Projections and notes from sports and Nebraska scenes
The column predicts a Red Sox AL crown and a Giants NL finish with Brookyln Philadelphia and Boston chasing spots. Nebraska track coach Ed Weir cites gaps from service calls. players Cole Jones Jacobs depart. Nebraska football drills show guards moving from backfield roles as Glassford reshapes spring lineups. Alumni coach Novak readies about thirty ex-Cornhuskers for the Saturday game while Bus Whitehead posts 304 points for Phillips Oilers. Gene Conley enters sick bay with tonsillitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosox
Lou Boudreau
Steve O’neill
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Detroit
Red Sox
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Leo Durocher
Giants
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Nebraska
Ed Weir
Wendell Cole
Weeping Water
Hobe Jones
Lincoln
Ken Jacobs
Minden
Wayne Whitaker
Red Cloud
Weir
Cole
Jones
Jacobs
Dale Schnackel
Omaha
Gene Yelken
Franklin
Bill Glassford
Glassford
Clayton Curtis
Laurel
Tony Winey
Shelton
Phillips Oilers
Bus Whitehead
Kurland and Company
Mrs Shemek stays with Schriener family in Hastings
Mrs Louis M. Shemek spent several days visiting at the W. A. Schriener home in Hastings last week and returned home Sunday evening.
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Louis M. Shemek
W. A. Schriener
Hastings
Thirty Years Ago Polk County News in Brief
At a Polk County Agricultural Society meeting Gilbert Johnson was elected secretary. Senator Beebe won passage of his moving picture regulation bill in the Senate committee. M. O. McLaughlin appointed Henry Albin midshipman at Annapolis after Osceola High School. Osceola Ohio? Not sure. New officers named for the O E S including Worthy Matron Edith Gillespie and other posts. Ray Dixon died from a skull fracture after a cattle loading accident. Alvin Campbell becomes railway mail clerk, route Omaha to Ogden. County jail improvements underway with a balcony addition. A shooting incident near Byers injured him arm and side but he recovered. Edward Schnasse left Economy Grocery for Crouse-Tex Drug Co. Jack Logan sold Gospel Ridge home to Ray Bennett. Logans moving to Van Hoosen property. Gray family moved to Osceola and ran a cafe. William Jones and wife of Casper Wyoming welcomed daughter Gloria Ann April 6. Only 170 votes cast in city and school election. no city contest. School board votes: Anderson 58, Crouse 52, Wieseman 41.
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Polk County Agricultural Society
Gilbert Johnson
Lynn Sheldon
H. C. Beebe
Polk County
Senate
M. O. McLaughlin
Henry Albin
Annapolis
Albin
Osceola High School
Lincoln
Edith Gillespie
Arthur Mickey
Mary Timm
Jessie Marquis
Anna Craven
Ruth Cornish
Cora Ayers
Ray M. Dixon
Osceola
York Hospital
Alvin Campbell
Tyler
Campbell
Omaha
Ogden
Sam
Young Byers
Altho
Edward Schnasse
Crouse-Tex Drug Co
Veil Anderson
Jack Logan
Gospel Ridge
Ray Bennett
Logans
van Hoosen
Harold Johnson
William Jones
Casper
Wyo
Gloria Ann
Jones
Lillian Dolan
August P. Anderson
Sam Crouse
P. C. Wieseman
Notice Summary of Local Marriages Public Notices and Tax Foreclosure
notices include Edna Pratt marriage to Charles Dickson in Houston and Cornhusker Boys State honor for Rolland Gissler. Iowa Nebraska Light and Power sold to Consumers Public Power District, gas still operated. birth of Larry James to Glen and wife. Minnie Anderson estate tax foreclosure in Polk County Nebraska with May 7 deadline. Sam Byers mentioned after March 29, 1951 near Osceola and Osceola County with dates April 5 12 19 bracketed.
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Wm. Pratt
Houston
Texas
Edna
Charles R. Dickson
Detroit
Michigan
Rolland A. Gissler
DHS
American Legion
Cornhusker Boys
Lincoln
Iowa-Nebraska Light and Power Company
Consumers Public Power District
Glen Augustin
Larry James
Minnie Anderson
Morningside
Osceola
Nebraska
Polk
Polk County
Kepner Pioneer and Shorthand Champions Highlight Polk County News
W F Kepner born 1861 in Pennsylvania rose to Polk County County Superintendent in 1891 and later led W F Kepner and Son until his death on April 3 Survived by his wife and two children Commercial students earned honors in Columbus Marvel Sailor top scorer typing 66 5 wpm for 15 minutes Maxine Herbes won shorthand first in a Blair contest A typing team of Herrmann Nelson Sailor took fourth Abraham Lincoln Gray died suddenly Saturday from the re
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W. F. Kepner
Pennsylvania
Polk County
W. F. Kepner and Son
Robi. Inness
Raymond Kepner
Columbus
Marvel Sailor
Maxine Herbes
Blair
Bill Herrmann
Lyle Nelson
Abraham Lincoln Gray
Des Moines Couple Welcome Daughter as Mrs Swan Relaunches
Mr and Mrs Joyce Swan of Des Moines Iowa announce the birth of a daughter on April 5 Mrs Swan will be remembered as Miss Pauline Snider Mr and Mrs Lloyd Fjell were Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs Enoch Boden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Swan
Des Moines, Iowa
Swan
Pauline Snider
Lloyd Fjell
Enoch Boden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lyell Bremler’s
Sport Sspiel
Boston Red Sox
Boston Braves
Gene Conley
Bucky Walters
Conley
Bucky
Monument Co
Central City
Neb
LN Angest
Shelby
First National Bank
Gulbransen
Westinghouse
Edith Brandt
Ingalls & Merrick Auctioneers
Jackson
Rondey
Launderers
W. W. Norton
Attuinaw
Wee Sam Byers
Geri
Bush
Tion
Leonard’s Recreation
Thomas Hofbauer, JR
Oldsmobile
General Motors
Johnson Chevrolet Company
Chevrolet
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