Local families gather for visits and outings across Nebraska
Mr and Mrs Ernest Husmann visit relatives in Chapman and Grand Island while staying with Leroy Nelson. Dozens of neighbors share coffee, barbecues, and luncheons in homes from Sutton to Lincoln, with trips to Lake Ozarks Missouri and multiple Midwest towns. Frequent hosting includes Strombergs, Shenk, Nelson, and Jones families, plus travel to hospitals and birthdays.
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Ernest Husmann
Texas
Leroy Nelson
Chapman
Grand Isand
Dean Myers
Robert Brazda
Roger Werner
Mervin Shenk
Ollie Johnson
Harvey Wochner
Wannabell Fitzpatrick
Lincoln
Claud Shenk
Oscar Sundberg
Hannah Bodine
Emma Johnson
Park View
Raymond Sundberg
Messer
Harvey Sundberg
M. G. Lindbury
Vern Jones
Hulda Sagehorn
Floyd Miller
Glen Babcock
Clifford Quick
Central City
Orville Wittler
Ralph
laVaughn Adelson
Kent
Kelly
Lloyd
Rolland Stromberg
Polk
Merle Stromberg
Wahoo
Charles Stromberg
Carroll Flodman
Mirs Julia Flodman Priday
Central City Hospital
Blanche Nelson
Laura Bolton
Julia Flodman
Walter Stohl
Leilani
Willard Adelson
Willard Larson
Shelby
Harry Anderson
Buckley Park
Julia Bond
Arizona
Lawrence Larson
Boy's State representative thanks American Legion Post 160
Murray Ostberg expresses gratitude to American Legion Post No. 160 for selecting him as their Boy's State representative. He says he enjoyed the week and learned about how government works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Post No. 160
Boy’s
Simple Meals Then And Now On Cape Cod
The 1850 household relied on self sufficiency and simple cooking with limited equipment while 1970 life appears easier yet prompts questions about what is truly simple. The author contrasts buttermilk cake apple sauce and beans with modern machinery, noting dietary dangers and changes in daily necessity.
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Cape Cod
Fourth of July at Our House Ends in Fireworks
A family 4th of July scene unfolds with dinner, ice cream by hand, and kids splashing in salt water. Fireworks erupt at the ball park as sparklers light the yard and a baby drifts to sleep in the parents arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dani
Daddy
Walt
Dinner Guests Visit Wilmer Rodine in York
Local notes list Mr Wilmer Rodine hosting a Sunday dinner at his York cafe with guests including Mr and Mrs Eugene Jones and family from Columbus Mr and Mrs Roland Rodine and family and Pastor and Mrs Thengvalle and Benjy. Walter Nelson dined with Mrs Mary Salchow and Mina Burke of Stromsburg and they visited Mrs Nelson in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Rahrs
Merle LaVelle
Martin Hoffman
Henry Reed
Martin Hoffman, Sr
Martin Hoffman, Jr
Neil McNaught
Glen Babcock
Lennis, Lind
Lennis Lind
Lloyd Lind
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Lincoln
Bart Nyberg
Denver
John Nyberg
Dale Nyberg
Central City
Alvin Strawberg
Hordville
Mike
Tim
Brian
Bradley Jones
Vern Jones
Terry Jones
Clarence Munn
Clifford Branting
Vern Eklund
Bradshaw
Verlin Johnson
Debra
Helen
Rick Sterup
Osceola
Lillian Ogden
Stromsburg
Katherine Hutchinson
Grand Island
Leroy Nelson
Lynn Sundberg
Allan Neuhaus
Katy
Rolland Stromberg
Elmer Jessen
Battle Creek
Towa
Wilmer Rodine
York
Eugene Jones
Columbus
Roland Rodine
Thengvalle
Benjy
Walter Nelson
Mary Salchow
Mina Burke
Nelson
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Park and Hardville
Nebraska
Gene Bauer
Sutton
Alalia Buchholtz
San Francisco
Calif
JoElla
Lloyd Stromberg
Edward Saylor
Michael Larson
Waverly
Gordon A. Carlson
Harry Nelson
Marquette
Ted Janky
Dor Ostberg
Alvin Dahlin
Mr Vaughn Lewis
Lewis
Murray Ostberg
Polking
POLE
Farmers Mutual OF Nebr Insurance
Leland Harless
Mark Dittloff
Gibson’s Discount Pharmacy
Nebr
E. T. Parminter
New Home & Kirby
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Verlie G. Johnston Marquette
Cornish Rock
Indian River
Jensen Hatchery
Feritral City
Polk Farm Supply
Sudan
Don Ostberg
Frank Cohagen
Wayne C. Swanson
Dave Ekdahl
Dick Harless
Larry Coover
Central TV
Motorola and Sylvania Sales & Service
Norge
Barber’s
Btromsburg
Mason
Bob Baack
Larry Killion
Kenneth Olson
Town & Country
Dodds Home Furnishings
Polk Park
Paul Wagner
Polk Community Club
Wagner
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