OHS Track Team Competes in Two Meets
The Osceola and OHS track squads competed in two meets the past week. Curtis Bryan starved by winning seven events at Osceola including the shot put high jump and all hurdles while teammates like Burritt Wieseman and Kropatsch also earned high finishes. The Osceola 880 relay won, and the next meet is set for April 11 at Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OHS
David City
Curtis Bryan
I Bryan
Larry Wieseman
Dash Huggler
Kenny Burritt
Johnston
Ransom
Huggler
Bryan
Wieseman
Burritt
J. Kropatsch
Dinges
Osceola
Stromsburg
Kenney Burritt
Ken Kropatsch
Slugsler
Richard Kropatsch
John Johnston
Maury Ransom
Denny Schmoker
Bob Dinges
Dunn
Anderson
Columbus
Four Year College Health Scholarship Opened by March of Dimes
Edith Heilman announces Nebraska five health scholarships funded by the March of Dimes with 500 a year for four years in medicine nursing physical therapy occupational therapy and medical social work. Applications available through guidance offices and deadline May 1. Winners chosen by a statewide committee based on academics aptitude and need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Heilman
Polk County
The
National Foundation
Nebraska
Heilman
Heilbnin
Humn
America
Waldo Rodene Hosts Weekend Guests
Mr and Mrs Waldo Rodene hosted weekend visitors Sandra and Paula at the Geo Anderson home, with the guests enjoying a short visit and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Rodene
Sandra
Paula
Geo. Anderson Home
Local Markets Egg Prices Report
Egg market notes show straight run eggs in cream category and hens priced at 21 units. The terse item records a market quote and product grouping with no further context.
Bowling League Standings Listed For Last Week
American Legion Auxiliary officers announce magazine sales funded equipment for Polk County residents. Displayed items include a collapsible wheelchair folding walker two inner spring mattresses three plastic mattress covers four hospital crank beds two mattresses three wooden wheel chairs and several crutches. Contact W H Norton Osceola to obtain the wheel chair and walker. Kepners Furniture Osceola handles beds. Bowling league standings listed for last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Richards
W. H. Norton
Ross Richards
American Legion Auxiliary
Capper
Polk County
Osceola
Kepners Furniture Store
Delmar McFadden Named Polk County Cancer Crusade Chairman
Delmar W. McFadden is announced as Osceola Cancer Crusade Chairman for the 1959 Polk County unit. The Crusade, in April, emphasizes education and fund drive under the theme Guard Your Family. Local leaders stress early detection and public information to reduce Nebraska cancer deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Delmar W. McFadden
Osceola Cancer Crusade
Flodman
Crusade
American Cancer Society
Myron Johnson
Nebraska
Funeral Services For Nancy Ann Christensen Held
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday April 7 at the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Shelby for Nancy Ann Christensen born October 13 1935 who died April 4 1959 at age 24. Rev C F Wantz and Rev R W Garrison officiated with burial in Shelby Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Ann Christensen
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Shelby
C. F. Wantz
R. W. Garrison
Nebraska
Shelby Cemetery
Eleanor Enersen to Speak at Child Welfare Tea
The American Legion Auxiliary of Osceola invites the public to a Child Welfare Tea on Friday April 17 at 2 00 pm in the Methodist Church basement. Eleanor Enersen state legislative chair for NARC will speak and a film will be shown. Tickets cost fifty cents and benefit the Columbus Opportunity Center. Tickets available at Bush's Drug Store Anderson Mercantile or at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Eleanor Enersen
NARC
Weekend guests visit Tillman Joy home and funeral trip
