WPA Projects In Polk County Four And A Half Years
A public inventory shows Polk County under the Works Progress Administration completed 63.93 miles of highways and rural roads plus 6.52 miles of city streets. Seven bridges totalling 256 feet were built and 64 new culverts installed. Public buildings parks and facilities were expanded including one new utility plant and 18 482 feet of water mains laid.
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Polk County
Nebr
Works Projects Administration
Osceola
Farmer-Businessman Banquet Draws Polk County Crowd
The first Polk County banquet for farmers and businessmen attracted about 300 people on Thursday evening April 11 at Stromsburg High School Auditorium. Speakers from four Polk County towns discussed the Agricultural Conservation Program and its loans insurance and crop support features. The event featured a Stromsburg Male Chorus, a green and yellow color scheme, and was hosted by the A C P with assistance from the Stromsburg Commercial Club and Green's Chapel Church ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Stromsburg High School
Agricultural Conservation Program
Co. B. Holmes
Lincoln
State Crop Inc
M. A. Mills
Osceola
E. C. Nordlund
Stromsburg
Carl Steelquist
Polk Elevatorman
W. H. Pierce
Shelby
Ladies of Green’s Chapel
Sunday Visitors Attend Varied Local Gatherings
Sunday visitors from Stromsburg attended events across Nebraska. Attendees included the Anderson family of Stromsburg and Osceola linked groups, a Ford Motor Company banquet at Fontenelle hotel in Omaha, and the 4th Federation convention of Women’s Clubs in Fairbury. County Sunday School attendees gathered at Shelby’s Methodist church. The Monday Night Dinner Club hosted by husbands featured old time costumes at Stromsburg hotel. R. E. Nuquist spent the weekend at Lake Ericson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromsburge News
Victor Anderson
Vernon Anderson
Denah Samuelson
Lincoln
Issac Samuelson
Polk
Carleton Anderson
Jackie
Osceola
Albert Hedbloom
Robert
Dewey ‘Sigler
Lloyd Kroger
Omaha
Ford Motor Company
Fontenelle Hotel
Stanton Moore
A. D. Morrill
O. F. Alfred
Robert Lytle
Fairbury
Woman’s Clubs
S. D. Evins
Hazelle Hedbloom
Shelby
Gust E. Carlson
Oscar Nelson
Lloyd
Selman Erickson
Lois Ingman
LeRoy Nelson
Edwin Swanson
Lorna
Corlyss Swanson
Homer Hix
Eva Mouden
Herbert Olson
S.D. Evins
Abbie Richards
Homer Fellows
Esther
John Falk
Stromsburg
R. E. Nuquist
Lake Ericson
Swede Home Blacksmith Swan Anderson Dies at 88
Swan Anderson born August 11 1851 in Osby parish Skane Sweden learned blacksmith trade in Germany and America. He settled at Swede Home Polk County Nebraska in 1886 and served Swede Home Lutheran Church as deacon Sunday School superintendent secretary treasurer. He died April 11 1940 from a heart attack leaving a widow daughter and several grandchildren. Funeral April 14 1940 at Swede Home Church with Rev C A Sward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swan Anderson
Osby
Skane
Sweden
Germany
Anderson
America
Wahoo
Nebr
Marie Louise Sorenson Dahl
Mission Fundy
Fred Fredrickson
Martha
Elgie Jensen
Portland
Oregon
Myron Johnson
Gordon Fredrickson
David Hi. Anderson
August F. Carlson
Herbert Flodman
August Johnson
J. W. Johnson
Joel Toline
Swede Home
Mr. Anderson
Fairview Social Notes Highlight Local Movements and Visits
Clarence Creemen and Loren Miller left Tuesday for Oregon. Mrs. Miller plans to follow around May first. The Ladies of the Aid schedule a supper at Community Hall on Thursday April 18 at 6 pm. The Wilson family moved into Pete Liss’s former place. Carriers, visits, illnesses, travel and small-town changes mingle in Fairview life with families like Jones, Mustard, Heitzman and Reckmeyer shaping weekly happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Creemen
Loren Miller
Oregon
H. H. Reckmeyer
Osceola
Geo. Heinemeyer
York
Donald
Chalmer Daniel
Lloyd Morris
Ludwig Widga
Walter Carnine
Comstock
Walter Creemen
California
Archer
Carol Buchta
Omaha
Acreage for Rent Near Osceola With House and Outbuildings
About six acre tract available for rent six miles from Osceola. Includes a good house and outbuildings, garden plot, and pasture. See Mills & Mills for details.
