Polk and WSCS Group Activities Highlight Polk County News
Polk and Mesdames Esther Whitacre and Esther Whitacre led WSCS meetings with program leaders, decorations, and a spring theme. Milestones included weddings anniversaries, an exchange student trip, district WSCS attendance, 4-H Club activities, and a charity drive for the Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mas
Clem Meerkatz
Country Women's Club
Mervin Samuels
Leslie Adelson
Richard Sealy
Rolland Stromberg
Dwayne Miller
Dick Sculey
Jerold Ruzicka
Red Cross
Oliver Johnson
Harvey Sundberg
WSCS
Esther Whitacre
Everett Green
Arlo Stevens
Will Martin
Loyette McCoy
Grant Johnson
Esther Whitacree
Floyd Miller
Richard Johnson
Joryn Kneeland
Lloyd Hahn
Polk High School
Wilford Stephens
Lincoln
Karen Stevens
Fred Johnson
Polk
Fred John
Creamy Custard Filling and Chocolate Flake Coconut Cake
A spring menu features a chocolate flake coconut cake with a creamy custard filling and orange tartlets. Steps include baking and layering cake with whipped cream, plus making the custard filling and orange tart filling with almond and vanilla extracts.
Ralph Merscheim Rites Held At Potter For Longtime Resident
Funeral services conducted at First Methodist Church Potter Nebraska for Ralph Merscheim longtime resident. Army WWI veteran earned living as truck operator builder and mail carrier. He died April 1 195? in Memorial Hospital Sidney Nebraska aged 78. He wife Elsie Hendrickson survived two children Maxine and Kenneth with several local civic church and Legion members attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Potter
Nebraska
O. D. Hoaglund
Vernon Huintermeyer
First Lutheran Church
Ralph Merscheim
Dean Harr
Carl Larson
City
Eileen Herboldsheimer
Kenneth Stines
Leonard Wheeler
Marvin Harrison
Raymond Slama
Dean Stanley
Leonard Kasten
American Legion
VFW
Taps
Fred Carlson
Kenneth Rose
Polk Co
Shelby
Nebr
Elsie Hendrickson
Osceola
Central City
Omaha
Merscheim Truck Line
Merscheim Builders Snp
Maxine Marie
Kenneth Gail
Potter American
Veteran group officer noted in obituary
Legion Post 291 veteran and Potter Rodeo Association vice president mourned by wife Elsie son Kenneth Merscheim daughter Kathryn Merscheim and grandchildren Kevin Lynette Roland Kenneth previously died in May 1954.
William Welch 1872 1959 Osceola resident dies at 86
William Barclay Welch born near Tipton Iowa August 12 1872 son of J Ross and Annie Welch. In 1898 he married Jennie Brazee and they lived on a farm near Osceola later moving to the town. He worked in the drug business for years and died April 3 1959 at Rest Manor aged 86 7. He leaves wife Jennie daughter Bernice and a brother Dr H E Welch. Services held April 5 at Kepner Roberts Funeral Home with pastor Robert V Johnson in charge and pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Osceola Hospital
Johnson
Polk
Arthur Dose
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Marvin Gruett
Darrel Johnson
Augusta
Kansas
Oliver Johnson
Chas
York
M. O. Strand
N. E. McNaught
Glenn Hill
Sidney Crow
Vergil Bush
Lloyd Widge
Richard Sealey Jr
Wallace San
William Welch
William Barclay Welch
Tipton
Iowa
J. Ross
Annie Sherwood Welch
Osceola
Jennie I. Brazee
Druy
Rest Manor
Jennie
Bernice
Hayden Glen
H. E. Welch
Hollywood
California
Welch
Modern Woodmen of America
Kepner - Roberts Funeral Home
Robert V. Johnson
Maurine Schuman
Ben Zedicher
Bill Zedicher
Fred Schuman
Gerald Quick
Everett Smith
Albert Timm
Meister Family Welcomes New Boy Gary in Bellwood
Mr and Mrs Laurence Meister and daughters Linda and Sharon visited Mr and Mrs Jerome Meister and their sons in Bellwood on Sunday to meet the newborn Gary born to the Meister family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Meister
Linda
Sharon
Jerome Meister
Bellwood
Gary
Meisters Mark March 30 at David City Hospital
The passage notes local mentions of the Meister family with visitors and guests. Cyril Meister and daughter Carol Jean hosted Ter and family for a Tuesday evening supper in Bellwood. Additional visits included Larry Meister with Mike Treadway and Norwood Creekpaum and family from Omaha in Raymond Branting’s home for a Smorgasbord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meisters
David City Hospital
Laurence Meister
Cyril Meister
Carol Jean
Bellwood
Larry Meister
Mike Treadway
Norwood Creekpaum
Omaha
Raymond Branting
J. H. Gustafson
Bill Campa
Gustafson
Jessie Goodin
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Ute Lad
VT aDee
Ables i de
Estes
Ray Branting
Frank Gunsier
Max Suddarth
Dell and Dance Committee
Max Jones
David City
James Lane
Paul Strand
Marvin Fredrickson
Gerald Stevens
Woman’s Club
Bank of Commerce
Gold’s
Executive
Pleasant Homemakers
Natalie Hahn
Irvin Anderson
Cancer Fund
Olive McBeth
Magee Uni
Agiline
Uni-Harvestor
Osceola Feed Mill& Elevator
Thos. Hofbauer, JR
Foxbilt
Jerry Hauk
Cas
Osceola Drilling CO
Sinclair
Dale Lewis Service
Kimber Chicks
Bill Haley
Marty Robbins and His Comets
Rock ‘N Roll
Grand Ole Opry
Tompall ‘and the Glaser Brothers
Bobby Sykes
Norma Jean
Lincoln Pershing Auditorium
Auditorium
Fonner Mile
Wed
Grand Island
Totalisator Board
Fonner Park
Hall County Livestock Improvement Association
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