Weekend guests in the Tillman Joy home included their daughter and her children, Mrs. Milo Coch ran Mike Jean and Jim. They came Friday and left Sunday evening. W. O. Sargent and others joined Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Joy to Rising City for Mrs. Oscar Zollars funeral. Rev. Erwin Kiel attended district and state WSCS meetings in Columbus Grand Island and David City in late March and early April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillman Joy
Milo Cochran
Mike
Jean
Jim
W. O. Sargent
Rising City
Oscar Zollars
Erwin Kiel
Columbus
Kiel
Grand Island
Morris Dunn
Senior Class Presents Three Act Comedy The Able Miss Cain
Osceola High School senior class stages the three act comedy The Able Miss Cain on April 14 at 8 P M in the school auditorium. The play features the Prescott family with Roger Gestrine as architect Leaper Mary Dinges as Elinor plus a cast including Miriam Carlson Bill Bugbee and others delivering humorous family chaos and spirited romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola High School
Cain
Prescotts
Leaper
Roger Gestrine
Elinor
Mary Dinges
Mama
Cheryl
Miriam Carlson
Petey
Bill Bugbee
Mamie Magoon
Marleen Carlson
Mary Jo Jennings
Mavis Carlson
Prescott
Gussie Smoot
Kay Timm
Jed Lawford
Gary Peterson
Orpha van Ostade
Ardith Anderson
St Louis
Alvie
Calvin Carlson
R’ S
Pilsbury Livermore
Lois Jones
F Prescott
Milly Cain
Diane Schere
Newborn girl joins Fred Fleck family in Stromsburg
A baby girl born Friday evening April 3 at Annie Jeffrey Hospital weighs 6 pounds 2 ounces and currently remains unnamed. She has two brothers and one sister. Weekend guests included Ralph Bond and son of Lincoln visiting Ford Bond family. Birth day dinner for Steven Bond’s third birthday at Gus Peterson home. Dr and Mrs C R Peterson attended open house in Clarks for Mrs John Gestrine’s 85th birthday. Sigurd B Anderson and grandson of Olympia Washington visited Axel Anderson home in Polk before leaving Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fleck
Stromsburg
Mrs. Fleck
Annie Jeffrey Hospital
Gal
Ralph Bond
Lincoln
Ford Bond
Steven Bond
Gus Peterson
C. R. Peterson
Clarks
John Gestrine
Sigurd B. Anderson
Olympia
Wash
Axel Anderson
Polk
York County Woman Charged With Malicious Destruction
Joy Gonnerman of York County was charged with malicious destruction of personal property over $100 at a County Court hearing on April 6. The court bound her to District Court with a $500 cash bond and she is due to appear June 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Gonnerman
York County
Gonnerman
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Patient Briefs
List of patients and statuses for the week ending April 7 includes deceased John L. Olson Stromsburg and numerous discharged patients across Osceola Stromsburg Shelby Grand Island Polk Silver Creek Gresham Ulysses with many named individuals and family members. Transfers include Olive McBeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Olson
Stromsburg
Kenneth Mentink
Osceola
Adron Tenbrook
Charles Remy
Shelby
John Gabriel
Shelby Dale Runquist
Rolla Mace
Gresham
Will Herrmann
Pete Reisdorff
Silver Creek
Fred Fleck
Edward Bonne
Charles Kubas
Richard Kittridge
Frank McMeekin
Merle Stoddard
Ulysses
Arthur E. Lyman
Grand Island
Robert Nelson
Polk
Rudolph Gissler
Olive McBeth
Funeral Services Held For William Welch April 3
William Barclay Welch, a Polk County resident for about 79 years, died Friday April 3 at Rest Manor Osceola at age 86 years 7 months. Funeral services were held at Kepner Funeral Home Sunday at 2 00 PM with Pastor Robert V Johnson officiating and music by Mrs Maurine Schuman. Interment followed at the Osceola Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barclay Welch
Polk County
Rest Manor
Osceola
Kepner Funeral Home
Robert V. Johnson
Maurine Schuman
Former Polk County Resident Buried At Potter
Ralph Merscheim died April 1 at Memorial Hospital in Sidney Nebraska. Born February 13 1893 in Polk County near Shelby he operated the Merscheim Truck Line and Builders Supply in his years. Services were held at the Potter Methodist Church on April 4 conducted by Rev O D Hoaglund and Rev Vernon Hintermeyer with interment in Potter Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Merscheim
