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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1937
Page
1
Polk County treasurer LeRoy M. Smith reports that over 90 percent of taxes are collected despite drought dust storms and low spirits. From 1930 to 1935, not more than seven percent of taxpayers failed to pay, with real estate personal polls and old age assistance contributing to the tally.
A busy Easter weekend features church events in Wesley Chapel with a Friday meeting and communion. Numerous families from Osceola, Shelby, Lincoln, Rising City, Columbus, and surrounding towns share visits, hospital stays, weddings, and dinner gatherings with relatives and friends, highlighting neighborly ties and regional ties.
Floyd Paben of near Hampton was fined 25 dollars and ordered to pay 16.28 dollars in costs by County Judge Scott Monday on a no-fund check charge. The Feb 13 check was payable to R L Anderson of Hordville and signed by Paben drawn on First State Bank of Hordville.
The note lists Easter visits around Shelby with multiple families touring to Omaha Lincoln Kearney and Beaver Crossing. People include Hubert Jaax Emmett Beebe the Thelen Buchholz Winkleman Seabeck O'Boyle Hayhurst Hanshew Michener Carroll and Sayers plus Rev M O Boyle and Miss Helen as part of the gatherings and hospital respite.
Local Osceola supplier Reeb Bros Motor Co advertises tire chains priced from $1.50 and up with contact by phone 59. The notice appears as a brief storefront promo urging shoppers to visit the store for winter automotive supplies.
Greens Chapel Ladies Aid meets after postponement due to mud. Liberty School hosts a district history meeting. County Sunday School Convention gathers April 4 with lunch served. Birth of a son to Mr and Mrs James McKeag Jr and multiple family visits fill the weekend. Victor Club held a midweek meeting and school closes briefly for scarlet fever. Numerous Sunday dinners and visits to Osceola Benedict and York mark the community week.
Fairview Beulah Cemetery Association members plan an April meeting at the home of Mrs Edith Creemen with Mrs Frank Miller assisting. Riverside Club met at Mrs L R Meacham home with nineteen ladies present. Various local residents and visitors are noted with recent travels Easter events and hospitality across Omaha Lushton Edwardsville Iowa City and Fullerton. A Riverside School minstrel show is announced for Thursday evening. Relatives reported Mathew Buchta's death in Edwardsville Illinois at eighty three. Easter hosts Rev and Mrs McClure plus their guests from Omaha are listed along with local visits and parsonage stay by Mary Lou McClure Beulah Mae Stinson.
A nine pound boy was born to Mr and Mrs Axel Rudee n at a Central City hospital on Monday. Burials and funerals included Mrs Raymond Dobson of a farm near Gresham with services at Stromsburg cemetery and Wayland church. The Woman's Civic Improvement Club elected officers and heard a decorating program by Mrs Nelson with guest Marion Shanee. Mary Erickson won first in a humorous rating at Genoa sub district contest. Arlen Deay and Fred Youngdahl married at the Methodist parsonage in Stromsburg Sunday afternoon. A farewell reception honored Rev and Mrs Hedberg at Stromsburg Baptist church with ministers’ speeches and a vocal duet. Hedberg left for a Portland pastorate. News notes include visits by Wayne Jackson of Kansas City and travel of Mrs Erickson home to Engelwood Colorado.
The thirty-ninth Sunday School Convention meets at Green's Chapel on Sunday April 4 with an afternoon program starting at 2:00 pm. Rev McClure delivers welcome remarks with Elton Berck responding. Sessions include a business meeting, a children’s program, a panel on religious education, and an address on adult church opportunities. Evening program features devotional by Rev E C Staley with further talks by Rev John C White and music. Lunch is served by the Ladies Aid.
Edgar Howard of the Columbus Telegram blasts the legislature for defeating a child labor amendment without a roll call. He argues the unicameral plan would end vote dodging and let voters know whether reps kept campaign pledges.
