Women’s Project Clubs Set Achievement Day Event
Twelve women home demonstration project clubs close 1940 41 year with achievement day at Stromsburg High School Auditorium. Morning session elects officers for 1941 42. afternoon program opens at 1 30 with presiding officer Mrs Russell Blevins and a lineup of readings chorus plays exhibits and demonstrations by club members and leaders.
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Womens Home
Stromsburg High School
Russel Blevins
Harry Brazee
Evelyn Babcock
R. L. Smith
W North Shelby
Stromsburg
LeRoy Nelson
Kenneth Olson
Corlyss Swanson
Sam Wyman
Olive McBeth
Webley Chapel
Rex Brigham
Wm. Angell
Juliana and
Leona Wilder
Patsy Rae Wagmer
Ray L. Cruise
Num‘bers
Mildred Bickel
Lloyd Hahn
Polk’ County Extension Board
Notice to Wheat Producers in Polk County
Polk County Triple A announces 1942 wheat allotments. Farms with wheat planted in 1939 1940 or 1941 will be listed for allotments. Farms with no wheat in those years will be omitted unless owner or operator seeks an allotment by May 10 1941. Write requests include desired acreage.
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Robert C. Taddiken
Polks County
Triple A
Polk County
Former Osceola merchant dies in David City
Frank Trotter aged David City businessman died suddenly Tuesday morning at his home in David City. He was known in Osceola as the owner of a variety store there about twenty years ago. Funeral services were held at the funeral home in David City Thursday afternoon.
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Frank Trotter
David
Methodist Church Service and Ladies Aid Meeting
The Methodist Church hosts a 10:00 a m Sunday School and 11:00 a m Morning Worship with a sermon titled Facing A Crisis. Choir rehearsals Thursday at 7 30 p m. Friday April 25 a Ladies Aid meeting led by serving committee members Mrs D M Sigler Mrs W R Hill Mrs C G Greenwood Mrs P B Campbell and Mrs Flora Fentress. Rev A W Lapthorne, Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Ladies Aid
D. M. Sigler
W. R. Hill
C. G. ‘Greenwood
P. B. Campbell
Flora Fentress
A. W. Lapthorne
Osceola Hospital News: Birth and Return Home
Mr and Mrs Chester Walgren welcomed a nine pound girl Judith Ann born at the hospital on Monday. Mrs Wm Salisbury returned home Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola Hospital
Chester Walgren
Judith Ann
Wm. Salisbury
Rimless Octagon Glasses Sold at Rogers Jewelry
Rogers Jewelry in Columbus offers rimless octagon glasses for near or far sight with prices from four dollars. Free eye examination advertised.
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M. I. McCarthy
Rogers Jewelry Store
Columbus
Three Inch Snowfall Hits Nebraska Saturday
Old man Winter returned to Nebraska with rain turning to hail then snow. The statewide storm brought three inches on level ground locally and an inch of April moisture, with severe conditions reported west of Kearney and no damage in the local area. Farmers welcomed the extra moisture.
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Nebraska
Kearney
Henry Reeb Sustains Broken Back in Fall
Henry Reeb aged 52 of Polk was injured when he fell eight feet from a scaffold while shingling a chicken house at the Oscar Jones farm south of Polk. He was rushed to Dr J B Williams in Polk and later to York hospital in critical condition. He suffered a broken back multiple broken ribs a dislocated shoulder blade and a collar bone and is cast from the knees up for at least two months. Hospital reports say every hope is held for his recovery.
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Henry Reeb
Polk
Oscar Jones
South Polk
J. B. Williams
York
Sunday Socials Across Kearney and Surroundings
Mr. and Mrs. Si Cooki hosted relatives at sister Mrs. Roy Closson’s home in Kearney with Mildred and Charlotte Dilley of Columbus and Ernest Funkhouser of Shelby visiting, along with Bill Bahr. Various locals attended Sunday visits and activities including a service club gathering and a music contest trip by O. H. S. students.