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Osceola
Mills & Mills
Osceola Hires or Seeks Superintendent as Board Interviews
Tracy Mumford former Osceola High School principal and St Edward teacher visited Saturday to interview for the Osceola superintendent post left vacant by L E Wilson. Wayne Frazier of Keeney was elected to fill the vacant manual training department position, previously held by J Carl Bryant who did not apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy Mumford
St. Edward
Osceola High School
Mr. Mumford
Osceola
L. E. Wilson
Wayne Frazier
Kearney
Manuel
J. Carl Bryant
District 18 notices and obituaries
Mrs Enyeart and Orville Brances and Paul Micek drove to Dakota on business Tuesday Mr and Mrs Lloyd Bernt and Fern visited relatives near Bellwood Tuesday Miss Esther Conklin rehired to teach district 18 for the coming year Mrs John Micek died at her home last Wednesday after twenty years bedfast Funeral services were at St Mary's church Pilzno Saturday Miss Agnes and Eileen Branigan visited in the Wm Augustin home near Silver Creek Saturday Irene Carson of Shelby spent the weekend in the Maurice Branigan home Mrs Wilhelm Kosch and Mrs C J Augustin of Shelby spent Thursday afternoon in the E C Schott home near Osceola Mrs Johnny Kubicek of Shelby visited with Mrs Conrad Messing Tuesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enyeart
Orville
Frances
Paul Micek
Dakota
Lloyd Bernt
Fern
Bellwood
Esther Conklin
John Micek
St. Mary’s Church
Pilzno
Agnes
Eileen Branigan
Wm. Augustin
Silver Creek
Irene Carson
Shelby
Maurice Branigan
Wilhelm Kosch
C. J. Augustin
E. C. Schott
Osceola
Johnny Kubicek
Conrad Messing
Community clubs schedule and visits in Hackberry area
Victor Club meets Thursday April 18 at Mrs. Albert Blevins home. Greens Chapel groups gather April 22 and 25. Liberty Local 573 convenes Friday April 26. Local residents return from hospitals and visit kin. Weekend visits involve Nelsons Obrists Petersons and others across Millerton Lincoln Grand Island Omaha Rising City Central City Norman Norman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackberry News Victor Club
Albert Blevins
Greens Chapel Brotherhood
Greens Chapel Ladies Aid
Liberty Local 573
Alvin Burke
Morris Newcomer
Stromsburg
Russell Kries
Centralia
Tracy Nelson
Oscar Bleving
Millerton
Gerald Obrist
W. L. Obrist
Will Nelson
Mason City
Roysler
Fred Sowles
Silver Creek
Don Nordberg
Ella Johnson
Daughn
Omaha
Thursay
Harrett Petersone
Lincoln
Telander Peterson
Elmer Kinberg
L. W. Luft
Grand Island
N. S. Abolt
Norman
Oklahoma
Minnie Scholz
Wm. Lamb
J. G. Rosdahl
Glen Hill
Central City
Harlan Carlson
Chas. Hoffer
Rising City
Laura Burke
Mervin. Voss
York
Allen Samuels
Polk
Bread and Water for Swanson's Jail Term
Osceola man Jack Swanson was sentenced to thirty days in county jail by County Judge L M Merrick on a Monday. The judge ordered that every third day of the term Swanson receive bread and water instead of regular prison fare funded by taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Swanson
Osceola
L. M. Merrick
Merrick
Mr. Swanson
Watts family hosts birthday anniversaries at Merle Watts home
Stoner Mr and Mrs. Ed Watts and Miss Ortha Watts celebrated birthday anniversaries with dinner guests at the Merle Watts home. Nearby visits include Ruth Stewart Helen Koehler Ruth Zang and Doro Pearson returning from Central City Hast Wigs. Various locals spent Sundays with relatives and friends across Stromsburg Fullerton York and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Watts
Ortha Watts
Merle Watts
Miner
Ortha
Ruth Stewart
Helen Koehler
Ruth Zang
Central City
Doro“Pearson
Ervin Grogsnicklaus
Weeden
Harry Pearson
Stromsburg
Walter Russel
Fullerton
Horace McKeag
Carl Burritt
Wilametta Burritt
Will Burritt
Harvey McKeag
Wallace McKeag
Sumer Burnham
York
August W. Johnson
Charles Timm
Laura Hendrickson
Charlotte Dilley
Columbus
Bill Bahr
Womens Stoner Bridge Club
Jack Johnston
Maurice ‘Watts
Earl Watts
Dorothy Andersen
West Side News Social Notes and Gatherings