Miss Lillian Wieseman of Gothenburg spent the weekend with her mother Mrs. Joe Wieseman.
Henry Horstman Elmer Hanquist W A Stevens M G Lindburg and Oscar Sundberg led an inspection tour of high school buildings in Stromsburg Benedict York McCool Henderson and Aurora. Officials discussed and gathered ideas to avoid past mistakes and guide the Polk school project while Stromsburg was praised as the most modern building.
C E Cohagen former Polk resident died at his Corvallis Oregon home on March 16 after months of illness. He was born April 25 1873 in Utica Nebraska lived in Polk before moving in 1927 to Corvallis worked at the Corvallis Bargain House and belonged to Madison Street Methodist Church. He is survived by Emma his wife son Clifford and sisters Mrs E E Bush and Mrs Emma Van Wie. Funeral and burial plans followed the Corvallis notice.
Miss Emma Amacher daughter of Jacob Amacher of Osceola became the bride of Stanley Charters of Omaha in a Sunday morning ceremony at the Osceola Methodist Church parsonage Rev Monkman officiated with the bride's sister Matilda and brother Jacob in attendance A wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s home then the couple left for a two week trip to Ohio They will reside in Omaha where the groom works After a wedding trip they plan to live in Schuyler
Miss Arlen Deay and Walter Youngdahl united in marriage at the Methodist Parsonage in Stromsburg with Rev. E C Stanley officiating. The bride, a Stromsburg High School graduate and California Beauty School alumna, runs a Osceola beauty shop. The groom, educated in Kansas City and employed at the Farmers Oil Station in Stromsburg, will reside on a Polk area farm rented by the couple.
Miss Neva Hastings daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Hastings of valley precinct wed Wallace Clark Johnson son of Mr and Mrs E A Johnson of Fullerton Sunday March 28 at 2 30 pm The ceremony was performed by Rev W H Hendrickson of Cairo Nebraska in front of immediate family and a few friends The couple received with a cake and pink tapers then planned a brief honeymoon on the groom’s farm south of Genoa
Irene Shostrom and Clifford Carlson were married at the Methodist Church parsonage in York Nebraska on March 25 at 10 am. Rev E E Pengelly performed the ceremony with M and Mrs Lloyd Lind as attendants. The couple will live on a farm southeast of York after a two course luncheon at the bride’s home. The bride’s parents marked their wedding anniversary that same Thursday.
Esther Ernst daughter of Otto and Mrs Ernst of Schuyler married Norman Wilshusen of Polk in a 6 30 PM Wednesday ceremony. Rev A Bergt officiated with Lohengrin march, six candleant altar, roses and carnations bouquet. Reception followed at the bride’s parents’ home.
Miss Irene Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs C Jones of Columbus wed Mr Donald Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Arnd Anderson of Osceola at the bride’s home in Columbus Foster Sundry. The ceremony featured Vincent Jones singing I Love You Truly with Mrs Chester Morgan of Denver. The couple will live in Columbus where the groom works for Nash Dietz Wholesale and the bride recently worked in Schweser’s store.
State papers report a large illicit still found on Grover Maurer’s farm near Silver Creek capable of producing tax evasion quantities of alcohol. Maurer says officers seized a steel tank and copper scraps, and he was not arrested. A separate search at John Reed’s liquor store found an opened whiskey bottle, but no untaxed liquor locations were confirmed.
Mrs John M Jaax Sr died March 30 at age 80 after a year of illness and two weeks bedfast. Born Martha Glatter June 12 1836 in Austria, she came to America in 1877 and married John M Jaax July 8 1879 in Columbus Nebraska. Survived by seven of ten children, eighteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. three children and husband predeceased her. Funeral April 1 at 9:00 a.m. St Andrews parish with Father Lombardi officiating burial at church cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Donald Miller and son from Touhy visited with Mrs Campian and her husband over Sunday, staying in their home.
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