Memorial
Sidney
Nebraska
Ralph
Polk County
Shelby
Risin City
Merscheim Truck Line
Merscheim Builders Supply
Methodist
Potter
Neh
O. D. Hoaglund
Vernon Hintermeyer
First Baby For April Sennori
Mr and Mrs Richard Kittridge and daughter of Shelby win April first baby of the month. Their daughter Karen Marie arrived Friday April 3 weighing 8 lbs 10 oz. Karen wins 3 dollars from Sigler Garage and an 8x10 photo from The Osceola Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kittridge
Shelby
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Kittridge
Karen Marie
Karen
Sigler Garage
Keren
Marie Josephine Johnson Dies at 85 in Osceola
Marie Josephine Johnson of Swede Home died Monday at Rest Manor Osceola aged 85. Funeral services set for Friday April 10 at 2:00 PM at Swede Home Calvary Lutheran Church with Rev Hadley officiating. Burial in Swede Home Cemetery. She was born in Sweden August 5 1873 and is survived by five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Lutheran Church
Marie Josephine Johnson
Hadley
Johnson
Sweden
Rest Manor
Osceola
Busy Belles Extend Club Meeting at Mrs Alt Home
Busy Belles Extension Club met at Mrs Don Alt's home on Wednesday afternoon April 1. Thirteen members answered a poll on Easter news. Mrs Laurence Meister filled in as song leader with Ave Maria. Mrs Keith Houdersfeldt gave a book report on Please Dont Eat Daisies and Health Reporter Mrs Paul Meister read Aluminum Ware. A cancer lesson by Mrs Houdersheldt and Mrs Alt, plus slides, followed. A light lunch was served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Alt
Belles Extension Club
Whnich
Laurence Meister
Keith Houdersfeldt
Paul Meister
Keith Houdersheldt
Don Alt
Alt
Local Families Visit and Attend Holdrege Reunion
Sunday visitors stop at multiple homes including the Kroghs, Barrys, Albers, Bond, Conrad, and Leader families. The Nobles hosted relatives from Wilton Junction and Columbus City for a weekend in Holdrege with a Grand Island outing and a family reunion on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Krogh
Axel Anderson
Wm. Barry
Gary Lux
Leo Albers
Barney Bond
Conrad
Tammy
Shane
Ray Conrad
C. W. Leader
Wilton Juntion
Iowa
Warren McConahy
Columbus City
Escapee Pritchard Intrudes Osceola Home
Clarence Lee Pritchard, 27, an escapee from the West Virginia State Penitentiary, was apprehended Saturday morning April 4 after entering Otto Olson farm home northeast of Osceola. Olson and Kenneth Mentink tracked him across fields until authorities arrived. he had been serving time for breaking and entering and is expected to be returned to West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lee Pritchard
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Otto Olson
Osceola
Olson
Mr. Olson
Kenneth Mentink
Pritchard
West Virginia
Social Calendar Apr 10 15 events from local clubs
The N B B O Bridge Club meets at Mrs R M McDonalds on Monday April 13. Osceola W S C S Circle 3 gathers Friday April 10 at 2 00 pm at the M A Mills St home. Wesley Chapel Club hosts Mrs Earl Watts Wednesday April 15 with Mrs Merle Dawes assisting. Beulah Cemetery Society Association meets Friday April 17 at 2 00 pm at the Frizzell home. bring a covered dish and an item for the auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N/B.B.O. Bridge Club
R. M. McDonald
Beulah Cemetery Society Association
Frank Frizzell
Gibbins Visits Bergrens in Minneapolis Weekend
Thelma Gibbins spent two weeks with Mr and Mrs Douglas Bergren of Brooklyn Park Minnesota to meet her new grandson James Douglas. She also visited Clifton Bergren in Ogelvie Minn Mr and Mrs Leon Hopwood of Shelby drove to Minneapolis to spend the weekend with the Bergrens and Mrs Gibbins returned home with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Gibbins
Douglas Bergren
Brooklyn Park
Minneapolis
Minn
James Douglas
Clifton Bergren
Ogelvie
Leon Hopwood
Shelby
Bergrens
Gibbins
Dan Magnuson
Bealar
Addie Howland
Small Crowd Seen At The Polls Tuesday