Luther League will meet this Thursday evening with Mrs Ax el Fredrickson and Oscar Fredrickson hosting. Several families attended a surprise party for Mr and Mrs Sterling Nelson in Stromsburg Sunday. Local residents shared meals and visited relatives across York and Polk Counties including Nordberg, Peterson, Appleton, Heckman, Swanson, and Fijell. Louis Willits was injured in a Seward area automobile accident Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side News
Luther League
Axel Fredrickson
Oscar Fredrickson
Russell Fisell
Sterling Nelson
Stromsburg
Ansel Fredrickson
Dale
Elmer Carlson
Rupert Carlson
Ralph Nordberg
Edgar Peterson
Omaha
Richard Johnson
Polk
Alfred Johnson
Louis Willits
Seward
Clarence Larson
Arthur Ekstrom
Anna Marie Fijell
Adolph Forss
Kodak Finishing at Daniels Studio in Columbus
Kodak finishing services advertised by Daniels Studio in Columbus offer mail film processing for customers seeking photography development and printing options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kodak
Daniels Studio
Columbus
Mail
Little Sondra Hill Burns From Bonfire Accident
Sondra Hill three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Hill of Polk is suffering from burns after an accidental fall into a bonfire at home Saturday evening. The lower body and arms were burned, described as second to third degree. Her condition remains critical but hopeful for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sondra Hill
Glen Hill
Polk
York Hospital
Former Polk County Superintendent Dead
Miss Amelia Rasmussen, who served two terms as Polk County Superintendent of Schools about twenty years ago, died last week at her sister Mrs. David Potter's home in Overton Nebraska. She had lived in Omaha and Kansas City since leaving office and was survived by two brothers Fred of Omaha and Fritz of Ogallala.
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Amelia Rasmussen
David Potter
Overton
Nebr
Miss Rasmussen
Omaha
Kansas City
Potter
Fred
Fritz
Ogalalla
Francis C Brazee dies in Los Angeles hospital
Francis C Brazee born January 19 1884 at Kearney Nebraska son of D A Brazee Shelby died April 8 1940 in a Los Angeles hospital Survived by father step mother three half brothers and seven half sisters including Mrs Earl Harbert Osceola and Wesley Phil Lucy Nellie Brazee of Shelby He lived in Polk County Iowa and the Dakotas and for twenty years in Los Angeles employed by a manufacturing company for fifteen years Funeral services conducted by Rev Ransom Marvin Allen Read Funeral Parlors Los Angeles body funeral at Inglewood Park Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis C. Brazee
D. A. Brazee
Shelby
Kearney
Nebr
Los Angeles
Francis
Earl Harbert
Osceola
Wesley
Phil
Lucy
Nellie
Brazee
Polk County
Iowa
Dakotas
Ransom Marvin
Allen Read
Inglewood Park
Wesley Chapel Missionary Society Meeting Notes
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs Nelson Brown's Osceola home with Edith Richards leading the program. Guests included Rev John Herrman. Harold Hayhurst returned to Washington. Maxine Petteys stayed with the Schmoker and Treadway families. The Petteys family once lived in District 40. The Treadways hosted Wert Davis Dewey Lockard and Thelma Conkling families for Sunday dinner with L E Treadway. Harold Hewitt now runs a Carmi Illinois restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
Mirs
Nelson Brown
Osceola
Edith Richards
John Herrman
Harold Hayhurst
Washington
Maxine Petteys
Caldwell
Idaho
Tom Schmoker
L. E. Treadway
Wert Davis
Dewey Lockard
Thelma Conkling
Shelby
James Treadway
Bellwood
Harold Hewitt
Carmi
Illinois
Osceola High Class of 1940 to Graduate This May
A class of thirty will receive diplomas at Osceola High School commencement exercises on Thursday evening May 16. The 1940 graduates include Veil and Vergil Anderson, John Burritt, Dorothy Boden, Byron Case, Rudolph Carlson, Deeds, Helen Dunn, Jack Hastings, Kay Huston, Lawrence Hrotchkiss, Rolland Johnson, Ralph Jones, Dorothy Jones, Ethel Joy, Ferne Kodar, Glenna Magnuson, Richard Malek, Wallace McKeag, Ruth Mentink, Gerald Mentink, Robert Mills, Dale Ogden, Alyce Powell, Irma Stewart, Milan Snodgrass, Wesley Thelander, Mary Timm, Ruth Walgreen, Robert Wieseman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola High School
Veil Anderson
Vergil Anderson
John Burritt
Dorothy Boden
Byron Case
Rudolph Carlson
Bnd Deeds
