Century
Pam Line
Allis Chalmers
Howard McKeag
Fritz Engel
Clarence Austin
Alix Cunningham
First National Bank
Norris W. Alfred
Nebraska
Inch
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