A very small number of voters turned out for Tuesday's election. There was no opposition, with all candidates being re elected. Councilmen North Ward Robert Mills and South Ward Marlin O Johnson. For a three year term on the School Board Dist No 19 Earl Watts and Wesley Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ward
Robert Mills
Marlin O. Johnson
Dist
Earl Watts
Wesley Peterson
Hauberg Attends Midwest Hospital Association Meet
Harold J Hauberg and Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital administrator Harold Y Hauberg and Mrs Hauberg returned April 3 from a three day Midwest Hospital Association convention in Kansas City Missouri Over 2000 delegates from seven states attended including administrators nurses social workers accountants and other hospital staff The gathering focused on financing hospital operations and improving patient and public relations and was described as worthwhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Y .Hauberg
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital
Annual Lutheran Smorgasbord Draws Large Attendance
A balmy spring day drew 1025 attendees to St. Paul Lutheran Church for its tenth annual Smorgasbord on Saturday. Serving ran from near five to about 8 30 with many towns represented, plus guests from out of state and one from Sweden. Architects Bruce Hazen and Robinson of Lincoln presented Pastor Robert V. Johnson with blueprints and specifications for the new church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Sweden
Bruce Hazen
Mr. Robinson
Lincoln
Robert V. Johnson
St. Paul’s New Church
Last Rites Held for John Leonard Olson in Stromsburg
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Earl H. Byleen Monday April 6 at the Baptist Church in Stromsburg for John Leonard Olson born October 10 1870 who died April 2 1959 aged 89 Interment followed at Stromsburg Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl H. Byleen
Baptist Church
Stromsburg
John Leonard Olson
Mr. Olson
Bailey Hardware Store Under New Management
Mr and Mrs Ray Conrad owners of the Osceola Hardware Store have purchased the Bailey Hardware Store in Stromsburg. They explain they will run it as before with Mr Bailey assisting and are transferring much stock to their Stromsburg location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Conrad
Osceola
Bailey
Stromsburg
Conrad
Mr. Bailey
Conrads
Social notes from Osceola and area residents
Mrs Sypal sister of Mrs Hofbauer hosted a David City shower for niece Miss Patricia Kriz. Hofbauer family hosted guests from Omaha and Osceola weeks end. Several couples visited in Osceola and Lincoln for showers and housewarming events with Gabels moving into a new Osceola home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Sypal
Clarence
Omaha
Thomas Hofbauer
Sypal
Hofbauer
Bill Hoeft
David City
Patricia Kriz
C R. Peterson
Dayton
Ohio
Max Peterson
Burdett Jones
Irvin Jones
Wesley Jones
Ronald Sarow
Oscar Jones
Guy Fox
Albert Schmoker
Wm. Dittmer
Lewis Morris
Geo. Schmid
Karen Carpenter
Richard Karmen
Art Karman
Osceola
Charles Gabel
Gabels
Floyd Patraw
Lincoln
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Bobby Pins Valley Ladies
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Greenbacks
Ned’s Service
Wobigs
Guff’s Gals
Ink Spots
Jack & Jill
Phillips
Bernie Nelson
Guffs Gals
W—L Thriftway
Lee’s Realty
Reece Abstractors
Shelby Oil Co
Siglers Thunderbirds
Phillips 66
Fairacres
Posse Hunters
John’s Rexall Drug
M. Pfitzer
Ronal Peterson
Don ‘Sterup
Thriftway
Gulf’s Tavern
Standard Oil
Osceola Hardware
Polk Oil Co
Shriners
Gambles
Bush’s Drug
Corn Palace
Marv Dawes
W—L Osceola Lumber Co
Gas Co
St Vincents
Chevrolet Garay
Johnson Plumbers
Osceola Firemen
Pepsi Cola
Roy’s Body Shop
East Side Recreation
Gustafson Contractors
Delmar McFadden
Cancer Crusade
American Legion Auxiliary of
Annie Jeffrey Memorial Hospital Hospital News
William Welch
Potter Saturday
Keren Marie Kittridge
April Sennori
Escanee
Harold J. Hauberg
Hospital Assn
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