Helen Dunn
Jack Hastings
Kay Huston Lawrence Hrotchkiss Rolland Johnson
Ralph Jones
Dorothy Jones
Ethel Joy Ferne Kodar
Glenna Magnuson
Richard Malek Wallace McKeag
Ruth Mentink
Gerald Mentink
Robert Mills Dale Ogden
Alyce Powell
Irma Stewart Milan
Kay Huston
Rolland Johnson
Ferne Kotlar
Lillian Kresha
Richard Malek
Ruth Elaine Mentink
Bob Mills
Bud Deeds
Milan Snodgrass
Irma Stewart
Ruth Walgren
Lawrence Hotchkiss
Doris Hennings
Ardis Johnston
Elsie Kropatch
Margaret Kennedy
Bob Hansen
LaVerne Jones
Eleanor Mentink
Alice Schott
Glenna van Horn
Ramona Schott
Ruth Urban
Logan Danskin
Warren Umshler
Fern Wieseman
Ioe Schott
Margaret Anne Rech
Glennis Lindeblade
Mildred Boden
Marilyn Brown
Irvin Deeds
Glenna Berck
Jeanette Carlson
Dean Everitts
Lois Fleming
Bill Grossnicklaus
Maxine Hellstrom
Raymond Joy
Carl Moore
Mary McFadden
Rolland Gissler
Margaret Anne Hansen
Dick Mills
Vincent Lane
Mary Rose Schott
Ramona Swanson
Ortha Watts
Long Illness Ends in Death of Mrs. John Micek
After a twenty year bedfast illness Mrs. John Micek died at her Osceola area home. Belle Triba born 1888 Polk County farm, married 1907 to John Micek. survived by husband, son Philip, daughters Frances and Alta, parents A M and Belle Triba, eight sisters and three brothers and many in law and extended family. Funeral held at St Marys Pilzno with Fr Ed Jaworski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Micek
Osceola
Belle Triba
A. M. Triba
Polk County
Columbus
Philip
Frances
Alta
T. A. Micek
Helen Zipper
George Ewert
Valeria Triba
W. A. Webster
South Haven
Mich
John Hallberg
St. Joseph
John Markhofer
Omaha
John Gabriel
Hastings
Henry
Leo Triba
Edwin Triba
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Pilzno
Ed. Jaworski
Honor roll lists for local high school students
High school students across grades are named for honor roll status with several naming errors corrected. Seniors and juniors list multiple students by name and homeroom, including a misspelling correction for one honoree. Freshmen also appear with their recognized grades and homerooms.
St Andrews News Highlights Local Socials and Notices
ST. ANDREWS NEWS of Nebraska City spent Sunday here at the John Cerny home. Miss Elizabeth Schnieder entertained a group of girls at the Oswald Bernt home Sunday afternoon honoring Miss Verona Bernt on her 15th birthday anniversary. Mrs. Belle Micek passed away Wednesday afternoon at her home following an illness of twenty years duration. Relatives and friends here anticipate May 15 at St Marys church for the First Mass by Alphonse Lisko who will be ordained May 14 in Lincoln Cathedral. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Leimser are the parents of a baby girl born at St Marys hospital in Columbus Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Kresha Sr and family were Sunday guests of their daughter Mrs Bernard Hilger and Mr Hilger at David City. Banns of marriage proclaimed for Miss Rose Marie Kubicek and Herman Gabel of Shelby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Anderson
Nebraska City
John Cerny
Elizabeth Schnieder
Oswald Bernt
Verona Bernt
Belle Micek
Aiway
St. Marys Church
Alphonse Lisko
St. Mary’s Parish
Lincoln
Lawrence Leimser
St. Mary’s Hospital
Columbus
Adolf Kresha
Bernard Hilger
Hilger
David City
St. Andrews
Rose Marie Kubicek
Herman Gabel
Shelby
Polk County Democratic Convention Called for Osceola Nebraska
Delegates elected to Polk County Democratic County Convention are summoned to meet April 25 1940 at 2 PM in the District Court Room Osceola Nebraska to select delegates for the State Convention May 2 1940 elect a County Central Committee and handle other business. Mrs John A Falk chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Osceola
Nebraska
John A Falk
Wanted Man for Established Local Territory
S. F. Baker & Co. seeks an ambitious man for an established business in Keokuk Iowa. No signers required. Car needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. Baker & Co
Keckuk
Iowa
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Fairview
Meleile
Stoner
Little Sondra Hill
Wesley Chapel
Western Star
Kensington
P. C. Wieseman
C. C. Snodgrass
I. D. Huston
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