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Si Cooki
Kearney
Roy Closson
Mildred
Charlotte Dilley
Columbus
Ernest Funkhouser
Shelby
Bill Bahr
Louis Tlamka
James McKeag Jr
Wallace
Boston
Earl
Merle Watts
Ed Watts
Julius Habberman
LeRoy Brown
Dorothy Gondringer
Holly Grossnicklaus
Swede Home News Social Bee at Valley and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Wm Larson and family spent Sunday at Walter Larson's on the Valley. Mrs Ansel Fredrickson and son drove to Central City to meet her Denver visiting mother Mary Ferrell returning Monday. Bill Clarence Larson and Willard Bush were business visitors at Grand Island Saturday. Mrs Oscar Fredrickson spent Sunday at Marvin Fredrickson's Polk. Ansel Fredrickson and son Mrs Mary Ferrell Elmer Carlson and Rupert were Sunday dinner guests at Ralph Nordlun's. Kenneth Peterson and son visited Ronald Sarow's home. Mrs Will Fjell and Mrs Jerry Holm helped Mrs R Fjell celebrate her birthday Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Larson
Walter Larson
Ansel Fredrickson
Central City
Mary Ferrell
Denver
Bill
Clarence Larson
Willard Bush
Grand Island
Oscar Fredrickson
Marvin Fredrickson
Polk
Elmer Carlson
Rupert
Ralph Nordlun
Kenneth Peterson
Ronald Sarow
Will Fjell
Jerry Holm
R. Fjell
Stromsburg
Emma Anderson
Victor Anderson
Harvey Lind
Oakland
Earl Widen
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Miss Anderson
Rev. Widen
Marjorie Anderson
Wilmer Anderson
Marjorie
Alice Jane Anderson
Albert Anderson
Phyllis
Yvonne
Qosceda
Lois Nelson
Los Angeles
California
Ann Mathern
Toledo
Iowa
Dolores Falk
Post
Betty Carlson
Nelson
O. D. Graves
Cedar Rapids
John Russell
C. D. Jacobson
J. L. Olson
Jacobson
Jim Branting
J. A. Westenius
P. W. Anderson
Omaha
Gene Bauder
Mharvey Bank
F. O. Borgstrom
Palms
Harmony Society Meets at Johnson Home Program Leader Lois Anderson
Lutheran Church notes announce Harmony Society gathering at Mrs Phillip Johnson home with Lois Anderson leading the program. All young women urged to attend. Sunday services at 10 11 and 8 with Easter season themes Pray ye Therefore and The Great Shepherd. Board of Trustees to meet in parsonage Wednesday. Ladies Aid to meet next Thursday hosted by Mrs EB Monson and Mrs Edna Peterson. Nebraska Conference to convene in Lincoln April 30 to May 4 with Rev John Oberg pastor.
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Lutheran Church
Harmony Society
Phillip Johnson
Lois Anderson
Board of Trustees
Ladies Aid
EB. Monson
Edna Peterson
Nebraska Conference
Lincoln
John Oberg
Dance To Verne Wilsons Orchestra at Parish Hall
Shelby event invites the public to a Sunday April 27 dance by Verne Wilsons Orchestra at Parish Hall with admission 25 cents or 50 cents.
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Verne Wilson
Parish Hall
Shelby
Notice of closing date for 1941 Farm Plan
May 1 1941 is the deadline to sign a 1941 Farm Plan for participation in the Agricultural Conservation Program. County Triple A Chairman Taddiken urges owners or operators to sign by May 1 for farm inspections and payments eligibility. 93 percent of Polke County farms have signed as of April 19 with 7 percent undecided. Call the Triple A office before the deadline if a plan is unsigned.
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Taddiken
Polke
Greens Chapel 4 H Calf Club Meets Saturday at Berggrens
Greens Chapel 4-H Calf Club will meet this Saturday at the home of Brooke and Allan Berggren. Numerous local residents attended gatherings and events including a Junior-Senior banquet, music contest participation, and social visits across Greens Chapel and nearby homes. Swan Larson fell from a hay mow last Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Burke
Earl Burke
High Prairie
Greens Chapel
Columbus
Wreatha Mae Rystrom
Byron ‘Torell
Orville Steever
Fred Johnson
Stromsburg
L. G. Kries
Ella Johnson
D. D. Newcomer
Harry Obrist
Lewis Berggren
Forrest Berggren
Swan Larson
Eye strain caused headaches and nervousness warning
A note from Rogers Jewelry Company in Columbus Nebraska recommends consulting a Registered Optometrist for eye strain related headaches and nervousness. Glasses as low as 4 dollars. No obligation.
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Rogers Jewelry Company
Columbus
Nebraska
Funeral Services Held Monday for P L Knight
Percy Lewis Knight born December 21 1875 in Meaford Ontario died April 16 1941 at his Osceola home aged 65 years 3 months and 25 days. He came to Polk County as a child and lived most of his life nearby. He married Mary Ellen Barr January 27 1901 and had six children with three predeceasing him. Surviving are his widow three children Ardus Walter and Russell two sisters Mrs Addie Farris and Mrs Lee Haney and three grandchildren. He joined the Methodist church in middle life transferring to Wayland in 1930. Funeral in Osceola Methodist Church April 21 1941 conducted by Rev Louis Albrecht. Songs Crossing the Bar and Some Day We Will Understand sung by Glenn Sack. Pallbearers Perle Spalding Robert Taddiken Mike Chapman Karl Ellsworth Wallace Logan Edmund Bernt. Interment Osceola Cemetery.
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Percy Lewis Knight
Julia
Abraham Knight
Ecember
Meaford
Ontario
Canada
Osceola
Polk County
Mary Ellen Barr
Maurice
Inez Nea
Robert
Ardus
Walter
Russell
Addie Farris
Shelby
Lee Haney
Lexington
Methodist Church
Wayland Church
Louis Albrecht
Cortland
Nebraska
Glenn Sack
Gresham
Perle Spalding
Robert Taddiken
Mike Chapman
Karl Ellsworth
Wallace Logan
Edmund Bernt
District 18 student wins regional spelling contest
Wilbur Horndorff eighth grader wins county regional spelling contest beating Wanda Taddiken of Shelby and earns a trip to Omaha for a banquet and state contest. He will return Saturday after competing in the World-Herald contest with his teacher Miss Conklin. Also notes faculty and community visits and a local marriage at St. Marys Church.
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Wilbur Horndorff
Wanda Taddiken
Shelby
Omaha
World-Herald
Conklin
Kathleen Cockson
Falls City
Hilda Horndorff
Pittsburg
Penn
Mollie Ballow
Boise
Idaho
Emma Enyeart
Wm. Kosch
Eugene
Wilhelm Kosch
Ann
Bellwood
Adrian Micek
June Blaser
Columbus
Miss Lorene Cook and Russell Clark Wed in Grand Island
Miss Lorene Ferne Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess Cook of Shelby and Russell E Clark son of Mrs Nina Clark of Shelby were married at the Methodist Parsonage in Grand Island on April 19 1941 Rev Earl Raitt officiated The bride teaches in Polk County rural schools and the couple will honeymoon in California after school closes.
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Cook
Clark
Lorene Ferne Cook
Jess Cook
Shelby
Russell E. Clark
Nina Clark
Grand Island
Earl Raitt
Methodist Church
Polk County
California
Freda Buchholz Wins Superior at Columbus District
Osceola High School honors fall on Freda Buchholz as the sole local entrant to earn Superior at the District Music Festival in Columbus. She competed in girls low voice as a senior, with other local entries achieving Excellent to Good in various vocal groups and solos.
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Osceola
Freda Buchholz
Columbus
Freda
Glee Club
Mary Louise Tenn
Mary McFadden
Polk County Youth Writes From Philippines
Polk County news notes Emma and Marjorie Anderson visits and a long letter from Chester Buchholz, Osceola, now in U S Navy en route to the Philippines. The letter describes ship life, seasickness, quarantine risks, Hawaii stopover, deck activities, meals, scenery, and the 21 day voyage to the Philippines with 9 days for return letters.
Polk County Students Honored at University of Nebraska
Five Polk county students were among 607 recognized for high scholarship at Nebraska's 13th honors convocation on April 22. All five placed in the upper ten percent of their classes. recipients include Richard V. Malek and Robert L. Mills from Osceola, Neil P. Reece also of Osceola, Robert H. Christensen and Ward C. Freeman from Stromsburg. Reece won the Mu Phi Epsilon freshman music scholarship. The event honored 18 student organizations for high scholarship and distributed 44 prizes to 83 individuals. Dr. Stephen S. Wise spoke on The University and the American Democracy.
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Polk County
University of Nebraska
Richard V.malek
College of Engineering
Robert L. Mills
Neil P. Reece
College of Arts and Sciences
Osceola
Robert H. Christensen
College of Pharmacy
Ward C. Freeman
College of Business Administration
Stromsburg
Reece
Mu Phi Epsilon
Stephen S. Wise
The
Free Suggogue
New York City
University
New Table Cloth Patterns at Steeple’s Store 39c
Store offers new table cloth patterns priced at 39 cents each. Shoppers can view a variety of colors and designs at Steeple’s Store, with emphasis on affordable home decor options.
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Steeple
Wesley Chapel Social Roundup Highlights Local Life
The Flying Fingers Club met with Mrs. Raymond Rech and guest Mrs. Alfred Struebing. Wedding anniversary celebrations in Shelby featured Mr. and Mrs. Matt Glatter. Several families visited distant relatives and hosted guests including the Albers, Andersons, Nantkes, Kuehnal, Buse, Burns, Nyquist, and Richards.
Blue Ribbon Garden Club Organized and Meets
The Blue Ribbon Garden Club formed at the Ben Zedicher home on April 15 with members receiving booklets on windbreaks irrigation seedbeds and insect control. The club will meet weekly and discuss gardening topics including insect control and seed preparation. Future Dairymen Meet Discusses calves and lesson at Harold Grossnicklaus home with one member absent. The next meeting is planned for May 20 at Martin Shemeklaus home.
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4-H Club
Blue Ribbon Garden Club
Ben Zedicher
Dairymens Club
Harold Grossnicklaus
Martin Shemek
Forestry Club Holds Twigs and Plans Next Meeting
The Forestry Club met Friday night at Clem Marak's home with eight members attending and mounting twigs. Lunch was served by Mrs. Marak. The next meeting will be at Mauritz Swanson's home.
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Forestry Club
Clem Marak
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David City
Stoner News
Him
BCK
New Haven
Eli Whitney
PL. Knight
Phillipines
Walt Buchholz
Chester
U. S.naval Forces
Phillipine Islands
San Francisco
O. K
Hawaii
Fort McDowell
Republic
Pacific
U. OF W
Zache ‘Burns
Garrison
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